MOON So-ri and PARK Hae-il Cast in ZHANG Lu’s GOOD DAY

Director ZHANG Lu has lured an attractive cast for his 11th feature, which will include top stars MOON So-ri, PARK Hae-il and JUNG Jin-young. With the Korean title Good Day, the film is expected to start shooting in April. MOON and PARK will play a couple who ...

Korean Arthouse Auteurs Heat Up Fall Festival Circuit

Korea’s top commercial filmmakers have been drawing plenty of notice this year, but the fall season has also welcomed a bevy of new titles from some of Korea’s most acclaimed arthouse filmmakers, with several selections and awards already recorded around the g...

THE WORLD OF US Scores 2 Asia New Talents Nominations in Shanghai

Korean Program Featured 22 Titles Korean cinema made a big splash at the Shanghai International Film Festival this month, with 22 titles features across their program. Most prominent was YOON Ga-eun’s debut feature The World of Us, which was part of the Asian...

Sydney Stages ‘Off-Mainstream’ Contemporary Korean Cinema Spotlight

Tony Rayns Curates ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ Program For its 63rd edition, which kicked on June 8th, the Sydney International Film Festival is staging a ‘Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema’ program, curated b...

SON Ye-jin Wraps Colonial Era Drama THE LAST PRINCESS

Latest fro Melodrama Hitmaker HUR Jin-ho HUR Jin-ho’s Colonial Era drama The Last Princess wrapped up its four-month shoot in Korea and Japan on March 23rd. The Lotte Entertainment title features stars SON Ye-jin, PARK Hae-il and YOON Je-moon. Based on the 2...

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 ...

11 Korean Films Invited to Vancouver

Old & New Compete in Dragons & Tigers The 34th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) announced its full lineup last week, which will include 11 Korean films, 10 of which will screen in the ‘Dragons & Tigers’ sidebar, curated by Asian film c...

SON Ye-jin to Play HUR Jin-ho’s THE LAST PRINCESS

Period Film Will Co-Star PARK Hae-il HUR Jin-ho’s long in-development The Last Princess will finally begin production next month with SON Ye-jin in the title role and PARK Hae-il signed on to co-star. HUR and SON previously collaborated ten years ago on April...