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- THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season
- This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on July 24. This true life story follows the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- RYU Seung-ryong Begins Shoot for Comedy NOT THE LIPS
- Following on from the smash success of Extreme Job, which became the second most successful Korean film of all time earlier this year, actor RYU Seung-ryong is back in front of cameras for the upcoming comedy Not the Lips (working title). RYU’s co-stars include OH Na-ra, KIM Hee-won and LEE Yoo-youn...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won to Brave STEEL RAIN 2
- Stars JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won are considering reuniting with director YANG Woo-suk on a sequel to their North Korea-themed espionage action-drama hit Steel Rain (2017). According to JUNG’s agency Artist Company, the star is positively considering the casting offer for the project, which is kno...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok and KIM Eui-sung Receive SPECIAL PRAISE
- PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok, KIM Eui-sung and JEONG Hyeon-joon have joined forces for the upcoming crime-action film Special Praise (translated title). With director PARK Dae-min at the helm, the project began production on May 29. Currently on screens in BONG Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or-winning box office...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 14, 2019
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- Filmfest München to Stage Complete BONG Joon-ho Retrospective
- Filmfest München is set to stage a retrospective on the films of director BONG Joon-ho, which will span his whole career, from his 2000 debut Barking Dogs Never Bite, all the way to his Palme d’Or-winning PARASITE this year. BONG’s latest, which debuted just last month at the Cannes Film Festival an...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 13, 2019
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- Korean Film Archive and Taiwan Film Institute Sign MoU
- The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) and the Taiwan Film Institute (TFI) have joined forces on an initiative that will see the institutions collaborate on film preservation and cinematic exchanges. The organizations signed a memorandum of understanding that will advance their mutual collaboration and exch...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2019
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- Neon to Unleash PARASITE in North America on October 11
- This year’s Palme d’Or winner PARASITE, the first ever Korean film to pick up the world’s top film festival award, has fixed its North American release date. Distributor NEON will launch the film in America on October 11, thereby opening up the possibility of an awards run in the fall. PARASITEis Di...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2019
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- Fantasia’s 1st Wave Includes 7 from Korea
- North America’s top destination for genre cinema, the Fantasia International Film Festival recently unveiled the first wave of its 2019 program, which so far includes seven films from Korea, ranging from box office hits to award-winning indie dramas. Director LEE Su-jin returns to Montreal, followin...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2019
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Flies Off with Best Feature Film and FIPRESCI Prizes at Molodist
- KIM Bora’s feature debut House of Hummingbird (2018) continues to blaze a trail on the festival circuit after picking both the second placed Best Feature Film Award (with a USD 2,000 cash prize) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the recently concluded Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival in Ukraine. PA...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2019
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- SONG Joong-ki and KIM Tae-ri Confirmed for THE VICTORY
- Chinese outfit Huayi Tencent Entertainment has boarded the upcoming space drama Victory Ship (translated title). The film’s local investor and distributor Merry Christmas revealed that Huayi Tencent has joined the project with a KRW 5 billion (USD 4.2 million) investment. This would represent approx...
- by Pierce Conran / May 31, 2019
