SONG Hye-kyo Signs with WONG Kar-wai’s Jet Tone Films

Korean star SONG Hye-kyo has signed a contract with Jet Tone Films, the film production company run by famed Hong Kong filmmaker WONG Kar-wai. SONG revealed the news this month when she attended the Hong Kong Film Awards as a presenter. Jet Tone, which was joi...

Udine Audiences Favor SPLIT and CANOLA

The 19th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival came to a close on April 29th after welcoming 60,000 viewers. While this year’s First Place Golden Mulberry Audience Award and Black Dragon Award went to the Japanese film Close Knit by OGIGAMI Naoko, it was...

A MELODY TO REMEMBER Sings Its way to Udine Golden Mulberry

2nd Place Prize for SORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART at Far East Film Festival The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine wound to a close on April 29th. This year, two of the festival’s audience awards prizes went to Korean films. Korean War melodrama...

18th Far East Film Festival to Open with THE TIGER

Udine Takes 15 from Korea The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which takes place in Udine in Northeast Italy, is set to open with a screening of PARK Hoon-jung’s Colonial Era hunting drama The Tiger. The film, which stars CHOI Min-shik, will ...

MASTER Lures LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won, KIM Woo-bin

New Con Thriller from COLD EYES Director Three of Korea’s top male box office draws are teaming up for new thriller Master. Global star LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won and KIM Woo-bin have signed on to star in the new film by Cold Eyes (2013) director CHO Ui-seo...

THE PRIESTS Books Stateside Release

JANG Jae-hyun’s smash hit debut The Priests has confirmed a nine-theater release in the United States, courtesy of CJ Entertainment America. The film will open in Los Angeles and Dallas this Thursday (November 26th) before expanding to Atlanta, Chicago, Fuller...

GANG Dong-won Begins HIDDEN TIME Shoot

New Mystery-Thriller from Director UM Tae-hwa Actor GANG Dong-won has begun principal photography on new mystery-thriller Hidden Time (translated title), the sophomore work of director UM Tae-hwa. The project started its shoot in Namhae in Gyeongsangnam Provi...

E J-yong’s THE KILLER WOMAN Selected as Next Feature Project of ‘KAFA + Next D’

The shooting of the erotic thriller will begin in October. Direct E J-yong will make the 3D feature film The Killer Woman (working title) as his next project. The Killer Woman was introduced as the tenth projcet of 'KAFA+Next D', a 3D film production ...

GANG Dong-won and HWANG Jung-min Confirmed for A VIOLENT PROSECUTOR

LEE Sung-min Also Joins Project Set to Roll Next Week Following speculation that first surfaced a few months ago, star actors GANG Dong-won and HWANG Jung-min are both confirmed for upcoming thriller A Violent Prosecutor. LEE Sung-min has also signed on to the...

Udine’s Top Award Goes to ODE TO MY FATHER

Majority of Awards Swept Up by Korean Films At the 17th Udine Far East Film Festival, which took place from April 23 until May 2 in Udine, Italy, JK YOUN’s Ode to My Father was awarded the top prize. Staged by the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (C.E.C.), ...