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- Director Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film Won the Silver Bear at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival
- At the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, Director Hong Sangsoo's 27th feature <The Novelist's Film> has won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. After winning the Best Director for <The Woman Who Ran> in 2020 and the Best Screenplay for <Introduction> in 2021, Director ...
- by Kim Jihyun / Feb 17, 2022
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- Lee Donghwi and Jung Eunchae Team Up for MAN LOOKING LEFT, WOMAN LOOKING RIGHT
- Romantic Drama from Debut Filmmaker Hyung SeulwooLee Donghwi and Jung Eunchae are set to appear in Man Looking Left, Woman Looking Right (translated title), a romantic drama that will mark the feature directing debut of Hyung Seulwoo.Lee and Jung will appear as a couple amid a difficult break-up. Le...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 10, 2021
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- Hong Sangsoo and KIM Min-Hee Return to Berlin Competition with THE WOMAN WHO RAN
- The 70 Berlin International Film Festival has been steadily revealing its program over the last few weeks and among its many sections will be three Korean projects, including Hong Sangsoo’s new film with KIM Min-hee, The Woman Who Ran, which will feature in the festival’s competition section. The sc...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2020
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- ANSI FORTRESS Begins 5-Month Shoot
- Period blockbuster Ansi Fortress, the first feature film project by Next Entertainment World’s new production arm Studio & NEW, began filming on August 23rd. ZO In-sung stars in the latest from director KIM Kwang-sik and production is expected to carry on for five months. The film chronicles the...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 01, 2017
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- Juries Announced for 18th Jeonju International Film Festival
- The 18th Jeonju International Film Festival is just around the corner and festival has announced the various international members of its juries for the festival’s various competitions, which include the ‘International Competition’, ‘Korean Competition’, ‘Korean Competition for Shorts’ and the ‘NETP...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 19, 2017
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- Berlinale Awards KIM Min-hee Silver Bear for Best Actress
- It was a big year for Korean films at the Berlin International Film Festival with a pair of major prizes going to Korean film talent at the conclusion of the 67th Berlinale on Saturday, February 18th. KIM Min-hee became the first Korean performer to earn a prize at the festival, as she came away wit...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 20, 2017
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- Berlin Critics Pour Praise on Hong Sangsoo’s ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE
- Hong Sangsoo’s 19th film is drawing some of the best and most consistent reviews after premiering in competition at the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. On the Beach at Night Alone, which stars KIM Min-hee in the lead role, is the director’s third work at Berlinale after Night...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 20, 2017
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- Berlinale Takes BECOMING WHO I WAS for Generation Kplus
- The 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival is beginning to take shape, with the full lineups of the Generation sections and the Culinary program revealed in the last few days. Heading to Berlin next month will be the documentary Becoming Who I Was, which will screen in Generation Kpl...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 19, 2017
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- Hong Sangsoo Returns to Berlinale
- Renowned Korean auteur HONG Sang-soo is set to return to the Berlin International Film Festival next month after his latest film On the Beach Alone at Night, which will have its world premiere in Berlinale’s international competition. While nothing is yet known about the film’s plot, save that it ta...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 12, 2017
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- JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung Wrap THE KING
- Thriller Readies for December Coronation The King, the new thriller from The Face Reader (2013) director HAN Jae-rim, has finished filming. Earlier this month, JUNG Woo-sung, ZO In-sung, KIM A-joong, BAE Sung-woo and the rest of the cast and crew completed the five month-long shoot. Shooting acro...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 15, 2016