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- KIM Jong-kwan’s Commercial Debut JOSEE Scores Global Sales
- Josée, a romantic drama starring NAM Joo-hyuk and HAN Ji-min and the highly anticipated commercial film debut of arthouse director KIM Jong-kwan, has scored several international sales and will screen across Asia this month. A remake of the Japanese drama Josee, the Tiger and the Fish from 2003 and ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 09, 2020
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- Scaled Down 25th Busan International Film Festival to Open October 21
- The lineup to the 25th Busan International Film Festival was presented via an online conference on Monday, September 14. Originally scheduled for earlier October, the festival has been delayed until October 21, owing to a rise in COVID-19 cases and ask a safety precaution in the wake of the upcoming...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 28, 2020
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- 7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5
- The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering open-air screenings in a forest clearing of...
- by Fabien Schneider / Jan 15, 2019
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- Special Jury Prize for JANG Woo-jin at Nantes
- JANG Woo-jin’s third film Winter’s Night, which debuted as one of this year’s feature-length Jeonju Cinema Projects at the Jeonju International Film Festival in the spring, has picked up the Special Jury Prize from the 40th edition of the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. Set in JANG’s hom...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 06, 2018
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- AFTER MY DEATH to Compete at Fribourg Film Festival
- The Fribourg International Film Festival returns for its 32nd edition on March 16 and throughout its eight days the festival will once again feature several Korean films, including After My Death in competition and the big budget commercial titles A Taxi Driver and The Battleship Island in sidebar p...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 12, 2018
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- Asian Film Market Awards 2016 and E-IP Winners Are Announced
- The 19th edition of Asian Project Market (APM) and the 2nd edition of Entertainment Intellectual Property (E-IP) Market have announced the winners. The award ceremony for both events took place on October 11th, the last day of Asian Film Market 2016. This year as many as 27 projects from 16 countrie...
- by AHN Young-yoon / Oct 18, 2016
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- THE BACCHUS LADY Picks up Prize from Asiatica Film Mediale
- E J-yong’s new film The Bacchus Lady, which debuted earlier this year in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, received a Special Mention for Best Feature Film from the 17th Asiatica Film Mediale in Italy. The festival took place over September 17th to October 2nd and award...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 10, 2016
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- 19th APM Picks 27 Feature Projects
- YIM Soon-rye, JANG Kun-jae among Directors at Asian Project Market Going into its 19th edition, the Asian Project Market, an event that takes place under the roof of the Asian Film Market and alongside the Busan International Film Festival, has selected 27 projects from 16 nations, whittled down fr...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 05, 2016
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- ALIVE Takes Grand Prize at 3rd Wildflower Film Awards
- MADONNA, A CRYBABY BOXING CLUB Win Best Narrative, Documentary Director Prizes PARK Jung-bum’s austere drama Alive has triumphed at the Wildflower Film Awards Korea, where it picked up the Grand Prize at the event’s third edition, which took place on the slopes of Namsan in Central Seoul on Thursda...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 11, 2016
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- 3rd Wildflower Film Awards Unveil Nominees
- A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION, A MIDSUMMER’S FANTASIA Lead the Pack The Wildflower Film Awards Korea return for their third edition next month and this week unveiled their 2016 nominees. In total, 22 films, including 15 fiction and 7 documentary works, are up for 11 awards in 10 categories. For this y...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 23, 2016