Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

CHA Seung-won Returns to Comedy Genre for Chuseok Holidays

CHA Seung-won is returning to screens next month in the Chuseok holiday title CHEER UP, MR. LEE, the latest comedy-drama from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHEER UP, MR. LEEfeatures CHA as Cheol-soo, a simple-minded man with good looks and a strong ph...

PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY

Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae...

Oscar Qualifying Festivals in Korea

Two Korea film festivals became Oscar Qualifying Festivals. On December 22nd, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced that the Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) and the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISF...

SONG Yun-a Wraps VR Short WAR CORRESPONDENT

Upcoming virtual short film War Correspondent starring SONG Yun-a wrapped production on August 31st. SONG joined her director Patrick KWON and co-star HAN Sang-jin for a production party in Seoul on September 13th. The film features SONG playing a reporter nam...

Hyun-bin Signs Up for KKUN

Con Artist Thriller to Co-Star YOO Ji-tae According to studio Showbox, superstar Hyun-bin has signed up to take on the leading role in the upcoming project Kkun. The actor will play a con artist who only swindles other fraudsters. The role of a prosecutor see...

THE ADVOCATE : A MISSING BODY Secures US Release

CJ America Distributes Legal Comedy-Thriller Just two weeks after its nationwide release in South Korea, legal comedy-thriller The Advocate : A Missing Body is set to bow in North American theaters on October 23rd, courtesy of distributor CJ Entertainment Ame...

Cannes Market: M-Line Sells WONDERFUL NIGHTMARE, 9ers Presents New Slate

Korean Sales Companies Busy on the Croisette Korean foreign sales outfits are out in force at the Marché du Film, taking place alongside the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Among them, 9ers Entertainment, which is handling Cannes midnight selection Office, has p...

MAI RATIMA Awarded Jury Prize at Deauville Asian Film Festival

Actor YOO Ji-tae Triumphs with Directorial Debut Popular actor YOO Ji-tae, well known for the portraying the ageless villain in PARK Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003), has just won his first prize as a feature director. During the Deauville Asian Film Festival in F...