LEE Sung-min Enters THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH DAY

LEE Sung-min has been cast as the lead in the upcoming mystery-thriller The Night of the 8th Day (translated title), which will mark the directing debut of KIM Tae-hyeong. The young star KIM You-jong may also be joining the veteran star on screen, though contr...

HAN Ye-ri Leads New ZHANG Lu Drama

Stars and Directors Line Up for Cameos After working together on last year’s omnibus Love and... director ZHANG Lu and actress HAN Ye-ri are teaming up once again for the drama Chun-mong (Korean title). The film, which begins filming next month, will feature ...

Korean Action Fare on Show at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image

Five Local Titles over Three Days in the Big Apple Tomorrow (April 3rd), the Museum of the Moving Image in New York will stage ‘Action Korea’, a showcase of action cinema from Korea. Five titles will screen until April 5th in the event which is co-presented w...

2nd San Diego Korean Film Festival Will Kick Off on August 22nd

The film jubilee will screen eight Korean films including the opening film The Fatal Encounter. The San Diego Korean Film Festival began with the aim of publicizing Korean culture thorough Korean films in 2013. The second festival will kick off on August 22nd...

Korean Trio Booked for Terracotta

The 2014 edition of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, run by Far East Asian film purveyor Terracotta Distribution, has invited a trio of new Korean films to screen in London next month. The festival will feature the period yarn The Face Reader, the North ...

US Court Date Set for THE ATTORNEY

SONG Kang-ho Hit Goes to North America in February The Attorney, the current king of the Korean box office which has reigned for the past three weeks, has been picked up by Well Go USA for US distribution. The film will hit North American screens on February ...

THE SUSPECT to Screen in 7 Countries

WON Shin-yun’s hit spy action-thriller The Suspect is set to screen internationally as releases have now been confirmed in seven territories, according to an announcement from the film’s distributor Showbox on Monday, December 30th. Among those is the United S...

COMMITMENT Commits to US, Europe and Asia

CHOI Seung-hyun Action-Drama to Screen Globally Following its pre-sales deal to eight Asian countries, PARK Hong-soo’s Commitment is now set to be released in U.S. and Europe markets. The feature debut film of PARK Hong-soo, the former assistant director of ...

BYUN Young-joo to Duet with HAN Ye-ri

Appointed as the MC for the opening ceremony of the 15th IWFFIS BYUN Young-joo and HAN Ye-ri are going to host the opening ceremony of the 15th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul, which is going to take place at screen M of Mega Box Sinchon on Ma...

A Lonely Boy Meets a Lonely Girl in COMMITMENT

Director PARK Hong-soo | Starring CHOI Seung-hyun, HAN Ye-ri, YOON Je-moon, CHO Seong-ha, KIM You-Jung | Release Date Second half of 2013 Commitment is based on relations and tensions between South and North Korea. The hero is a boy who infiltrated South Kor...