JO Sung-hee’s VICTORY with SONG Joong-ki, KIM Tae-ri Takes Off

JO Sung-hee’s fourth film, the big-budget space drama Victory (translated title), entered production on July 3. SONG Joong-ki, KIM Tae-ri, JIN Seon-kyu and YOO Hae-jin lead the cast, which will also feature British actor Richard ARMITAGE. Plot details are stil...

SONG Hye-kyo Signs with WONG Kar-wai’s Jet Tone Films

Korean star SONG Hye-kyo has signed a contract with Jet Tone Films, the film production company run by famed Hong Kong filmmaker WONG Kar-wai. SONG revealed the news this month when she attended the Hong Kong Film Awards as a presenter. Jet Tone, which was joi...

CRYING OUT LOVE IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD by KWAK Jae-yong to Be Released in China

KWAK’s Second Chinese Film, Based on a Japanese Novel by the Same Title Crying out Love in the Center of the World, a Chinese film by KWAK Jae-yong who also directed My Sassy Girl (2001) and Time Renegades (2016), is to be released in China on August 26th. It...

N.E.W, Jackpot with DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN, a TV Drama

Breaking Even, Even Before Being on Air Next Entertainment World (N.E.W,), a content distribution company, is making great news with the performance of Descendants of the Sun, a KBS TV drama. It is a N.E.W. product, written by KIM Eun-suk of The Heirs, featur...

Udine’s Top Award Goes to ODE TO MY FATHER

Majority of Awards Swept Up by Korean Films At the 17th Udine Far East Film Festival, which took place from April 23 until May 2 in Udine, Italy, JK YOUN’s Ode to My Father was awarded the top prize. Staged by the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (C.E.C.), ...

LEE Jung-jae Signs on to New China-Korea Co-Production

DAY OF REVERSAL Lures Yet Another Korean Star to China Actor LEE Jung-jae is set to become the latest Korean star to enter the Chinese film industry after signing the dotted line on the upcoming China-Korea co-production Day of Reversal (translated title). LE...

17th Far East Film Festival to Screen 10 Korean Films

5 International Premieres in Udine The Far East Film Festival returns in two weeks for its 17th edition and as always a large contingent of Korean films is peppered across the lineup. 10 films from the peninsula will screen this year, among them five internat...

MY BRILLIANT LIFE to Be Release in China

SONG Hye-kyo Expands Her Chinese Fan Base E J-yong of Untold Scandal (2003) and The Actresses (2009) released My Brilliant Life last year, a drama about young parents with a child that suffers Progeria Syndrome, a rare genetic defect that cause a child to sho...

Pune Stages 1st Korean Film Festival

Coincided with Korean Cultural Festival in Indian City Film lovers in the Indian city Pune got a taste of Korean cinema last week when the 1st Korean Film Festival in Pune was held from December 9th to 11th. Taking place in the National Film Archive of India ...

My Brilliant Life, Invited to the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival

A Place of Interchange for Asia, the Pacific and North America Where Korean Films Have Constantly Been Strong E J-yong’s My Brilliant Life was officially invited to the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival. Among the screening films of the ‘Spotlight on Ko...