- Korean Film News
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU and BOOK OF FISH Lead Buil Film Awards Nominations
- Latest Films from Ryoo Seungwan and Lee Joonik Score 8 Nods a PieceThe Buil Film Awards, one of the top Korean film industry prize events, has announced this year’s nominees ahead of its ceremony next month. Leading the pack with eight nominations apiece, out of a possible 13 categories, are Lee Joo...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 14, 2021
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- KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su Sign up for SAMJIN GROUP’S ENGLISH TOEIC CLASS
- Korean actresses KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su have signed up to appear in Samjin Group’s English TOEIC Class (translated title). The film will be the latest from director LEE Jong-pil. The narrative concerns employees who take over their company’s English certification course and is set in the 19...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 02, 2019
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- 9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival
- The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to screen in the competition section. This ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 20, 2019
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- KO Asung to Portray Independence Fighter YU Gwan-sun
- Snowpiercer (2013) star KO Asung has selected her next film project. The actress has chosen to appear in Resistance (translated title) as the Korean independence figure YU Gwan-sun. The film will be the latest from A Million (2009) director Joe Mi-no. YU was an important figure of the Korean resista...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 28, 2018
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- SNOWPIERCER Show Gets Season Order at TNT
- An American TV adaptation of BONG Joon-ho’s sci-fi opus Snowpiercer (2013) has been ordered to series by the TNT cable channel in the United States. The series is being headlined by Requiem for a Dream star Jennifer Connelly and will also feature Daveed Diggs and Mickey Sumner. Tomorrow Studios and ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 22, 2018
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- JUNG Woo-sung & KWAK Do-won Back Together for STEEL RAIN
- THE ATTORNEY Director Returns with North Korea Thriller Just a few months after sharing the screen in KIM Sung-soo’s dark thriller Asura : The City of Madness, actors JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won are set to reunite in the second film by director YANG Woo-suk, following his breakout hit The Attorney...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 27, 2016
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- SUL Kyung-gu & IM Si-wan Wrap HOODLUM
- Prison Thriller Completes 4 Month Shoot Incoming prison thriller Hoodlum (literal title) completed its four months production on December 10th. Financed by both CJ Entertainment and Barunson Media, the film stars veteran actor SUL Kyung-gu and newcomer IM Si-wan and marks the third directorial effo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 22, 2016
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- SNOWPIERCER TV Show Gets Pilot Order at TNT
- Following news of a planned US television remake last year, BONG Joon-ho’s hit dystopian thriller Snowpiercer (2013) has now received a pilot order from American network TNT. Director BONG as well the film’s producers PARK Chan-wook, LEE Tae-hun and CHOI Doo-ho and distributor CJ Entertainment will ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2016
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- A MELODY TO REMEMBER Sings Its way to Udine Golden Mulberry
- 2nd Place Prize for SORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART at Far East Film Festival The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine wound to a close on April 29th. This year, two of the festival’s audience awards prizes went to Korean films. Korean War melodrama A Melody to Remember picked up the Gold...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2016
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- Contents Panda Showcase THE TIGER, A MELODY TO REMEMBER
- EFM Films Include NO TOMORROW, MISSING YOU Period hunting drama The Tiger has been gaining attention from European buyers and festivals at the European Film Market in Berlin for its attractive pairing of Old Boy (2003) star CHOI Min-shik and New World (2013) director PARK Hoon-jung. Featuring CHOI ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 17, 2016