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BLACK MONEY Tops Korean Film Producers Association Awards
CHUNG Ji-young’s Black Money (2019) took home the top prize from this year’s 7th Korean Film Producers Association (KFPA) Awards. The film also triumphed in the Best Actor category, won by CHO Jin-woong. KIM Hee-ae earned the Best Actress prize for her role in...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 24, 2020
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THE MAN STANDING NEXT Leads Blue Dragon Film Awards with 11 Nominations
41st Edition of Prestigious Awards to Take Place on December 10 The Blue Dragon Film Awards revealed the nominations for this year’s 41st edition, which is scheduled to take place on December 10. WOO Min-ho’s period political drama The Man Standing Next leads ...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Nov 24, 2020
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56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5
Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for B...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : May 22, 2020
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LEAVING LAS VEGAS Filmmaker Developing Korean-Language Project
Mike FIGGIS, the English director most well-known for the film Leaving Las Vegas, which earned Nicholas CAGE the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995, is currently developing a film that will be set and shot in Korea, featuring Korean language. This would be t...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 12, 2018
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HERSTORY Received Global Summons
Well Go USA Picks Up Comfort Woman Drama for North America Korean sales outfit Contents Panda has secured several deals for its comfort woman drama Herstory. The latest work by director MIN Kyu-dong, the film bowed in domestic theaters on June 27. Distributor ...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Jul 10, 2018
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CONTENTS PANDA Invade Cannes Market with THE GREAT BATTLE, BELIEVER
Korean sales outfit Contents Panda, which participated in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival over the past two years with Train to Busan (2016) and The Villainess (2017), have brought a diverse lineup to the Marché this year, led by LEE Hae-you...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : May 14, 2018
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Investment and Distribution Company NEW Releases 10 Titles for 2018 Line-up
Renowned Korean investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced 10 titles they plan to release in 2018. Through a press release, NEW stated they had three films in their catalog that had sold over 10 million tickets since their fou...
- Writer : by SONG Soon-jin
- Date : Dec 19, 2017
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MIN Kyu-dong Wraps Comfort Women Tale HER STORY
MIN Kyu-dong has wrapped his upcoming Comfort Woman court drama Her Story (working title), which features actresses KIM Hee-ae, KIM Hae-sook and LEE Yoo-young. The drama, which will be released by Next Entertainment World, completed two months of production on...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 01, 2017
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KIM Sang-kyung, KIM Gang-woo and KIM Hee-ae Make It Through LOST NIGHT
Actors KIM Sang-kyung, KIM Gang-woo and KIM Hee-ae wrapped three months of production for the incoming thriller Lost Night (working title) on August 31st. The project marks the feature debut of director LEE Chang-hee. Lost Night concerns a woman’s body that go...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Sep 19, 2017
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Comfort Woman Court Drama Subpoenas KIM Hae-sook and KIM Hee-ae
Following 2015’s The Treacherous, Director MIN Kyu-dong is getting ready to return with his seventh film, Her Story (working title). Based on real court testimonies from the 1990s about the ordeals suffered by comfort women, the drama will feature KIM Hae-sook...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Sep 04, 2017
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