Jeonju IFF, a Special Presentation for Director Lee Changdong

Burning (2018)The 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival showcases a special presentation for Director Lee Changdong, a master of Korean cinema, under the title ‘Lee Changdong: The Truth of the Invisible.’ Particularly, in the special presentation, you can se...

LEE Chang-dong to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in Hong Kong

Director LEE Chang-dong is set to be presented with a lifetime achievement award at this year’s 13th Asian Film Awards, which will take place in Hong Kong, coinciding with the Hong Kong International Film Festival, on March 17. A novelist who turned his hand t...

MoMA to Stage LEE Chang-dong Retrospective

Following the successful US release of LEE Chang-dong’s Burning (2018), which has earned several awards and collected umpteen nominations on the end-of-year awards circuit, director LEE will be the focus of a full career retrospective at the Museum of Modern A...

Cinémathèque Française to Hold LEE Chang-dong Retrospective

Acclaimed auteur LEE Chang-dong will be the subject of a full career retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française. The program will unfold from August 28 to September 2, prior to the release of his new film Burning in France on August 29. The program will kick ...

LEE Chang-dong to Take Part in Toronto Jury this September

Director LEE Chang-dong, who returned after eight years this month with his film BURNING, which premiered in the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival, has been invited to participate in the ‘Platform’ jury of this September’s 43rd Toronto International...

BURNING Claims FIPRESCI and Vulcan Prizes in Cannes

Following an eight-year absence, director LEE Chang-dong returned in a grand form to the director’s chair with BURNING, which debuted last week in the main competition section of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Drawing some of the strongest revie...

Finecut Gets Aboard LEE Chang-dong’s Long-Awaited Return

Korean sales agent Finecut picked up the international rights for LEE Chang-dong’s highly anticipated new feature Burning ahead of this year’s American Film Market taking place in Santa Monica, CA. The film will mark the auteur’s long-awaited return since 2010...

IDOL Begins Filming with HAN Suk-kyu, SUL Kyung-gu and CHUN Woo-hee

LEE Su-jin’s long-awaited Han Gong-ju (2014) follow-up Idol kicked off filming on October 24th. The crime thriller is a star-studded affair featuring SUL Kyung-gu, HAN Suk-kyu and CHUN Woo-hee, who rose to stardom following LEE’s debut. HAN plays a politician ...

Newcomer JEON Jong-seo Joins YOO Ah-in on LEE Chang-dong Project

Eight years after his last film, acclaimed director LEE Chang-dong is finally returning with his sixth work Burning. YOO Ah-in has been confirmed for a lead role as has new comer JEON Jong-seo, who was plucked from auditions. The film is an adaptation of a Har...

HAN Suk-kyu & BAEK Sung-hyun Play Father & Son in FATHER’S WAR

HAN Suk-kyu and BAEK Sung-hyun will play father and son in the upcoming Korean thriller Father’s War. The film is the commercial debut of indie filmmaker LIM Sung-chan, who previously made A Light Sleep (2008).. The film takes its cue from a real life event in...