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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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- “Korea Is the Perfect Market!” Paramount+, the Hollywood Major Studio, Chose Korea as the First Partner in Asia
- Hollywood's major studio Paramount has chosen Korea as its first partner to advance to Asia. On June 16, Paramount+ held a ‘Media Day’ to introduce ‘Paramount+ Brand Hall,’ launched in partnership with TVING, a Korean OTT platform.Many people attended the event, such as Mark Specht, Executive Vi...
- by Park Hyejin / Jun 17, 2022
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- “I feel like I’ve got a gift for the 30th anniversary of my directorial debut.”, Director PARK Chanwook
- The nickname ‘Cannes Park’ shows the good old relationship between Director Park Chanwook and the Festival de Cannes. Decision to Leave is Director Park's 4th film invited to the Cannes’ Competition. He was first invited to the Cannes’ Competition for Old Boy in 2004 and won the Grand Prix that ...
- by Hellen Park / May 30, 2022
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- Lee Joonik’s YONDER to Become 1st Paramount+ Korean Drama
- Yonder, the debut drama series of celebrated Korean filmmaker Lee Joonik, is set to become the first Korean series to air on the new Paramount+ streaming service. The show is part of a slate of six international scripted originals that will launch on the service. The deal was struck between TVING, t...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 22, 2022
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- JANG Joon-hwan Teams Up with Ari ASTER for US SAVE THE GREEN PLANET Remake
- Director JANG Joon-hwan is set to revisit his debut film, the cult classic Save the Green Planet (2003), after signing on to direct an English-language adaptation of the film. The film will be produced by Square Peg, the company founded by the rising star director Ari ASTER, known for Midsommar (201...
- by Pierce Conran / May 20, 2020
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- PARASITE Tops Korean Film Critics Association Awards
- BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE was triumphant at this year’s 39th Korean Film Critics Association Awards. The Palme d’Or-winning box office hit earned awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography for director of photography HONG Kyeong-pyo. Also winning big was KIM Bor...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 01, 2019
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- Hawaii International Film Festival Selects 9 Features from Korea
- A total of nine feature films from Korea will be taking part in this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival, which will take place from November 6 to 24. Taking part in the main competition section for the KAU KA HŌKŪ Award will be the affair drama Another Child, the acclaimed directing debu...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 01, 2019
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- SHIN Ha-kyun, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki Accept HUR Jin-ho’s PRESENT
- While post-production is ongoing for his upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream, director HUR Jin-ho shot a new short film at the end of last month. Starring SHIN Ha-kyun, EXO member, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki, Present (translated title) is a VR project commissioned by Samsung Electronics. Present is the ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 09, 2019
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- GLADIATOR Scribe Pens JOINT SECURITY AREA Remake
- 14 years after news first surfaced that writer/producer David FRANZONI had acquired the remake rights of PARK Chan-wook’s classic film Joint Security Area (2000), the project is finally approaching a production start with FRANZONI set to direct and Ana DE ARMAS and Demián BICHIR attached to star. Ne...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 09, 2019
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- SHIN Ha-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo Buddy Up for MY EXCEPTIONAL BROTHER
- SHIN Ha-kyun will team up with LEE Kwang-soo in the upcoming human comedy My Exceptional Brother (translated title). From director YOOK Sang-hyo, the film is expected to go into production in late May. In the film, SHIN will play a man with a weak body and a brilliant mind while his younger brother,...
- by Pierce Conran / May 29, 2018