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- NIGHT IN PARADISE to Debut at Venice International Film Festival
- Though the Cannes Film Festival was forced to forgo staging an offline event this year, the Venice International Film Festival is set to return to the Lido in September and it will be bringing a new Korean film with it. Making his Venice debut will be Director PARK Hoon-jung, whose Night in Paradise...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 05, 2020
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- CGV Cinemas Resume Operations in China
- Following six months of closures in China owing to the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus, multiplexes have finally come back online. Among them is Korea’s CGV Cinemas, which runs a sizeable circuit of cinemas on the mainland. 21 venues in 12 cities, such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Che...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 04, 2020
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- 5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave
- The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The festival recently revealed its second wa...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 03, 2020
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- PELICAN BLOOD Picks Up Best of Bucheon Prize at 24th BiFan
- The 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), which was staged as a hybrid online and offline event this year, wound to a close after eight days with its awards ceremony and closing film presentation at the CGV Sopoong in Bucheon on the evening of Thursday, July 16. Katrin GEBBE’s ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 31, 2020
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- CHOI Hee-seo Teams Up with Joe ODAGIRI and IKEMATSU Sosuke for ANGEL OF ASIA
- Actress CHOI Hee-seo (aka Moon CHOI) recently teamed up with Japanese stars Joe ODAGIRI and IKEMATSU Sosuke for the film Angel of Asia (translated title). From Japanese filmmaker ISHII Yuya, the film was shot entirely in Korea over February and March of this year. IKEMATSU stars as Takeshi, a young ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 30, 2020
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- PENINSULA Opens at No. 1 in 5 Asian Markets
- YEON Sang-ho’s hotly anticipated Train to Busan (2016) follow-up Peninsula has become the first international success story at the box office in the COVID-19 Era, after opening day-and-date in five Asian markets, all of which it dominated. In addition to its significant Korean bow, the film topped t...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 28, 2020
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- Gianna JUN Reportedly in Talks for KINGDOM Prequel
- Reports have surfaced that Gianna JUN may be headlining a prequel to the hit Netflix series Kingdom. The My Sassy Girl (2001) star previously appeared at the end of season two in a cameo role. The same sources suggest that PARK Byung-eun has also been approached to appear in the project. Kingdom, wh...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 28, 2020
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- PENINSULA Sets August 7 Launch in North America
- YEON Sang-ho’s Train to Busan (2016) sequel Peninsula has just opened in several Asian markets and is now set to invade North America, where local distributor Well Go USA has announced that it will be released on August 7. Part of this year’s Cannes selection, Peninsula, which is being billed as ‘Tr...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 27, 2020
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- KANG Ha-neul and CHUN Woo-hee Wrap STORY OF THE RAIN AND YOU
- Stars KANG Ha-neul and CHUN Woo-hee wrapped filming for the upcoming melodrama Story of the Rain and You (translated title) on July 4. Production on the third film from director CHO Jin-mo lasted just over three months, having started on March 23. KANG So-ra also appears in the film in a supporting ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 23, 2020
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- Actress So-yi Wields Megaphone for MY EGGS
- Actress and musician So-yi has gone behind the camera to direct the short film My Eggs (literal title), based on her own script. So-yi also stars in the film, described as a comedy-drama about an unmarried woman who freezes her eggs. Also appearing in the short will be AHN Min-young, YOO Yeon-seo, S...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 22, 2020
