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- JUNG_E, Actor Kang Sooyeon’s Posthumous Work, Will Be Released on January 20, 2023
- Director Yeon Sangho's Netflix sci-fi film JUNG_E confirmed its release on January 20 next year and released teaser posters and trailers.The film JUNG_E is a new sci-fi film introduced by Director Yeon Sangho, who caused explosive responses from all over the world beyond Korea by setting a new m...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 23, 2022
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- Moon Geunyoung, the 1st Winner of the ‘Kang Sooyeon Award’ at the Women in Film Korea Festival
- Actor Moon Geunyoung has been selected as the first winner of the Kang Sooyeon Award at the Women in Film Korea Festival 2022, which will be held on December 15.Moon Geunyoung, who debuted in 1999 with the film, On the Way, appeared in many films, including A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), My Little Br...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 09, 2022
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- Back to Normal in 3 Years, the 27th BIFF Opened Splendidly
- On October 5th (Wed), the 27th Busan International Film Festival was held at the outdoor theater of the Busan Cinema Center. This year, the festival declared returning to the pre-pandemic scale in 3 years after COVID-19, and 100% of its seats will be provided without social distancing. The opening c...
- by Park Hyejin / Oct 09, 2022
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- Kang Sooyoun, the First Korean ‘World Star,’ Passed Away at 55 on May 7
- Actor Kang Sooyoun, the eternal ‘World Star’ and the first Korean actor who won the Best Actress at an international film festival, passed away on May 7 at the age of 55. The Korean film world and fans expressed deep condolences for the sudden sad news. Director Bong Joonho, who visited the mortuary...
- by Hellen Park / May 09, 2022
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- Yeon Sangho to Helm Sci-Fi Jung-E for Netflix
- Brain Cloning Action film to Star Kang Sooyoun, Kim Hyunjoo and Ryu GyeongsuYeon Sangho is partnering with Netflix for the second time on his upcoming feature film Jung-E (working title), a sci-fi film that will star Kang Sooyoun, Kim Hyunjoo and Ryu Gyeongsu.Set in the 22nd century, when climate ch...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 12, 2021
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- SUB-ZERO WIND Competes for Vesoul’s Cyclo d’Or
- The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas kicked off its 25th edition on February 5 and is featuring four films from Korea this year. KIM Yuri’s debut work Sub-Zero Wind (2017) is screening in competition while three classics spanning from the 1960s to 2001 are featured in other progra...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 10, 2019
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- BIFF Leaps into Stabilization
- LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON Returns as Festival Chairman and Director A new team of leaders will be spearheading the 2018 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). After ex-chairman KIM Dong-ho and ex-festival director KANG Soo-youn stepped down following the October festival last year, BIFF was with...
- by SHIM Eun-ha / May 09, 2018
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- LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON Reinstated by Busan Film Festival
- Following a special assembly held on January 31, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) reinstated former festival leaders LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON. LEE, who left the festival as its festival director, will now step into the festival chairman position. Meanwhile former deputy director and As...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 09, 2018
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- THE RETURN Wins Golden Zenith at Montreal World Film Festival
- HEO Chul’s The Return won the Golden Zenith Award for Best First Fiction Feature Film at the 41st Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). Based on a play of the same name, the film tells stories of regular customers who miss their loved ones, set in a bar that goes by the phrase, ‘Drink makgeolli (rice...
- by KIM Su-bin / Sep 13, 2017
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- BIFF to Hold Asia’s Biggest VR Cinema Events
- The 22nd edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will host Asia’s largest Virtual Reality (VR) cinema event. Titled ‘VR CINEMA in BIFF’, the program will launch this fall and is expected to be “a long-term project to lead the technology for the domestic film industry, and not as a te...
- by KIM Su-bin / Aug 03, 2017