Celebrating the Genre Movie Festival for 11 Days, the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) Has Opened

The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held its opening ceremony at 7 p.m. on July 7 at the Grass Square of Bucheon City Hall. It was the first face-to-face opening ceremony in 3 years, hosted by Actors Park Byungeun and Han Sunhwa. Chung Jiyou...

Directors JK Youn & Min Kyudong, Coming Forward for Fair Compensation for Korean Cineastes

On May 16, a conversation was held under the title ‘Bold Movie Directors: Tell the Basic Rights of Video Authors Across the Border’ at Cinematheque Korean Film Archive (KOFA). As part of the regular general meeting of the AVACI (Audiovisual Authors Internation...

Director Shin Jungwon Passes Away at Age 47

Night of the Undead (2020)Shin Jungwon, the director known for horror comedies such as To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and last year’s Night of the Undead (2020), has died at the age of 46. He passed away suddenly of acute sepsis related to liver cirrhosis on D...

Kim Seonho Joins Youn Yuhjung and Kim Yunjin in DOG DAYS

JK Films Set to Produce Anthology FilmFor the third time in as many weeks, rising star Kim Seonho has signed on to an upcoming film project. The Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha actor has been cast alongside the Academy Award-winning Youn Yuhjung and Lost star Kim Yunjin ...

JK Youn and Miky Lee Team Up for Hollywood K-Pop Road Movie

Korean Hitmakers Join Forces with INTERSTELLAR ProducerBox office titan JK Youn, the author of not one but two ten million viewer hits in Korea, is setting his sights on America. The Ode to My Father (2014) director has teamed up with Parasite (2019) executive...

Hitmaker JK YOUN Returns with HERO

Hitmaker JK YOUN is back on set with his latest film Hero (translated title), a musical which began production on September 10. Based on the hit stage musical of the same name, the film will star CHUNG Sung-hwa, KIM Go-eun and NA Moon-hee. The musical will fol...

HA Ji-won Mulling Big Screen Return in COLLATERAL

Actress HA Ji-won is mulling a return to the big screen with the project Collateral (translated title), a JK Films production which will mark the sophomore work of director KANG Dae-gyu. The male lead will be played by veteran character actor SUNG Dong-il. Col...

HWANG Jung-min Mulling Return as HOSTAGE

Korean star HWANG Jung-min is reportedly considering the project Hostage (translated title), a remake of the Chinese hit Saving Mr. Wu, as his return to the silver screen. The box office magnet was recently on screens in the acclaimed Cannes-screened drama The...

Bollywood Adaptation of ODE TO MY FATHER Started Shooting in July

The Bollywood adaptation of JK YOUN’s nostalgic drama Ode to My Father (2014) has started shooting in July. The title of this Indian version, Bharat, is a Hindi word that means ‘India.’ Ode to My Father is the third most-watched Korean film in Korea, having at...

SON Ye-jin and Hyun-bin Vehicle THE NEGOTIATION Books September Release

The upcoming star-studded Korean hostage thriller The Negotiation will hit screens in September, just in time for the busy Chuseok holiday. From first-time director LEE Jong-seok, the film features popular names SON Ye-jin and Hyun-bin. SON plays Chae-yoon, a ...