KidariStudio and KIDARI ENT Merge to Form New Content Studio

Waiting for Rain (2021)KidariStudio and KIDARI ENT have merged and officially launched a content production company. The merged outfit will seek to exploit its extensive IP webtoon and film library to produce content that can be scaled out in franchises and/or...

Ha Jungwoo and Hwang Jungmin Head to SURINAME with Yoon Jongbin for Netflix

Stars Reunite with Director for Crime SeriesDirector Yoon Jongbin is partnering with Netlfix for the forthcoming original series Suriname. The project will see the director reunite with stars Ha Jungwoo and Hwang Jungmin, and feature Yoo Yeonseok, Jo Woojin an...

Florence Korean Film Fest Stages Moon Sori Retrospective

Italian Festival Hosts Masterclasses with Moon, Bong Joonho and Yoo Teo The Florence Korean Film Rest returned this spring and showcased an extensive program packed with current and classic Korean films. Among the highlights in its lineup, this year was a ret...

BLACK MONEY Tops Korean Film Producers Association Awards

CHUNG Ji-young’s Black Money (2019) took home the top prize from this year’s 7th Korean Film Producers Association (KFPA) Awards. The film also triumphed in the Best Actor category, won by CHO Jin-woong. KIM Hee-ae earned the Best Actress prize for her role in...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Leads Blue Dragon Film Awards with 11 Nominations

41st Edition of Prestigious Awards to Take Place on December 10 The Blue Dragon Film Awards revealed the nominations for this year’s 41st edition, which is scheduled to take place on December 10. WOO Min-ho’s period political drama The Man Standing Next leads ...

SIM Hee-sub and JEON Hye-jin Punch in at ROMANTIC FACTORY

SIM Hee-sub and JEON Hye-jin will join forces in the upcoming Korean melodrama Romantic Factory (translated title), the latest film from director JO Eun-sung. Shooting is expected to kick off around the middle of October. The film follows former soccer player ...

YOO Yeon-seok to Star with Olga Kurylenko in MATIN CALME

Korean star YOO Yeon-seok has joined the cast of the multi-lingual French production Matin Calme (‘Calm Morning’). YOO is appearing alongside star Olga Kurylenko in the new film from French filmmaker Denis Dercourt. Kurylenko plays forensic professor Alice Lon...

THE GOLDEN HOLIDAY Delays Release Amid New Wave COVID-19 Cases in Seoul

After months of steady increases at the box office as viewers returned to cinemas, several new clusters of COVID-19 cases have once more put distributors on alert. On Sunday, August 16, Showbox announced that it would be delaying the release of its crime-comed...

LEE Jung-jae Goes on the HUNT for Directorial Debut

Veteran actor LEE Jung-jae, who is back on screens this week in the action-thriller Deliver Us From Evil, is about to embark on a new phase of his career, after signing on to make his directorial debut with the film Hunt (literal title), to be made from his ow...

Local Industry Seizes Record Market Share in COVID-19 Era

The COVID-19 virus has been wreaking havoc on Korea and its film industry, but one silver lining has become evident at the box office, as Korean films have enjoyed an unprecedented majority on the charts. While overall grosses have dipped significantly over re...