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- The King of Pigs Series, Officially Invited to the Fantasia International Film Festival for the First Time
- The King of Pigs series, a remake of Director Yeon Sangho's animation The King of Pigs, has been officially invited to the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival. It is the largest genre film festival in North America, and it is the first time for the festival to screen a TV series.The Fantas...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 06, 2022
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- Chun Tae-il, Invited to the 26th Fantasia Int’l Film Festival Animation Competition
- Chun Tae-il, the animation that tells the story of the late Chun Tae-il, an activist for workers’ rights, has been invited to the Competition of the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival. On May 3, the film was invited to the Competition for feature films of the 46th Annecy International Animati...
- by Park Hyejin / May 12, 2022
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- The 23rd JEONJU IFF, Going Back to Normal Just Like Before the Pandemic
- On March 31, an official press conference for the 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF) was held in CGV Yongsan, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Lee Joondong, Chairman of the JEONJU IFF, Kim Seungsoo, Chairman of the Organization (Mayor of Jeonju), and Programmer Moon Seok attended the press confe...
- by Hyejin Park / Apr 06, 2022
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- OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival
- FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-comedy vehicle with Uhm Jeonghwa.Closing th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2021
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- 14th Network of Asian Fantastic Film to Welcome 40 Projects
- BiFan’s Project Market Welcomes Series for First TimeThe Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) will return this summer for its 14th edition, which will take place during the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). The event will once again be a virtual event and will feature 40...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 03, 2021
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- Cannes Taps PENINSULA and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS for Official Lineup
- Though the festival will not take place this year owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival announced its 73rd official selection on the evening of June 3rd. Among the 56 titles for this unusual 2020 edition, which features no sections, are a pair of Korean films - YEON Sang-h...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2020
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- YEON Sang-ho and Netflix Team Up on HELLBOUND
- Prolific director YEON Sang-ho is currently putting the finishing touches on his TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) sequel Peninsula, due out this summer, but that hasn’t stopped him from signing on to direct Hellbound (working title), a new original series for global streaming giant Netflix. The series will be ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 07, 2020
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- YEON Sang-ho to Make Debut as TV Writer
- TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho is gearing up for a new challenge as a TV writer as reports suggest he will pen the script for the upcoming series Method (translated title) for cable network tvN. Hope (2013) star UHM Ji-won is considering an offer to star in the project, which will be he...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 02, 2019
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- TRAIN TO BUSAN Sequel Goes into Production
- Peninsula (translated title), the hotly anticipated follow-up to the global horror-thriller hit TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016), entered production on June 24. YEON Sang-ho is once again in the director’s chair while the brand-new cast features GANG Dong-won, LEE Jung-hyun, LEE Re, KWON Hae-hyo, KIM Min-jae a...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2019
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- NAFF Presents IT Project Participants for 2018
- Last week, the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) announced the participants of its four segments this year, led by 17 selections for the IT Project. NAFF will also host four Indian teams for its ‘Project Spotlight’, a trio for ‘Nordic Genre Invasion’ and one project for ‘Blood Window’. In all,...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2018