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- Decision to Leave Made the Shortlist for International Feature Films at the Academy Awards
- Decision To Leave made the shortlist for the International Feature Films at the 95th Academy Awards announced by the event organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).The Academy Awards selects and announces 15 preliminary candidates out of 92 countries' entries for the Interna...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 23, 2022
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- Decision to Leave Won Best Picture at the 58th Grand Bell Awards
- The 58th Grand Bell Awards was held in Seoul on the afternoon on December 9. Director Park Chanwook's Decision to Leave was honored with the Best Picture Award. At the awards ceremony, Decision to Leave, The Roundup, and Life is Beautiful won 3 awards, respectively, while Hansan: Rising Dragon, ...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 12, 2022
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- Decision to Leave, on the List of The New York Times’ 10 Best Movies of 2022
- Director Park Chanwook's movie, Decision to Leave, is on the list of the ‘Best Movies of 2022,’ introduced in the New York Times (NYT) on December 6. NYT’s chief film critics Manohla Dargies and Anthony Oliver Scott selected the top 10 most impressive movies of this year in total, and Decision t...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 09, 2022
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- Decision to Leave Won 6 Awards Including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, etc. at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards
- The 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards was held at KBS Hall in Yeouido Seoul on November 25. The Blue Dragon Film Awards is one of the top 3 Korean film awards, along with the Grand Bell Awards and Baeksang Arts Awards.Decision to Leave, which was nominated in 13 categories, won 6 awards, including Best P...
- by Park Hyejin / Nov 28, 2022
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- Director Park Chanwook’s Decision to Leave, Released in North America on October 14
- The film Decision to Leave was released in North America on October 14, the winner of the 75th Festival de Cannes and South Korea’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.Decision to Leave depicts the story of Detective Haejoon (Park Haeil), who investigates a murder ca...
- by Park Hyejin / Oct 17, 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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- Decision to Leave, Officially Invited to the 66th BFI London Film Festival & the 18th U.S. Fantastic Fest
- Decision to Leave, the Best Director winner at the 75th Festival de Cannes, has officially been invited to the 66th BFI London Film Festival and the 18th U.S. Fantastic Fest. The film has been invited to overseas film festivals consecutively after it was selected as the representative Korean film en...
- by Park Hyejin / Sep 04, 2022
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- HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Released in the U.S. on July 29
- HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, released in Korea on July 27 and is recording the No. 1 box office hit in Korea, was also released in the U.S. on July 29. Lotte Entertainment said, “HANSAN: RISING DRAGON was released in the 32 theaters in the U.S. upon its release in Korea. It is an unusual record for a hist...
- by Park Hyejin / Aug 02, 2022
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- Director Kim Hanmin’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Pre-sold to 99 Countries around the World
- The film, HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, was pre-sold to 99 countries, including North America and France, along with major Asian countries such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam. It is encouraging that the historical drama genre films about Korea's war history will be screened in theaters...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 27, 2022
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- “I hope this award won’t affect me.”, Actor SONG Kangho
- Director Park Chanwook, who didn’t watch Broker yet due to his busy schedule at Cannes, asked Actor Song Kangho, "I heard your acting in Broker is fabulous. Is it true?" Then, Song Kangho replied, "No, I just played a supporting role. I’m nothing in the film." Song Kangho, who lowere...
- by Hellen Park / May 30, 2022