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- Director Han Jaerim’s Emergency Declaration, Invited to the 55th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival
- Director Han Jaerim's Emergency Declaration has been invited to the 55th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival. The SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival, which will be held for 10 days from October 5, is considered one of the world's ‘Big 3’ fantastic film festivals along with...
- by Park Hyejin / Aug 15, 2022
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- Director Han Jaerim’s Emergency Declaration, Pre-sold to 169 Countries around the World
- Emergency Declaration, the aviation disaster film directed by Han Jaerim, recorded pre-sale to 169 countries around the world. In response, Showbox's overseas team said, "Emergency Declaration has received great attention to the extent that overseas buyers made a pre-sale when it was decided...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 21, 2022
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- HAN Jae-rim’s EMERGENCY DECLARATION Completes Production
- Emergency Declaration, the star-studded aviation disaster drama from HAN Jae-rim, completed production on October 24. Already a highly anticipated project owing to its star-studded cast, which includes SONG Kang-ho (PARASITE, 2019), LEE Byung-hun (Inside Men, 2015) and JEON Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine,...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 10, 2020
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- 56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5
- Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for Best Film this year are BONG Joon-ho’s Pa...
- by Pierce Conran / May 22, 2020
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- Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019
- Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial titles entering the list, one of which w...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 03, 2020
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- ANOTHER CHILD Picks Up NETPAC Award in Hawaii
- Veteran star KIM Yun-seok’s directorial debut Another Child has picked up the NETPAC Award at this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). The film concerns a teenage girl (KIM Hye-jun) who discovers that her father is having an affair with the mother (KIM So-jin) of her classmate (PA...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 28, 2019
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- LEE Byung-hun, LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won Enter 1970s Political Thriller
- The director and star of Inside Men (2015) are teaming up again for a new political thriller. Chiefs of Namsan (translated title), based on the 1992 book of the same name, will star LEE Byung-hun alongside LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won, with WOO Min-ho handling the director’s reins. The film kicked o...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2018