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- CONFESSION and LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL to Premiere in Competition at 36th Fribourg Film Festival
- This year’s 36th Fribourg International Film Festival is set to host seven films from South Korea, including two world premieres in its international competition and an action blockbuster in its opening gala slot.Yoon Jongseok’s mystery-thriller Confession with So Jisub and Kim Yunjin and Choi Kookh...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 11, 2022
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- RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
- Extreme Job star RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah, hot off the sensational hit TV show Sky Castle, are set to join forces as an on-screen couple for Default (2018) director CHOI Kook-hee on the upcoming musical drama Life Is Beautiful (working title). The film will follow Oh Se-yeon (YUM Jung-ah), a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 01, 2019
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- Beijing Film Festival Welcomes 5 from Korea
- Five Korean films have been invited to screen at the 9th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicked off on April 13 with the opening film The Composer by Xirzat YAHUP, a co-production between China and Kazakhstan. This year’s Korean selection includes CHOI Kook-hee's Defaul...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 18, 2019
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- YOO Ah-in and Vincent Cassel Join SOVEREIGN DEFAULT
- Upcoming IMF drama Sovereign Default has added Korean star YOO Ah-in and French actor Vincent Cassel to its cast, which already features KIM Hye-soo in the lead. The second film of Split director CHOI Kook-hee will kick off filming this month. Taking place during the IMF Crisis of 1997 in the week l...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 07, 2017
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- SONG Kang-ho Picks Up Cheval Noir Best Actor Award
- It was another big year for Korean films at the Fantasia International Film Festival, with no less than five awards spread among the 14 Korean features and shorts invited to the Montreal-based fest. Top among them was A Taxi Driver, which earned the Cheval Noir Best Actor award for its star SONG Kan...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 11, 2017
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- KIM Hye-soo Suits Up for NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY DAY
- Korean star KIM Hye-soo has signed up to be the lead actress in the IMF crisis drama National Bankruptcy Day (translated title). The film is the sophomore directorial outing for SPLIT (2016) director CHOI Kook-hee. Though plot details are scarce, the film will focus on the difficult IMF negotiations...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 03, 2017
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- Excellence in Action Cinema Award for JUNG Byung-gil in New York
- Director JUNG Byung-gil will be traveling to New York this week to collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema for his latest work The Villainess, which serves as the closing film of this year’s 16th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Starring KIM Ok-vin as a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 12, 2017
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- THE VILLAINESS to Kick Off Fantasia Film Festival
- The 21st edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, one of the largest genre film celebrations in North America, will kick off on July 13th with JUNG Byung-gil’s stylish action-thriller The Villainess, which recently impressed audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, where it featured in the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 30, 2017
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- GANG Dong-won Receives the Star Asia Award at NYAFF
- Actor GANG Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award at the 16th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). “GANG Dong-won’s charisma and emotional investment in his performances gives his films a unique edge.” The festival said on its homepage as they chose The Duelist (2005) by LEE Myung-se,...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jun 20, 2017
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- Udine Audiences Favor SPLIT and CANOLA
- The 19th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival came to a close on April 29th after welcoming 60,000 viewers. While this year’s First Place Golden Mulberry Audience Award and Black Dragon Award went to the Japanese film Close Knit by OGIGAMI Naoko, it was once again a strong year of Korean cine...
- by Pierce Conran / May 11, 2017