LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for Best Actor. Meanwhile, both YI Ok-seop’s Maggie (2018) and KIM Yun-seok’s Another Child received a special mention in the ‘New Flesh Award – ...

North America’s top destination for genre cinema, the Fantasia International Film Festival recently unveiled the first wave of its 2019 program, which so far includes seven films from Korea, ranging from box office hits to award-winning indie dramas. Director LEE Su-jin returns to Montreal, following his Audience Award win there for HAN Gong-ju (2014), with his new thriller Idol, starring SUL Kyun...

Korean sales agent Finecut sealed several deals for titles in its current lineup during last month’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART). Among the titles that found favor with foreign distributors were LEE Su-jin’s thriller Idol, the LEE Si-young-fronted action-thriller No Mercy and the hit comedy The Dude in Me. The sophomore film of HAN Gong-ju (2014) director LEE Su-jin, Ido...

The cold frozen winter has passed and the warm spring has finally come. After a long awaited revamp, KoBiz Online Screening has finished its changeover and was reborn with colors that reflect the season of spring in warm orange and calm blue. During the website’s renovation, KoBiz took special care in making pathways more user-friendly and providing an effective and faster way to help members comm...

Socialphobia which was released on March 12th is gaining much attention as the second Han Gong-ju. Within three days of its release, the film had accrued 111,829 audiences on March 14th, making a record as the fastest independent film to go past the 100,000 mark. On March 23rd, the film recorded 240,142 in ticket sales, showing a better performance than My Love, Don’t Cross that River. It already ...

SOCIALPHOBIA and WHIPLASH Also Finds Room at Regular Box Office A domestic indie film is putting up a good fight in midst of new releases. Socialphobia has brought in 78,351 audiences over the week and is standing at 230 thousand in ticket sales. Within the first two weeks of its release, it had already bypassed the best performing alternative film from last year, Han Gong-ju, which recorded 220 ...

The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they failed to do so overseas. Interstellar and Begin Again ’s box office performances in Korea were exceptional in comparison to their boxoffice s...