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- 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 screen in the competition section. This ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 20, 2019
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- HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD Flies Off with Grand Prize in Seattle
- House of Hummingbird (2018), the debut of director KIM Bora, has bagged yet another major prize on the film festival circuit, after picking up the Grand Prize from the official competition of the recently concluded 45th Seattle International Film Festival. The feature debut of the acclaimed short fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2019
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- BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE Takes Grand Prize in Sydney
- Just as it begins to wrap up its successful box office run at home, BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE has added another trophy to its chest after coming away from the 66th Sydney International Film Festival with the top prize. Featuring SONG Kang-ho and LEE Sun-kyun as the patriarchs of families on opposite e...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2019
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- THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season
- This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on July 24. This true life story follows the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- RYU Seung-ryong Begins Shoot for Comedy NOT THE LIPS
- Following on from the smash success of Extreme Job, which became the second most successful Korean film of all time earlier this year, actor RYU Seung-ryong is back in front of cameras for the upcoming comedy Not the Lips (working title). RYU’s co-stars include OH Na-ra, KIM Hee-won and LEE Yoo-youn...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won to Brave STEEL RAIN 2
- Stars JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won are considering reuniting with director YANG Woo-suk on a sequel to their North Korea-themed espionage action-drama hit Steel Rain (2017). According to JUNG’s agency Artist Company, the star is positively considering the casting offer for the project, which is kno...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
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- PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok and KIM Eui-sung Receive SPECIAL PRAISE
- PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok, KIM Eui-sung and JEONG Hyeon-joon have joined forces for the upcoming crime-action film Special Praise (translated title). With director PARK Dae-min at the helm, the project began production on May 29. Currently on screens in BONG Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or-winning box office...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 14, 2019
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- Filmfest München to Stage Complete BONG Joon-ho Retrospective
- Filmfest München is set to stage a retrospective on the films of director BONG Joon-ho, which will span his whole career, from his 2000 debut Barking Dogs Never Bite, all the way to his Palme d’Or-winning PARASITE this year. BONG’s latest, which debuted just last month at the Cannes Film Festival an...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 13, 2019
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- Korean Film Archive and Taiwan Film Institute Sign MoU
- The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) and the Taiwan Film Institute (TFI) have joined forces on an initiative that will see the institutions collaborate on film preservation and cinematic exchanges. The organizations signed a memorandum of understanding that will advance their mutual collaboration and exch...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2019
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- Neon to Unleash PARASITE in North America on October 11
- This year’s Palme d’Or winner PARASITE, the first ever Korean film to pick up the world’s top film festival award, has fixed its North American release date. Distributor NEON will launch the film in America on October 11, thereby opening up the possibility of an awards run in the fall. PARASITEis Di...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2019
