BELIEVER Director LEE Hae-young Begins Shoot on Spy Thriller PHANTOM

Filming for the upcoming Japanese Occupation Era spy film Phantom (translated title) kicked off on January 4. Believer (2018) filmmaker LEE Hae-young is in the director’s chair and his cast includes stars SUL Kyung-gu, PARK So-dam, LEE Ha-nee, PARK Hae-soo, SE...

PARASITE Wins Outstanding Editing at HPA Awards

Seasoned editor YANG Jin-mo won the Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature Award from this year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards for his work on BONG Joon-ho’sPARASITE(2019). The Hollywood Professional Association is a trade organization tha...

SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam Consider GHOST

The agencies of actors SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam have confirmed that the stars have all received offers to appear in Ghost (translated title), a new spy action-drama set during the Japanese Colonial Era from Believer (2018) director LEE Hae-youn...

HONG Sangsoo’s YOURSELF AND YOURS Scores US Distribution

Hong Sangsoo’s 18th film Yourself and Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, has finally found a US distributor. The New York-based outfit Cinema Guild will launch the film digitally and on home video on June 5. The film sta...

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...

BAE Sung-woo and JUNG Ga-ram Perform INVESTIGATION TRIP

Popular character actor BAE Sung-woo and rising star JUNG Ga-ram are back on set for the upcoming film Investigation Trip (translated title), which commenced shooting on June 9. The feature debut of writer-director PARK Cheol-hwan is the latest project from di...

LEE Kwang-soo Considers Disaster Drama WATERHOLE

LEE Kwang-soo, who is currently on screens in the family comedy Inseparable Bros, is considering appearing alongside CHA Seung-won in the upcoming disaster drama Waterhole (literal title), from director KIM Ji-hoon. The film will follow the story of people tra...

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 10 from Korea

The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which kicked off on April 9 and is scheduled to run until the 21, is screening 10 Korean films during this year’s edition. In addition to an array of current thriller, horror and genre films, BIFFF is...

1987 Takes Home Another Grand Prize at KFPA Awards

The Korean Film Producers Association Awards held their 5th edition on December 11th. This year’s Grand Prize went to JANG Joon-hwan’s hit period political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), while YIM Soon-rye earned the Best Director Prize for her feel go...

1987 Comes Out on Top at Blue Dragon Awards

JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) topped the 39th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on November 23 during a ceremony hosted by stars KIM Hye-soo and YOO Yeon-seok. Other top prizes went to YOON Jon...