LEE Joon-ik Wraps 2nd B&W Period Feature JA-SAN-EO-BO

Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-...

PARK Jung-min and Don LEE Put the Keys in IGNITION

PARK Jung-min will play a leading role in the upcoming coming-of-age film Ignition (translated title), which will be adapted from the webtoon by CHO Geum-san. Joining PARK will be busy leading man Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) and JUNG Hae-in. The story will focu...

Korean Film Festival in the Philippines

Hosted by the Korean Cultural Center (KCC, Director LEE Jin-cheol), this year’s Korean Film Festival in the Philippines will screen five Korean films Under the theme "Time Travel", from August 29 to September 26, the festival is screening the following...

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum Get Head-to-Head for TAZZA 3

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon i...

M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate

Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment,...

LEE Joon-ik’s SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN to be Released in July

Having previously directed King And The Clown (2005), The Throne (2015) and DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet (2016), LEE Joon-ik will return with his upcoming film Sunset in My Hometown. It will be the last film in LEE’s Youth Trilogy, which comprises DONGJU; Th...

M-Line Brings Commercial Drama, Acclaimed Indies and VR Content to EFM

M-Line Distributionpresented a wealth of titles at this year’s European Film Market (EFM), which include several upcoming commercial titles, an array of acclaimed independent films as well as their first VR content acquisitions. Leading their slate is the upco...

CJ Takes TAKE POINT to Market in Berlin

Top Korean distributor CJ Entertainment is repping an explosive lineup at the European Film Market (EFM) this year, led by their upcoming military action Take Point, as well as several recent hits and local language titles for foreign markets. Reuniting direct...

ANARCHIST FROM COLONY to Open Osaka Asian Film Festival

LEE Joon-ik’s most recent film Anarchist from Colony, a period drama with LEE Je-hoon and CHOI Hee-seo, has been selected as the opening film of this year’s 13th Osaka Asian Film Festival. The film will kick off the festival on March 9th. Set in Tokyo in 1923,...

LEE Joon-ik Wraps Present-Day Drama BYEONSAN

Prolific director LEE Joon-ik wrapped his 13th film in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on November 18th, just over two months since production began in Seoul on September 11th. Byeonsan (Korean title), features rising star PARK Jung-min alongside KIM Go-eun. The f...