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- PIPELINE Flows Overseas with 12 Sales Deals
- Yoo Ha Heist Film with Seo Inguk Sold to AmericaFollowing its domestic theatrical release in May, the new heist film Pipeline is getting ready to meet international audiences after scoring a raft of distribution deals. Sales agent Finecut announced that the film, from veteran filmmaker Yoo Ha, has s...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2021
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- Director YOO Ha Has a New Project in the PIPELINE
- A Dirty Carnival (2006) director YOO Ha is back in the director’s chair for the upcoming crime film Pipeline (literal title), which began filming in late July and will mark his eighth feature-length film. The project will feature young stars such as SEO In-guk and LEE Soo-hyuk. SEO will play a drill...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 19, 2019
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- LEE Na-young Chooses Indie Title for Comeback Role
- Actress LEE Na-young is set to return to screens after a six year hiatus as she has signed on to star in the independent title Beautiful Days. The film, which is the fiction feature debut of Jero YUN, will go before cameras in October before finding its way to theaters next year. Based on a true sto...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 28, 2017
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- LEE Min-ho’s BOUNTY HUNTERS Targets China Box Office
- $17 Million Opening Weekend for Action-Comedy Bounty Hunters, a new Chinese film featuring Korean superstar LEE Min-ho in the lead role, made waves during its debut at the Middle Kingdom box office in early July. Opening on July 1st, the film grossed USD 17.3 million throughout its opening weekend,...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 13, 2016
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- JUNG Woo-sung Joins ZO In-sung on THE KING
- THE FACE READER’s HAN Jae-rim Returns to Director’s Chair Top stars JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung are set to appear in new thriller The King, the fourth directorial outing of HAN Jae-rim. The tale will follow a lawyer (ZO In-sung) who uses a colleague and gang connections to get ahead. JUNG Woo-sung...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 05, 2016
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- Stockholm IFF Takes 5 from Korea
- Eclectic Korean Fare on Show in Sweden The Stockholm International Film Festival will host five films from Korea when its 26th edition takes place from November 11th to the 22nd. Four feature titles from the Far East filmmaking powerhouse will be found in the event’s Asian Images program, while ano...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 02, 2015
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- Korean Quintet among Early Sitges Announcements
- THE ROYAL TAILOR to Close New Visions Section The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has unveiled part of its lineup for next month’s 48th edition, and among the announcements were five Korean films hailing from the country’s commercial sector. Screening out of competition a...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 10, 2015
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- GANGNAM BLUES to Release in Japan
- >Well-attended Previews in Yokohama Raise Expectations Director YOO Ha's noir Gangnam Blues is set for an October release in Japan. Gangnam Blues hit screens in Korea on January 21st, and has managed 2.19 million admissions since then. Though the score did not cross the movie's BEP, it ...
- by Kobiz Reporter / Jul 20, 2015
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- Udine’s Top Award Goes to ODE TO MY FATHER
- Majority of Awards Swept Up by Korean Films At the 17th Udine Far East Film Festival, which took place from April 23 until May 2 in Udine, Italy, JK YOUN’s Ode to My Father was awarded the top prize. Staged by the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (C.E.C.), the festival aims to showcase East Asian...
- by Pierce Conran / May 04, 2015
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- 17th Far East Film Festival to Screen 10 Korean Films
- 5 International Premieres in Udine The Far East Film Festival returns in two weeks for its 17th edition and as always a large contingent of Korean films is peppered across the lineup. 10 films from the peninsula will screen this year, among them five international and international festival premier...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 09, 2015