Actors Lee Youngae & Kim Sangkyung, Appointed as Jury Members for the Actor & Actress of the Year Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held for 10 days from October 5 to 14, has appointed actor Lee Youngae and actor Kim Sangkyung as jury members for the ‘Actor & Actress of the Year Award.’ The Actor & Actress of the Year Award ...

Kang Dongwon, Lee Youngae, Ha Jungwoo, Han Jimin, Attending ‘Actor’s House’ at the 27th Busan International Film Festival

Kang Dongwon, Lee Youngae, Ha Jungwoo, and Han Jimin have confirmed their attendance at the Busan International Film Festival this year. BIFF finally unveiled a lineup of the actors attending Actor’s House, a special talk show, on September 16. Actor’s House i...

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Selects 8 Korean Films

Long a big part of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), Korean films will once again descend on the Belgian genre film jubilee in big numbers this year, as eight films from South Korea have been selected to screen at the event’s 39th edi...

18th Florence Korea Film Fest to Spotlight CHO Jin-woong

After being delayed from its usual March slot by this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, the Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 18th edition between September 23 and 30. The festival will open with BLACK MONEY (2019) and will feature a special focus on t...

Fantasia Announces Final Wave, Confirming 15 Korean Titles

Last week, the Fantasia International Film Festival revealed its third and final wave of programming for this year’s 24th edition, which will take place exclusively online from August 20 to September 2. The Korean thriller Bring Me Home (2019) has been added t...

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...

ALIEN with KIM Tae-ri, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Woo-bin Begins Production Following Slight Covid-19 Delay

CHOI Dong-hoon’s upcoming two-part blockbuster Alien (translated title) kicked off shooting on March 28. Production had originally been scheduled for earlier in the month but was delayed due to mounting safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 public health cr...

BRING ME HOME Heads to Göteborg

The recent Korean thriller Bring Me Home (2019), the big screen comeback project for Korean star LEE Young-ae, has been invited to screen at the Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden, where it will take part in the Ingmar Bergman Competition. The project, which is ...

BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS Invited to IFFR Tiger Competition

The new Korean thriller Beast Clawing at Straws from debut director KIM Yong-hoon will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition. Centering around a Louis Vuitton bag filled with cash, the film stars JEON Do-...