Oscar Winner YOUN Yuh-jung Continues to Lay New Roots

MINARI Star Has Reinvented Herself Throughout 50 Year Screen CareerLast Sunday, a Korean actor won an Academy Award for the very first time. YOUN Yuh-jung, who was also the first Korean performer to ever be nominated for an Oscar, earned the Best Supporting Ac...

Juries Announced for 18th Jeonju International Film Festival

The 18th Jeonju International Film Festival is just around the corner and festival has announced the various international members of its juries for the festival’s various competitions, which include the ‘International Competition’, ‘Korean Competition’, ‘Kore...

Golden Bear Winner to Open 18th Jeonju Film Festival

The Jeonju International Film Festival recently held its press conference to announce the lineup of its 18th edition, which will take place from April 27th to May 6th. The arthouse and independent cinema focused festival will open this year with On Body and So...

IM Chang-jung Takes a ROMAN HOLIDAY

Singer and actor IM Chang-jung has selected his next film project, which will be the thriller Roman Holiday, which is unrelated to Hollywood classic of the same name. Production kicks off this month with a quick release planned for next May. IM will play the l...

GANG Hye-jung and PARK Shin-yang Partner for MY WIFE

Kidnap Thriller from SONG Hae-sung Set in SE Asia Earlier this month, actors GANG Hye-jung and PARK Shin-yang confirmed that they would appear in My Wife, the new film from veteran director SONG Hae-sung. YOON Je-moon (Fists of Legend, 2013) and SONG Seung-he...

UHM Ji-won & KONG Hyo-jin Pair Up for MISSING CHILD

3rd Feature from …ING Director E.oni Actresses UHM Ji-won and KONG Hyo-jin are teaming up for the first time on Missing Child, the first film in nine years from …ing (2003) director E.oni (aka LEE Eon-hee). Shooting on the kidnap drama began last month and is ...

12th Florence Korean Film Fest Screens Over 30 Features

The longest running celebration of Korean cinema in Europe, the Florence Korean Film Festival is now in its 12th year. The festival kicked off last Friday (March 21st) with a screening of opening film Hide and Seek, with director HUH Jung in attendance. The hi...

PARK Hae-il Cast in New YIM Soon-rye Film

Following this year’s Boomerang Family and the currently in production Gyeongju, directed by ZHANG Lu, PARK Hae-il will next star in The Informant, which will be based on a true story. Forever the Moment (2008) director IM Soon-rye will helm the film that may ...

London Korean Film Festival Reveals Packed Program

Many Guests Scheduled for 8th Edition   In recent years, the British capital has become a veritable hub for Korean cinema, with weekly screenings, special events and guests, all courtesy of the Korean Cultural Center UK. The lynchpin of their cinema-relat...

14 Korean Films Selected for Tigers and Dragons

Mix of Features and Shorts at Vancouver Intl. Film Festival Every year, the Vancouver International Film Festival provides audiences with a bounty of East Asian cinema as part of the Tigers and Dragons program and this year is no exception. Among the 48 films...