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- After Venom, Thanos and Payakan, The Time Has Come for Korean Creatures
- What would a CGI creature look like in a Korean film if it was made by the very same VFX artists who worked on Avatar? Many would rush to the nearest theater to see it with their own eyes. We do not have to wait long to see it happen. Chang Jungmin, a 3D modeling artist who worked on some of the vis...
- by Bae Dongmi / Mar 28, 2023
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- Beyond visual effects: Making the move to animation film production with Park Chanwook and Bong Joonho
- "He’s a creative person with an artistic disposition. I believe that sooner or later he will become a film director." In December 2022, Director Park Chanwook, who was busy filming The Sympathizer in LA, shared with us these words over the phone while his crew was setting the cameras for the...
- by Bae Dongmi / Feb 06, 2023
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- Trust is the Power, CEO Kil Youngmin of JK FILM That Produced Hero
- The Korean film, Hero, which will mark the end of the year, follows the true story of Ahn Junggeun, a Korean-independence activist and commander of the Korean righteous army. The film depicts the time when he leaves his family with the firm resolution of Korean independence, carries out a great revo...
- by KIM Subin / Dec 20, 2022
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- Lighting That Delivers Emotions, Lighting Director Hong Seungchul of The Night Owl
- The Night Owl, which deals with the secrets of Crown Prince Sohyun's death, is a film about 'darkness.' Kyungsoo (Ryu Junyeol), a blind acupuncturist in the palace, only can see faintly at night and the main stage where he acts is darkness. In this movie, how was the lighting work done u...
- by KIM Subin / Dec 12, 2022
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- The Best ‘Scene-stealer’ in Korean Cinema, Soaring as a King
- This fall, The Night Owl, a ‘Well-made’ Korean costume drama, is revitalizing the Korean theater district. And Actor Yoo Haijin is at the center of it. And he has already well-known as a strong box office powerhouse. In September, Actor Yoo Haijin revitalized the sluggish theater district with Confi...
- by Hellen Park / Dec 06, 2022
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- If Hardscrabble & Burdensome Life is Falling Apart, Director Jung Yumi of House of Existence
- Director Jung Yumi's film, House of Existence, is an 8-minute short animation that depicts the gradual process of collapsing a house that seemed quite solid. Through the film, the director asks, "What is the thing we can retrieve vividly without disappearing in time?" Director Jung Yumi,...
- by KIM Subin / Nov 15, 2022
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- Producer Lee Junhan of Ajoomma, the First Korea-Singapore Co-production Film
- The film, Ajoomma, which had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) this year, depicts a happening when a middle-aged Singaporean woman who falls into the K-Wave comes to Korea. While Asian audiences reacted to the adventures of the middle-aged woman, the film was selecte...
- by KIM Subin / Oct 31, 2022
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- Talking about 'Well-dying' in a Musical Suit, Park Eunkyung, Producer of Life is Beautiful
- Seyeon (Yum Jungah), who finds out that she's chronically ill, leads her husband to find her first love in high school. Their journey bears the happy school days with her best friend who she has lost contact with, and a love life with her blunt husband when he was a sweet guy. Also, singers such...
- by KIM Subin / Oct 18, 2022
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- Welcoming Audiences in 3 Years, Nam Dongchul, Program Director of BIFF
- Busan in the fall is crowded with audiences once again. The 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be held from October 5 to 14 throughout Busan, centering on the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae-gu. The Busan International Film Festival, which will welcome audiences for every screening w...
- by KIM Subin / Sep 27, 2022
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- Our Nineteen and Each's Twenty, Directors Lee Jaeeun & Lim Jisun of Kim Min-young of the Report Card
- Junghee, Minyoung, Susanna. The three friends of the acrostic poem club become 20 years old in their own circumstances. Instead of going to college, Junghee, working as a part-timer, goes to see Minyoung, who has become a college student in Seoul. Unlike Junghee, who is excited to meet her friend, M...
- by KIM Subin / Sep 20, 2022