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- TOPOGRAPHY OF SOLITUDE Tops 22nd Asian Project Market
- The 22nd edition of the Asian Project Market (APM), held in conjunction with the Asian Film Market during the Busan International Film Festival, which this year celebrates its 24th edition, gave its top prize to the Japanese project Topography of Solitude. From writer NAKAI Nomie, Topography of Soli...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 14, 2019
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- SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival
- The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the opening film of last year’s Busan Intern...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2019
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- PARK So-dam, D.O., PARK Cheol-min to Voice Animation
- LEAFIE Director Returns with THE UNDERDOG The main voice cast has been locked in for the upcoming animation The Underdog. New star PARK So-dam, D.O. (a.k.a. DOH Kyung-soo), a member of the K-pop group EXO, and veteran character actor PARK Cheol-min will provide the voices for The Underdog, which is...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 14, 2016
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- Best Film for A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA at Asiatica Film Mediale
- My Love, Don't Cross That River Also Awarded at Italian Film Festival JANG Kun-jae’s third feature A Midsummer’s Fantasia won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy. The critically-praised indie shared the top prize ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2015
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- HIDE AND SEEK Director Wraps New Horror
- JANGSAN TIGER with YUM Jung-ah Eyes Summer 2016 Release On the heels of his 2013 summer hit Hide and Seek, director HUH Jung is preparing his next feature, the horror Jangsan Tiger (transliterated title), which completed principal photography earlier this month. Featuring YUM Jung-ah and PARK Hyuk-...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 12, 2015
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- THE SHAMELESS Triumphs at the 24th Buil Film Awards
- On the second night of the 20th Busan International Film Festival, stars arrived at the Grand Hotel in Haeundae for the 24th Buil Film Awards. The oldest awards show in Korea, the Buil Film Awards kicked off in 1958 and were discontinued in 1973 before being reinstated in 2008. Coming up tops during...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 07, 2015
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- JO Jung-suk and DOH Kyung-soo to Play Brothers in OLDER BROTHER
- The family Drama Will Be Directed by Barefoot Ki-Bong Director KWON Soo-kyung Young stars JO Jung-suk and DOH Kyung-soo co-star in new family drama Older Brother (Korean title). It is a story about two brothers who cohabit as the swindling older brother (JO) appears to the younger brother (DOH) fif...
- by Kobiz reporter / Sep 02, 2015
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- Myung Films Reminisces about 20 Years' Glory
- Retrospective Invites Key Korean Film Figures Established by husband and wife partners Jamie SHIM and LEE Eun twenty years ago, production house Myung Films has represented the Korean cinema by discovering and producing key directors and their features. In celebration of the commemorable twentieth ...
- by Kobiz reporter / Jul 20, 2015
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- PURE LOVE Starts Production with Rising Stars in Lead
- K-pop Idol EXO’s DO Kyung-soo and TV Series Heroine KIM So-hyun to Star Director LEE Eun-hee’s melodrama Pure Love started production in Goheung, Jeon-nam Province on June 22. The director’s debut feature will star teen actress KIM So-hyun, who is best known for her roles in TV dramas (Who Are...
- by Sonia KIL / Jun 26, 2015
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- Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Kicks off in Seoul
- Former Festival Winners Include Berlinale-winning director NA Young-kil (Hosanna)RYOO Seung-wan and MOON So-ri-directed Short Films to Receive Special Screenings The 14th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival opened Thursday (25 June) at Megabox with opening screener “Moving Self-Portrait 2015” that c...
- by Sonia KIL / Jun 26, 2015