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- New Trends in Korean indie and arthouse films
- Yun Dan-bi's Moving On passed the 10,000-admission mark on August 26, a week after its release (16,154 as of September 12, 2020). Although 10,000 viewers would have hardly been enough to be considered a commercial success in any other year, considering the box office figures of independent and a...
- by PARK Agnes / Sep 15, 2020
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- Varied Colours of Korean Cinema Take on COVID-19 for Chuseok Holidays
- With a particularly wet and humid summer finally behind us, the local exhibition sector is gearing up for the Chuseok holidays, one of four major box office seasons in Korea. Films like Peninsula and DELIVER US FROM EVIL managed to salvage the summer season, after several films had abandoned their r...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 08, 2020
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- Always on the Move - Location Shooting in Korean Films
- Moviemaking typically conjures up images of soundstages, but much of the time it also involves a lot of legwork, as productions need to move hundreds of people and truckloads of equipment from one place to the next for location shooting. On the high end of the scale, a film like this month’s Tenet s...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 24, 2020
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- PENINSULA Brings Back to Life Asia’s Moviegoing Markets Hit by COVID19
- Peninsula, which is set four years after the events of Train to Busan, is breathing new life into the movie theater industry across Asia. Korean distributor Next Entertainment World (hereinafter referred to as NEW) announced on August 4 that the combined box office of Peninsula in the eight Asian ma...
- by PARK Agnes / Aug 18, 2020
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- Comedies Line Up to Soothe COVID-19 Worries
- As Business Warms Up, Distributors Swap Action for Laughs 2020 has been a rough year for the film business, but in Korea at least, the last few weeks have brought with them a ray of hope, as a few big-budget action tentpoles have proven that some audiences are willing to return to cinemas. But now i...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 10, 2020
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- Korean Fantastic Features Shine at 24th BiFan
- With its myriad genre delights, festive atmosphere and close proximity to Seoul, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) has long been a special pilgrimage for many of Korea’s most ardent film lovers. I’ve been delighted to count myself among them for the last nine years, having at...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 21, 2020
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- The Secrets Beyond the Door - Korea’s Apartment-Set Horrors
- Late last month, after months of depressed grosses, Korean cinemas came roaring back to life with the release of the local zombie horror-drama #ALIVE. The film benefitted from its attractive young cast (YOO Ah-in and PARK Shin-hye) as well as its positioning as the first truly major film to go on re...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 06, 2020
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- Hollywood Studios Double Down on Korean Productions
- Sony Becomes Latest Tinseltown Major to Wade into Korean Market In early July, major local films started to return to the Korean market but while box office has been steadily improving despite ongoing fears owing to the Covid-19 crisis, one piece of news that has mostly been lost in the shuffle is ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 30, 2020
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- KOFIC and Korean Cinema Heading Into Cannes Virtual Film Market
- Korean Film Center and Sales Agents to Hold KOFIC SUPPORTS As the Cannes Film Festival made the decision to hold an online film market online, all the usual institutions that have been introducing in Cannes the film industry of their respective country are also moving online. Similarly, The Korean F...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jun 23, 2020
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- Jeonju Switches to Hybrid Format for 21st Edition
- The first major Korean film festival to take place amidst the global COVID-19 Pandemic, the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) is currently staging its 21st edition, which kicked off on May 28. The vastly scaled-back main portion of the festival, taking place both physically and online, ran u...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2020
