JEON Yeo-been Joins Netflix Original Series GLITCH

After My Death (2018) actress JEON Yeo-been is teaming up with Very Ordinary Couple (2013) director ROH Deok on the upcoming Glitch, a new mystery, comedy and thriller original series from Netflix. The show is being written by GIN Han-sai, who wrote the Netfli...

HAN Jae-rim’s EMERGENCY DECLARATION Completes Production

Emergency Declaration, the star-studded aviation disaster drama from HAN Jae-rim, completed production on October 24. Already a highly anticipated project owing to its star-studded cast, which includes SONG Kang-ho (PARASITE, 2019), LEE Byung-hun (Inside Men, ...

JANG Joon-hwan to Preside over 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Jury

The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, t...

KIM Hee-won and LEE Ha-na Hit the Road for SUMMER VACATION

Actors KIM Hee-won and LEE Ha-na have confirmed that they will appear together in the upcoming road comedy Summer Vacation (working title) from veteran director WHANG Cheol-mean. The story concerns a taxi driver and the young wife of a bus driver who go on the...

The 19th SIWFF Opens on June 1st

The 19th edition of SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) will be held at the Megabox Sinchon from June 1st to 7th. Under the theme of ‘Women’s Past, Present and Future’, the festival unveiled its opening day and the official poster which was desig...

20th Fantasia Books 20 from Korea

Canadian Fest Books International Premiere of FAMILYHOOD For its 20th anniversary, the Fantasia International Film Festival is pulling out all the stops, which includes a healthy selection of 20 Korean feature and short films. Among those will be the internat...

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 ...

Crime-Action THE KING, with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, Begins Shoot

HAN Jae-rim Film Adds BAE Sung-woo, KIM A-joong Filming for The King, the new HAN Jae-rim thriller with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, kicks off this month. Casting is now complete and joining the top stars are KIM A-joong, BAE Sung-woo, KIM Eui-sung, JUNG Eun...

JO Jung-suk, PARK Shin-hye and DOH Kyung-soo Wrap New Film

OLDER BROTHER Finished Filming on New Year’s Eve Filming on upcoming drama Older Brother (literal title) wrapped on New Year’s Eve after a three-month shoot. From director KWON Soo-kyung, the drama features JO Jung-suk as a man who is released from jail thank...

JUNG Woo-sung Joins ZO In-sung on THE KING

THE FACE READER’s HAN Jae-rim Returns to Director’s Chair Top stars JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung are set to appear in new thriller The King, the fourth directorial outing of HAN Jae-rim. The tale will follow a lawyer (ZO In-sung) who uses a colleague and gang...