Kim Jeewoon and Song Kangho Team Up for 5th Time on COBWEB

Director Kim Jeewoon and star Song Kangho are teaming up for the fifth time on the upcoming film Cobweb (translated title). The hitmakers have previously collaborated on modern classics such as The Quiet Family (1998), The Foul King (2001), The Good, The Bad, ...

Celebrated Cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo Joins Lee Sangil’s THE WANDERING MOON

PARASITE Director of Photography Filming Japanese ProjectAcclaimed cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo has signed on to shoot the upcoming Japanese film The Wandering Moon for director Lee Sangil, his first full international project.This marks Hong’s second collab...

JTBC Becomes Base for New Company from KIM Jee-woon, SONG Kang-ho and CHOI Jae-won

Acclaimed filmmaker KIM Jee-woon, top star SONG Kang-ho and veteran producer CHOI Jae-won (aka Jay CHOI) have come together to form a new production company named Anthology Studios. Ahead of their official launch, the outfit was bought by JTBC Studios. In addi...

Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

Jeonju International Film Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup

This year’s Jeonju International Film Festival, which revealed its program earlier this month, will open with Claudio GIOVANNESI’s Italian crime drama Piranhas on May 2. The 20th edition of the festival, which will run until May 11, is set to close with Guy NA...

Paris Korean Film Festival Returns for 13th Edition on October 30

The 13th edition of the Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) will open its doors on October 30 and run until November 6. This year’s FFCP will open with the Chuseok smash The Great Battle before being brought to a close with the youth drama Sunset in My Hometown....

FINECUT Adds Bom Film Productions Library to Catalogue

Korean sales agent FINECUT has partnered with top Korean film house Bom Film Productions to represent the group’s titles internationally. Set up by producer OH Jung-wan in 1999, Bom is a longtime industry leader that has been responsible for several major mode...

KIM Jee-woon’s THE AGE OF SHADOWS Books September Release Date

Period Action-Thriller with SONG Kang-ho Out in Time for Chuseok KIM Jee-woon’s latest project The Age of Shadows, which wrapped on March 31st, completed post-production earlier this month and has now been scheduled for release in September, which will coinci...

KIM Jee-woon Wraps Period Action-Thriller SECRET AGENT

Korean Debut for Warner Bros. Filming for Secret Agent, KIM Jee-woon’s return to the Korean filmmaking, after his American debut The Last Stand (2013), and the first local production for Hollywood major Warner Bros., finished after five months shooting on Mar...

KIM Jee-woon and SONG Kang-ho to Reunite

MIL-JUNG: A Film Set in Japanese Colonial Period Thrice proven great partners, director Kim Jee-woon and actor SONG Kang-ho will reunite for their fourth film. The two veterans partnered previous through The Quiet Family (1998), The Foul King (2000), and The ...