YEON Sang-ho to Make Debut as TV Writer

TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho is gearing up for a new challenge as a TV writer as reports suggest he will pen the script for the upcoming series Method (translated title) for cable network tvN. Hope (2013) star UHM Ji-won is considering an offer ...

TRAIN TO BUSAN Sequel Goes into Production

Peninsula (translated title), the hotly anticipated follow-up to the global horror-thriller hit TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016), entered production on June 24. YEON Sang-ho is once again in the director’s chair while the brand-new cast features GANG Dong-won, LEE Jung-h...

The 8th Beijing International Film Festival Invites Five Korean Films

The 8th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), which is taking place this month, has invited five Korean films: RYOO Seung-wan’s The Battleship Island (2017), YEON Sang-ho’s Seoul Station (2016), Hong Sangsoo’s The Day After (2017) and Claire’s Camera (2...

A SPECIAL LADY Goes to Brussels

Actress KIM Hye-soo’s action-crime vehicle A Special Lady has officially been invited to the 36th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) for the competition section. Directed by LEE An-gyu, A Special Lady is a noir film that centers around KIM’...

The 4th Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival Kicks Off on September 7th

The 4th edition of the Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival (Festival de Cine Coreano en Buenos Aires) will kick off its seven day schedule on September 7th at the Cinemark Palermo. Beginning with a screening of KIM Sung-hoon’s spy-action comedy Confidential Assi...

YEON Sang-ho Wraps PSYCHOKINESIS

Following the smash global success of TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) Director YEON Sang-ho will return to theaters next year with the high concept black comedy Psychokinesis, which wrapped a four-month shoot on August 6th in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Along for the r...

TRAIN TO BUSAN Travels to Japan on September 1st

YEON Sang-ho’s zombie smash TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) is gearing up for one final victory lap after confirming a theatrical release in Japan. The film will debut September 1st in 44 cities on 148 screens, marking a record for a Korean film in the Japanese market. ...

THE WORLD OF US Opens 8th Korean Film Festival in Australia

The Korean Film Festival in Australia returns later this month bigger than ever before. The 8th edition of KOFFIA is set to screen 36 films across 8 cities as the festival moves around Australia, beginning in Sydney on August 17th and winding up in Darwin and ...

YEON Sang-ho Begins Filming TRAIN TO BUSAN Follow-up PSYCHOKINESIS

TRAIN TO BUSAN director YEON Sang-ho is back behind cameras as his second live action film (and fifth overall) Psychokinesis began shooting on April 17th. The black comedy features RYU Seung-ryong and SHIM Eun-kyoung (who both voiced characters in YEON TRAIN T...

MY FATHER’S ROOM Wins Best Student Short Film Prize at Festival Anima

JANG Na-ri Animation Awarded in Brussels Director JANG Na-ri was triumphant at the 36th Festival Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, where her film My Father’s Room earned her the Best Student Short Film Prize. The main prize at Anima this year went t...