Oscar Winner YOUN Yuh-jung Continues to Lay New Roots

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Ac...

Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum Selects THE BIG PICTURE and ON HIGH ICE

Director E J-yong will take in the Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) with his new pro-ject The Big Picture. Also featuring in the project market will be the Korean-Israeli co-production On High Ice from director Gary KAM Byung-seok. The Big Picture...

HOPE Director LEE Joon-ik Starring in Japanese Film

Director LEE Joon-ik of Hope and Radio Star (2006) is going to star in the Japanese film In The Hero. LEE is appearing in the film produced by Cinequanon in a supporting role. “I initially thought I would play a cameo. It was only after I received the scenario...

Third Window’s New Korean Trio

A few months ago, the UK-based Asian film distributor Third Window films announced that it had acquired a pair of Korean titles, the comedy-drama Boomerang Family and the romcom How to Use Guys with Secret Tips, their first buys from the country since 2010. No...

E J-yong Returns to Narrative Filmmaking

E J-yong, well known for his 2003 feature Untold Scandal, is back with a new film called My Palpitating Life. My Palpitating Life is based on a novel by KIM Ae-ran of the same title (published in 2011) which depicts the life of a young boy with progeria, a rar...

Big Korean Selection at Melbourne

MIFF Holds Special North Korean RetrospectiveBoth South andNorth Korean cinema will be on prominent display at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), which will take place from July 25th to August 11th. A number of Korean films that have al...

New York Gorges on Korean Films

17 Features and Shorts in NYAFF Lineup Summer is here and Korean film looks to be top of the menu for Asian cinema fans in the America’s top metropolis. The popular New York Asian Film Festival is preparing to put on quite a show this year by screening 63 fi...

BEHIND THE CAMERA to Compete at Osaka Asian Film Festival

SUNSHINE BOYS and FAREWELL also invited Director E J-yong's Behind the Camera has been invited to the competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival which will open on March 8th. Osaka Asian Film Festival will also invited KIM Tae-gon's Sunshi...

Mighty Start, Bright Prospect

Korean film industry is booming in 2013 Miracle in Cell No. 7, without starring any super star, has finally attracted 10 million viewers as of February 23rd in the afternoon. About 4 months have passed since Masquerade broke 10 million mark. The Korean spy a...

CROSSROADS OF YOUTH Invited to Berlinale

Festival to Hold Special Screening for Oldest Surviving Korean Film Next month, the Berlin International Film Festival will stage a special presentation of Crossroads of Youth, the oldest surviving Korean film. The 1934 feature, directed by AHN Jong-hwa, bec...