LEE Joo-young to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Actress LEE Joo-young will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which kicked off on August 28. LEE initially made her screen debut in 2012, in the short film Encounter, but it was in ...

YOO Ah-in and PARK Jung-min to Headline YEON Sang-ho’s HELLBOUND

KIM Hyun-joo, WON Jin-ah and YANG Ik-june also Tapped for Netflix Original Series YEON Sang-ho’s upcoming Netflix Original series Hellbound (working title) is starting to take shape. YOO Ah-in, PARK Jung-min, KIM Hyun-joo, WON Jin-ah and YANG Ik-june have bee...

Lee Isaac CHUNG’s MINARI with Steven YEUN Wows in Sundance Debut

One of the most talked-about films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year has been Minari, the latest film by Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG. The film, which has drawn universal acclaim in Park City, is executive produced by Hollywood ac...

MINARI with Steven YEUN, HAN Ye-ri and YOUN Yuh-jung Invited to Sundance

Minari, a new American film directed by Lee Isaac CHUNG, produced by Hollywood star Steven YEUN and starring YEUN as well as Korean actors YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri, has been selected to compete in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at next month’s Sundance Film ...

KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi Action Drama INRANG Completes 8 Months of Filming

KIM Jee-woon’s highly anticipated Inrang (working title), a remake of the Japanese animation Jinroh: The Wolf Brigade, completed almost eight months of production on March 23. The project is headlined by GANG Dong-won, HAN Hyo-joo and JUNG Woo-sung. Set in the...

YANG Ik-june Nominated for Best Actor at Mainichi Film Awards

Korean actor and filmmaker YANG Ik-june has been nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards, one of the top film industry awards shows in Japan. He was nominated for his role in the film Wilderness, along with his co-star SUDA Masaki. ...

Hong Sangsoo Receives 5th Grand Prize from Busan Film Critics

KWON Hae-hyo and HAN Ye-ri Take Acting Honors Director HONG Sangsoo will receive the Grand Prize at the 18th Busan Film Critics Association Awards for both On the Beach at Night Alone and The Day After. It is the auteur’s fifth time to take home the prize, fol...

VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris

The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was...

Tokyo Film Festival Welcomes THE POET AND THE BOY

KIM Yang-hee’s debut The Poet and the Boy has been invited to screen in the ‘World Focus’ section of this year’s 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. The film, which stars YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin and JUNG Ga-ram, was one of the three Jeonju Cinema Projec...

Don LEE Arms Up for CHAMPION

Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) is continuing a very busy year with yet another lead role as the star has been cast in the upcoming arm-wrestling drama Champion (working title). Co-starring will be HAN Ye-ri and GWON Yool. Handling the director’s reigns will be KIM...