GULL Flies Off to Compete at San Sebastián International Film Festival

Jeonju Grand Prize Winner Invited to New Directors Competition Following its Grand Prize win at the Jeonju International Film Festival earlier this year, KIM Mi-jo’s Gull has secured its International premiere. The debut indie film has been selected to take pa...

24th BIFAN to Open with WHISPERING CORRIDORS 6

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will return next month and opening this year’s 24th edition on July 9 will be Whispering Corridors: The Humming, the sixth entry in the long-running Korean horror franchise. This summer’s BIFAN will be ...

KWAK Do-won, JOO Won and YU Jae-myeong Dress Up for FIREMAN

Veteran filmmaker KWAK Kyung-taek, known for Friend (2001), one of the original Korean blockbusters, is deep in preparations for his 15th film, titled Fireman (translated title). KWAK has assembled a top-drawer cast, which will be headlined by KWAK Do-won, JOO...

HONG Sangsoo’s YOURSELF AND YOURS Scores US Distribution

Hong Sangsoo’s 18th film Yourself and Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, has finally found a US distributor. The New York-based outfit Cinema Guild will launch the film digitally and on home video on June 5. The film sta...

PARASITE and SCATTERED NIGHT to Screen in San Sebastian

The prestigious San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain is returning for its 67th edition from September 20 to 28. Among this year’s jam-packed program of world cinema highlights will be a couple of Korean titles, BONG Joon-ho’s much-heralded new fi...

Finecut Gets SHIN Min-a's Mystery-Thriller DIVA

Korean sales boutique Finecut has acquired the international sales rights for the upcoming mystery thriller Diva starring SHIN Min-a and LEE Yoo-young. During this month’s Asian Film Market, held over the course of the Busan International Film Festival, the ou...

Hong Sangsoo and LEE Chang-dong to Screen Latest Works at New York Film Festival

The New York Film Festival (NYFF), one of the top events on the fall festival calendar, has unveiled the main slate for its 55th edition this year. Two new works by Hong Sangsoo and the latest film by LEE Chang-dong are featured in the program. Hong’s Grass an...

KIM Jee-woon’s ILLANG to Compete in San Sebastián

KIM Jee-woon’s latest film, the big-budget sci-fi action noir ILLANG : THE WOLF BRIGADE, is set to have its international premiere in competition at the upcoming 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival. A remake of the 2000 anime classic Jin-Roh: The Wo...

Don LEE’s THE SOUL-MATE Books Chuseok Release

Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) is not one to rest on his laurels and sure enough, despite already featuring in next week’s highly anticipated fantasy epic sequel Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days, the busy actor will also be headlining one of this year’s Chuse...

SHIN Min-a Set to Return to Theaters with DIVA

SHIN Min-a is getting ready to return to the big screen for the first time since the 2014 romantic comedy My Love, My Bride. From hit screenwriter and first-time filmmaker CHO Seul-ye, Diva went into production this month. The mystery-thriller will follow a pr...