KIM Tae-yong and IM Kwon-taek to Return to Berlinale

KIM Tae-yong’s Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels(2018) and IM Kwon-taek’s 1980 classic Mismatched Nose (here under the title Jjak-ko, 1983) have joined the lineup of next month’s 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Both directors have participated in the ...

42nd Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Trio

The Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden will hold its 42nd edition from January 25th to February 4th this year and as usual, a varied selection of Korean titles has been invited as part of its lineup. This year’s titles will include Hong Sangsoo’s Grass (2018), P...

KIM Rae-won and KONG Hyo-jin Start Filming THE MOST ORDINARY ROMANCE

KONG Hyo-jin and KIM Rae-won are reuniting in the upcoming rom-com The Most Ordinary Romance (translated title), which entered production on January 7. The feature debut of Director KIM Han-gyeol, who has previously made several indie shorts, The Most Ordinary...

BURNING Leads Asian Film Awards with 8 Nominations

LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING (2018) will go into the 13th Asian Film Awards as a favorite this year after scoring eight nominations, more than any other film, including Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters. The acclaimed drama bowed in competition at the Cannes Film Fest...

7th Muju Film Festival Opens June 5

The 7th Muju International Film Festival (MJFF) will be held during five days from June 5 to 9, announced the organizing committee of the festival. Sit within the hilly Muju County in the North Jolla Province, the festival has the particularity of offering ope...

LEE Jun-ho and JEONG So-min Team Up for GIBANG BACHELOR

K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE L...

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...

Busan Film Festival Announces New Deputy Director KIM Bok-geun

The Busan International Film Festival has appointed KIM Bok-geun as the deputy director of the festival, a role that had remained vacant since the sudden passing of former Deputy Director KIM Ji-seok in May 2017. Meanwhile, former Korean cinema programmer NAM ...

Paramount Pictures to Establish Theme Park in Incheon

There will be a Paramount Pictures-branded theme park in Incheon, Korea. This park will be part of the large resort complex that is currently being developed in the vicinity of the international airport. Variety reported that a deal has been signed between the...

CJ ENM Acquires Scandinavian TV Program Distributor

CJ ENM has acquired a majority stake in Scandinavian TV program distribution company Eccho Rights. The details of the purchase have not been made public. Eccho Rights is a TV program distribution company with offices in Stockholm (Sweden), Istanbul (Turkey), M...