14th Network of Asian Fantastic Film to Welcome 40 Projects

BiFan’s Project Market Welcomes Series for First TimeThe Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) will return this summer for its 14th edition, which will take place during the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). The event will once agai...

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 10 from Korea

The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which kicked off on April 9 and is scheduled to run until the 21, is screening 10 Korean films during this year’s edition. In addition to an array of current thriller, horror and genre films, BIFFF is...

TAKE POINT Granted Record Wide Opening in Taiwan

End-of-year action-thriller Take Point opened in Taiwan on December 28 across 85 screens, the largest release ever accorded to a Korean film in the market. This means that the explosive Korean blockbuster from director KIM Byung-woo, with HA Jung-woo in the le...

NAFF Presents IT Project Participants for 2018

Last week, the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) announced the participants of its four segments this year, led by 17 selections for the IT Project. NAFF will also host four Indian teams for its ‘Project Spotlight’, a trio for ‘Nordic Genre Invasion’ and...

CJ Entertainment Ventures onto the Croisette with THE SPY GONE NORTH

Korea’s CJ Entertainment returns to the official selection at Cannes for the fourth year on the trot with their upcoming North Korea-themed espionage drama The Spy Gone North (2017). Meanwhile, the company is also busy on the Marché floor with a heavy lineup o...

Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass

The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will...

CJ Takes TAKE POINT to Market in Berlin

Top Korean distributor CJ Entertainment is repping an explosive lineup at the European Film Market (EFM) this year, led by their upcoming military action Take Point, as well as several recent hits and local language titles for foreign markets. Reuniting direct...

LEE Sun-kyun Joins THE TERROR, LIVE Team for PMC

KIM Byung-woo and HA Jung-woo, the director and star duo behind the 2013 smash The Terror, LIVE, are teaming up again for rescue thriller PMC. Joining HA on screen will be LEE Sun-kyun. PMC, which stands for private military company, focuses on a group of mili...

NAFF Opens 8th IT Project for Entries

Network of Asian Fantastic Films Seeks New Genre Entries The Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) is gearing up for its 8th edition, after opening submissions for It Project 2015. Coinciding with the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), N...

HOPE Scores Best Film at 34th Blue Dragon Awards

Awards Show Features Diverse Winners The 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards were held on Friday, November 22nd in Seoul with hosts YU Jun-sang and KIM Hye-soo. Demonstrating just how wide the field of contenders was this year, no clear winner emerged by night’s end...