The Korean short film Twenty from student director KIM Min-ju has been selected as part of the Cinéfondation lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of 17 student shorts invited to the competition this year and was chosen among 1952 entries. KIM’s 22-minute film follows a girl on the eve of her 20th birthday and what happens to her when she is brought to a cheap motel by friend...

Superstar SONG Joong-ki is in talks to reunite with his A Werewolf Boy (2012) director JO Sung-hee for the upcoming space-set drama Lightning Arc (translated title). Set against the backdrop of space, Lightning Arc is expected to combine Korean actors with an international cast. SONG is said to have recently met with Director JO about appearing in the film but the actor’s agency, Blossom Entertain...

Receives Funding from Screen Australia   An Australian remake of JO Sung-hee’s Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) graduation project End of Animal is coming closer to realization after having won funding in the latest round of development funds from Screen Australia.   The post-apocalyptic drama, featuring a young, pregnant female protagonist, will largely follow the original’s plot but ...