KIM Da-mi Picks Up Rising Star Award at LEAFF

KIM Da-mi, the breakout star from this year’s mystery-action-drama The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, has received the Rising Star Award from this year’s recently concluded London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF). The new star was in London to receive her priz...

RAMPANT to Spread Across 4 Continents in 19 Countries

Upcoming period zombie action film Rampant is gearing up for a global launch after international sales company CONTENTS PANDA announced that the film had already lined up theatrical releases in 19 countries across four continents. HYUN Bin leads the film, whic...

RAMPANT Set to Ravage Screens in October

The upcoming period action-thriller Rampant is now confirmed for an October release in Korea. Additionally, according to investor and distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW), this new collaboration following last year’s Confidential Assignment between direc...

Fantasia Completes Program with 24 from Korea

The Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed its third wave of programming to complete its program announcements for this year’s 22nd edition. The Montreal-based genre film festival has invited 24 films from Korea, including 15 feature films and 9 sho...

THE WITCH Receives Overseas Praise ahead of Domestic Launch

Rising Star KIM Da-mi Shines in Summer Mystery-Action PARK Hoon-jung’s new mystery-action film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion has been receiving some positive comments from overseas ahead of its domestic release on June 27. Featuring rising star KIM Da-mi a...

CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju Suit Up for THE CLOWNS

Joseon Era Film Began Production March 31 CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju are teaming up once more on the period film The Clowns (working title), which began filming on March 31. Also featuring PARK Hee-soon, GO Chang-seok, KIM Seul-ki, YOON Park and KIM Min-suk...

Hyun-bin Period Action Film OUTBREAK Completes Winter Shoot

Korean period action film Outbreak wrapped up five and a half months of shooting on February 13th, just in time for the staff to enjoy the Lunar New Year holiday. The film sees KIM Sung-hoon and Hyun-bin, the director and star of last year’s Confidential Assig...

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...

Finecut to Launch Sales on MONSTRUM at EFM

Finecut will launch sales on the period creature feature Monstrum (translated title) at the European Film Market (EFM) during the Berlin International Film Festival later this month. The big-budget title is the third work of Countdown (2011) director HEO Jong-...

PARK Hoon-jung’s Upcoming WITCH Cranks Up

On December 18th, PARK Hoon-jung’s upcoming film Witch (translated title) finished filming on Jeju Island. The action noir depicts a girl who is raised as a killer by an elderly couple after losing her memory and suddenly one day finds herself having to fight ...