Director Ryoo Seung-wan returns with crime thriller fronted by women

Acclaimed director Ryoo Seung-wan, best known for films such as "Veteran" (2015) and "Escape from Mogadishu" (2021), will return after two years with the genre that he can do the best: a crime action thriller. Smugglersmarks his first film of t...

Decision to Leave Won Best Picture at the 58th Grand Bell Awards

The 58th Grand Bell Awards was held in Seoul on the afternoon on December 9. Director Park Chanwook's Decision to Leave was honored with the Best Picture Award. At the awards ceremony, Decision to Leave, The Roundup, and Life is Beautiful won 3 awards, res...

Life is Beautiful, Won the Audience Award at the 2022 VIFFF

At the VIFFF (Vevey International Funny Film Festival), held in Vevey in Switzerland from October 27 to 30, Life is Beautiful won the Audience Award. Life is Beautiful not only is the first Korean movie to have ever been invited to the Vevey International Funn...

CONFESSION and LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL to Premiere in Competition at 36th Fribourg Film Festival

This year’s 36th Fribourg International Film Festival is set to host seven films from South Korea, including two world premieres in its international competition and an action blockbuster in its opening gala slot.Yoon Jongseok’s mystery-thriller Confession wit...

Ryoo Seungwan’s SMUGGLING with Kim Hyesoo and Yum Jungah Wraps Production

Zo Insung and Park Jungmin Co-Star in 1970s-Set Crime FilmThough Escape from Mogadishu, the year’s biggest box office hit in Korea, is barely in the rearview mirror, director Ryoo Seungwan has already completed production on his next film.Smuggling (translated...

GO Min-si Joins RYOO Seung-wan’s SMUGGLING

Rising Star Joins KIM Hyesoo, YUM Jungah, ZO Insung and PARK JungminGO Minsi, a rising star whose face has become known to global viewers through several successful Netflix projects, has joined the cast of Director RYOO Seungwan’s upcoming film Smuggling (tran...

KIM Woo-bin, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri Wrap 2-Part ALIEN

Latest CHOI Dong-hoon Blockbuster Completes 13-Month ShootDirector CHOI Dong-hoon has been busy at work on his latest project, the two-part sci-fi-action film Alien (translated title), and after kicking off filming in March last year, the simultaneously shot f...

ALIEN with KIM Tae-ri, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Woo-bin Begins Production Following Slight Covid-19 Delay

CHOI Dong-hoon’s upcoming two-part blockbuster Alien (translated title) kicked off shooting on March 28. Production had originally been scheduled for earlier in the month but was delayed due to mounting safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 public health cr...

Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019

Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial ...

ANOTHER CHILD Picks Up NETPAC Award in Hawaii

Veteran star KIM Yun-seok’s directorial debut Another Child has picked up the NETPAC Award at this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). The film concerns a teenage girl (KIM Hye-jun) who discovers that her father is having an affair with the ...