Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Consider MIRACLE

Stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min are positively considering offers to appear in Miracle (translated title), the sophomore feature outing for Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon. Based on a true story and set in the 1980s, Miracle will follow ...

SONG Joong-ki Mulling Role in 80s Music Biopic YOUR AND MY SEASON Alongside JIN Seon-kyu

SONG Joong-ki is reportedly considering an offer to star in the 1980s-set music biopic Your and My Season (translated title), in which he would play alongside the already confirmed JIN Seon-kyu. JIN is on board to play singer KIM Hyun-sik while SONG is conside...

PARASITE Sweeps 6 Prizes at Buil Film Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s critically-acclaimed smash PARASITE swept up six prizes at this year’s Buil Film Awards, held in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival, taking home top honors in six categories. The Palme d’Or winner picked up prizes for Best Fi...

BONG Joon-ho Wins Best Director at Chunsa Film Art Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE, fresh from its Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival, was the top prize-winner at this year’s 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards, which took place in Seoul on July 18. The film, which crossed the ten million viewers threshold...

9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival

The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to ...

JUNG Woo-sung Takes BaekSang Arts Grand Prize for INNOCENT WITNESS

The BaekSang Arts Awards, a long-standing show body that recognizes achievements in both the film and television fields, held their 55th edition on May 1 in Seoul. The night’s Grand Prize went to star JUNG Woo-sung for his role in the well-received legal drama...

JIN Seon-kyu Joins Space Drama VICTORY SHIP

Following a string of major hits, character actor JIN Seon-kyu has signed on to appear in the upcoming space-set blockbuster Victory Ship (translated title), which will be the comeback project of A Werewolf Boy (2012) director JO Sung-hee. With a reported budg...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...

1987 Takes Home Another Grand Prize at KFPA Awards

The Korean Film Producers Association Awards held their 5th edition on December 11th. This year’s Grand Prize went to JANG Joon-hwan’s hit period political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), while YIM Soon-rye earned the Best Director Prize for her feel go...

1987 Comes Out on Top at Blue Dragon Awards

JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) topped the 39th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on November 23 during a ceremony hosted by stars KIM Hye-soo and YOO Yeon-seok. Other top prizes went to YOON Jon...