- Korean Film News
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- LONG LIVE THE KING to Extend Reign to 8 Foreign Markets
- Hot on the heels of its domestic theatrical debut, the election crime drama Long Live the King has been sold for distribution in seven foreign territories and is currently screening in the United States. Starring KIM Rae-won, the film is the sophomore work of THE OUTLAWS (2017) director KANG Yun-sun...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 26, 2019
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- FORGOTTEN and ON YOUR WEDDING DAY to Get Chinese Updates
- Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution revealed to Screen Daily that it has sold Chinese remake rights for two of its titles, the mystery-thriller Forgotten (2017) and the romantic drama On Your Wedding Day (2018). Released in late 2017, Forgotten was directed by ZHANG Hang-jun and follows the story...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 01, 2019
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- M-Line Reports International Sales for THE ODD FAMILY and FENGSHUI
- Towards the beginning of this year’s European Film Market (EFM), taking place alongside the Berlin International Film Festival, Korean sales boutique M-Line Distribution reported several sales to international territories for new films in its lineup, including horror-comedy THE ODD FAMILY : ZOMBIE O...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 18, 2019
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- M-Line Scores FENGSHUI and SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN Deals
- Korean international sales agent M-Line Distribution has announced several deals for its current titles Feng Shui and Sunset in My Hometown. The company also added a slew of new Busan International Film Festival screened titles to its lineup. From Perfect Game (2011) director PARK Hee-gon, Feng Shui...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 12, 2018
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- M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate
- Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment, 2008). The outfit also added several ne...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018
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- AFTER MY DEATH Takes Home Jury Prize from Fribourg
- New Currents Drama Awarded in Switzerland KIM Ui-suk’s debut work After My Death has earned the Jury Prize from this year’s 32nd Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF). Following its world premiere in the New Currents competition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last October, the...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 30, 2018
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- M-Line Brings Commercial Drama, Acclaimed Indies and VR Content to EFM
- M-Line Distributionpresented a wealth of titles at this year’s European Film Market (EFM), which include several upcoming commercial titles, an array of acclaimed independent films as well as their first VR content acquisitions. Leading their slate is the upcoming youth drama Little Forest, the late...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 27, 2018
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- Asian Film Market 2017 Held Record Number of Business Meetings
- Asian Film Market 2017 came to a close on October 17th after four days of successful business meetings. The event began on October 14th and had a total of 1,583 professionals from 45 countries participate and engage in production, investment, imports, exports and publication rights business meetings...
- by KIM Su-bin / Oct 30, 2017
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- PART-TIME SPY Infiltrates Asian Markets
- Action-comedy PART-TIME SPY is scheduled to open in Korea on March 16th as well as four other Asian nations on the same day, including Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. On March 31st, the film is also scheduled to open in Vietnam. KANG Ye-won stars in the film as a 35-year-old intern desper...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 02, 2017
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- M-Line Showcases Diverse Slate in Berlin
- M-Line Distribution is having a busy European Film Market, with several reported sales for its titles coming out of Berlin. Director E.oni’s kidnap thriller MISSING, starring KONG Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush, 2008) and UHM JI-won (The Silenced, 2015), was snatched up by Klockworx for Japan, MATV for se...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 13, 2017