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....

Korean Sci-fi HUNTING TIME Wraps 6-Month Shoot

Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene...

MICROHABITAT Earns Tiger Uncaged Award at NYAFF

JEON Go-woon’s acclaimed debut feature Microhabitat has picked up the Tiger Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Director JEON and actor AHN Jae-hong were on hand to receive the prize at the festival’s award ...

Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Quintet

The Göteborg Film Festival will return on January 26 for its 41st edition, which will feature five films from Korea. Two among those, JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat(2017) and the documentary Letters (2017) by Marte Vold and Jero YUN, will screen in the Ingmar Ber...

Hong Kong’s Festive Korea to Screen 19 Films

Festive Korea will kick off its 7th edition in Hong Kong on October 5th and run until November 30th, during which it will screen 19 films from Korea, ranging from indie documentaries to commercial blockbusters. The festival’s cinema section is broken down into...

E Som and AHN Jae-hong Team Up for A LITTLE PRINCESS

Actress E Som has selected her next film project, which will be A Little Princess, the fourth feature from the filmmaker collective KwangHwaMoon Cinema. As with other KwangHwaMoon films, actor AHN Jae-hong will also appear in the film. E will be the lead in th...

THE QUEEN OF CRIME Sells to Five Asian Countries

Comedy-Thriller with PARK Ji-young Opens August 25 The Queen of Crime, a new comedy-thriller from director LEE Yo-sup with actress PARK Ji-Young, was sold by Contents Panda to several Asian territories, including Japan, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong and ...

LEE Sun-kyun and AHN Jae-hong Join Forces in THE KING’S CASEBOOK

AS ONE Filmmaker Takes on Period Film A Hard Day (2013) star LEE Sun-kyun is teaming up with new face AHN Jae-hong for the upcoming period thriller The King’s Casebook (literal title). The film will follow the king of the Joseon Dynasty and his officers as th...

Contents Panda Showcase THE TIGER, A MELODY TO REMEMBER

EFM Films Include NO TOMORROW, MISSING YOU Period hunting drama The Tiger has been gaining attention from European buyers and festivals at the European Film Market in Berlin for its attractive pairing of Old Boy (2003) star CHOI Min-shik and New World (2013) ...

Special Screening for the 20th Anniversary of Director HONG Sang-soo’s Debut

Four Masters Special Screening’ of LEE Chang-dong, HONG Sang-soo, PARK Chan-wook and KORE-EDA Hirokazu Will Take Place around the Same Time Special screenings are holding to look back the world of HONG Sang-soo’s works before his 17th upcoming feature film Ri...