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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
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- Summer Release Schedule Cautiously Fills Up Amid Continuing Covid-19 Concerns
- Since late February, when the first major cluster of Covid-19 infections gripped the country, theaters in South Korea have experienced a massive downturn in business, although they have mostly managed to remain open, unlike many other countries around the world. Beyond a desire to maintain social di...
- by Pierce Conran / May 29, 2020
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- Korea’s Film Industry Sees First Steps Toward Recovery after COVID-19 Standstill.
- The SARS-CoV-2 virus has had a serious impact on the production schedule of upcoming films as it turned into a global pandemic. Many projects that involved plans for location shooting in foreign countries were postponed and refocused on domestic photography, while new films awaiting release saw thes...
- by KIM Su-bin / May 19, 2020
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- Shut-ins and Castaways, Self-Isolation in Korean Cinema
- Covid-19 cases dropped throughout April and early May in South Korea, and as the number of local transmissions hit zero a sense of relief began to wash over the country and consumer confidence was starting to return. However, a new cluster of cases that has emerged over the past week in Central Seou...
- by Pierce Conran / May 12, 2020
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- Resurgence in Popularity for Korean Pandemic Thrillers
- Theaters may still be open in Korea but with fears of community spread and a lack of enticing new talent, the halls of the multiplexes are largely deserted. Viewers are instead retreating to their home entertainment systems, as they binge on a steady mix of new local dramas and international streami...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 28, 2020
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- Korean Film Industry Faces Unique Challenges Amid Covid-19 Crisis
- Despite being one of the first hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic outside of China, South Korea has managed to keep down infections and deaths related to the disease through a combination of aggressive testing and case tracking. This has allowed many sectors of the nation to remain active, unlike man...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 14, 2020
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- PARASITE Marks Historic First with Best Picture Win at the Oscars
- The long road has finally come to an end, and what an ending it was. Almost nine months after its May 21 premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, BONG Joon-ho’s history-making seventh feature Parasite (2019) went the distance at the Academy Awards, where it became the first ever foreign language film t...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 11, 2020
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- Animals and Agents Dominate 2020’s 1st Holiday Season
- Just a few weeks into the 2020s and the first holiday season is already upon us, with the Lunar New Year holidays falling on Saturday, January 25 this year. After ASHFALL (2019), Start-Up (2019) and Forbidden Dream (2019) pulled in the crowds through the end-of-year season in late 2019, Korean studi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 20, 2020
