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- SAKAMOTO Ryuichi to Receive Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award in Busan
- BIFF Actor & Actress of the Year Award Jury to Feature KO Hyun-jung and YU Jun-sang The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will return for its 23rd edition this October and the festival recently announced that famous Japanese composer SAKAMOTO Ryuichi will be the beneficiary of this year’s...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 31, 2018
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- Filmfest München Invites Five Korean Indies
- Filmfest München invited five feature films works from Korea for this year’s edition, which kicked off on June 28 and ran until July 7. Among the selected titles were LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter (2017), LEE Hwan’s Park Hwa-young (2017), LIM Tae-gue’s The Seeds of Viol...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 26, 2018
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- M-Line Brings Commercial Drama, Acclaimed Indies and VR Content to EFM
- M-Line Distributionpresented a wealth of titles at this year’s European Film Market (EFM), which include several upcoming commercial titles, an array of acclaimed independent films as well as their first VR content acquisitions. Leading their slate is the upcoming youth drama Little Forest, the late...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 27, 2018
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- MOTHERS Picks Up NETPAC Prize in Vesoul
- LEE Dong-eun’s sophomore drama Mothers picked up the NETPAC Award at the recently concluded Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France. Featuring A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and The Table (2017) star LIM Soo-jung, Mothers (2017) tells of a young widow who agrees to let her decease...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 19, 2018
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- MOTHERS and A TIGER IN WINTER to Compete in Vesoul
- CLAIRE’S CAMERA also Books Screenings in France The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema will be back for its 24th edition on January 30. Three Korean films, LEE Dong-eun’s Mothers, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter and HONG Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera, are invited to the festival this y...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 30, 2018
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- Korean Specialty Film Distributors Announce 2018 Lineups
- Korea’s specialty film distributors have confirmed their lineups for 2018.Korean distributors specializing in art house and independent films, such as CGV ARTHOUSE, INDIESTORY, Cinema DAL, MOVement and Atnine Film.Meanwhile, after receiving critical acclaim and having had successful festival runs, m...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Jan 25, 2018
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- THE FORTRESS Set to Conquer Rotterdam
- Three Korean projects have already been confirmed for the upcoming 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which will take place from January 24th to February 4th. HWANG Dong-hyuk’s period siege drama The Fortress, LEE Kwang-kuk’s latest indie drama A Tiger in Winter and Malene CHOI Jense...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 29, 2017
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- Seoul Independent Film Festival Reveals Jury List
- The 43rd edition of the Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF), one of the most renowned events for independent films in Korea, released the jury list for this year’s festival. The jury for the Competition category consists of directors BYUN Young-joo, LEE Hyuk-sang, JUNG Byung-gil, cinematographer ...
- by KIM Su-bin / Dec 07, 2017
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- LEE Jin-wook Joins A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER
- LEE Kwang-kuk’s third film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger has added a new face with actor LEE Jin-wook joining previously announced lead KO Hyun-jung. The film is about a man who is dumped by his girlfriend and goes on a journey, meeting an old flame along the way. LEE was last seen in the indi...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 14, 2017
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- KO Hyun-jung Returns with A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER
- Actress KO Hyun-jung will end her five year break from the big screen by returning with the film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger. The film will be the third feature by acclaimed indie filmmaker LEE Kwang-kuk. The two previously worked together on HONG Sang-soo’s Woman On The Beach (2006), which ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 26, 2017