The 23rd Jeonju IFF appointed 14 jury members for the NETPAC Award and the competition sections, consisting of leading domestic and foreign cineastes, including directors, actors, and programmers of various nationalities.First, the judges of the International Competition section are actor Park Haseon, the host of the opening ceremony last year and the main character of FIRST CHILD (2021), which en...

Pandemic No Match for Gargantuan SPIDER-MAN DebutLatest Marvel Hit Commands 95% of the SalesDespite rising COVID case numbers and significant Omicron variant fears, the Korean box office had its most impressive weekend since the start of the pandemic, as the year’s most hotly anticipated Hollywood conquered the global charts in a slew of record debuts. 1.83 million seats were filled over the weeke...

A lack of new titles and an explosion of Covid anxiety amidst rising case numbers and Omicron variant concerns once again led to a depression of sales at the box office with numbers slowing about one-third down to 389,000 sales over the weekend. A pair of domestic holdovers led the charts, giving local titles a 48% share of the market.The well-received local romcom Nothing Serious, the debut of di...

Local titles maintained an advantage at the Korean box office going into the last month of the year with a 51% share of the market. With new titles foundering and Omicron fears creeping into the public consciousness, admissions dipped a hefty 30%, with a total of 570,000 tickets snatched up over the weekend.Retaining the top spot during its second week on the charts was the local high concept acti...