LEE Joon-ik Wraps 2nd B&W Period Feature JA-SAN-EO-BO

Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-...

BYUN Yo-han Speaks Up for VOICE

According to his agency Saram Entertainment, BYUN Yo-han, star of Socialphobia (2015) and Will You Be There? (2016), has been cast in the upcoming thriller project Voice (literal title), the latest film from filmmaking brothers KIM Gok and KIM Sun. Voice will ...

Third HORROR STORIES Returns to Sitges

Consecutive Invitations for Horror Anthology Series The third installment in the anthology series Horror Stories has been invited to the 49th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Both of the previous films in the series were also invited...

M-Line Launches DONGJU, SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING at EFM

THE BACCHUS LADY Premieres in Panorama Section With a mix of festival titles, Korean Academy of Film Arts productions and genres spanning period drama, animation and more, M-Line Distribution has brought a comprehensive lineup of Korean cinema to the European...

HORROR STORIES 3, to Feature LIM Seul-ong, PARK Jung-min, KYONG Soo-jin

The Third in the Omnibus Horror Film Series Horror Stories 3, the third in the omnibus Korean horror film series, has finalized the casting, with rookies for the main characters, and they are LIM Seul-ong, a member of K-pop boyband 2AM, KYONG Soo-jin of How to...

NAFF Reveals This Year’s It Project Participants

BiFan Project Market Takes Shape for 2015 The Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) announced its 2015 ‘It Project’ this morning, which will include 21 participants from 12 countries. The projects, seven of which hail from Korea, were chosen from 171 submi...

14th Jeonju International Film Festival Announces Shorts Project

Short stories meet film Jeonju International Film Festival has released details of its 'Short! Short! Short! 2013', a project which promotes up-and-coming directors’ new vision. This year the program will consist of short films based on a Korean wr...

Cinematheque Friends Film Festival 2013 Takes Place

25 Films Including Ones Chosen by 15 Friends to Screen Cinematheque Friends Film Festival 2013 co-hosted by the Korean Association of Cinematheques, the Venice Biennale Foundation and Italian Cultural Center in Korea is going to be held. At the festival held...

Korean Films Around the World

Korean Films Praised in the U.S., France and Japan- As The Thieves break the 13 million mark and admissions go over 10 million for Masquerade, interest in Korean cinema abroad is going strong. The Korean Cultural Center in Washington D.C. will screen CHOO Chan...

<Stateless Things> shown in competition at New Horizons

Director KIM Kyung-mook’s <Stateless Things>, which follows the interweaving tales of two young men who live on society’s margins, recently screened in International Competition at Poland’s 12th New Horizons International Film Festival, which closed on...