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- JEON Yeo-been Joins Netflix Original Series GLITCH
- After My Death (2018) actress JEON Yeo-been is teaming up with Very Ordinary Couple (2013) director ROH Deok on the upcoming Glitch, a new mystery, comedy and thriller original series from Netflix. The show is being written by GIN Han-sai, who wrote the Netflix show Extracurricular.JEON will play Ho...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 17, 2021
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- 24th BIFAN to Open with WHISPERING CORRIDORS 6
- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will return next month and opening this year’s 24th edition on July 9 will be Whispering Corridors: The Humming, the sixth entry in the long-running Korean horror franchise. This summer’s BIFAN will be a hybrid event mixing physical screening...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 26, 2020
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- MOON So-ri, LEE Yoo-young and More Join SF8 Anthology Series
- Top film directors and stars have assembled for sci-fi anthology series SF8. The eight-part limited series is a joint project between the Directors Guild of Korea and the streaming platform Wavve and will begin airing on broadcast network MBC in August of this year. Among the big names in front of t...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 20, 2020
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- KIM Min-hee Takes Best Actress at Gijón Film Festival
- KIM Min-hee has picked up the AISGE Award for Best Actress from the 55th Gijón International Film Festival in Northern Spain for her part in HONG Sangsoo’s On the Beach at Night Alone. The win is KIM’s second for the role, after she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2017
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- SALUT D’AMOUR Up for Shanghai’s Golden Goblet
- Dankook Pair Compete in Asian New Talent A trio of Korean films has been selected to compete at next month’s Shanghai International Film Festival. Going into its 18th edition, the Chinese fest has invited KANG Je-gyu’s drama Salut d’Amour to compete for its main Golden Goblet prize, while a brace o...
- by Pierce Conran / May 29, 2015
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- JO Jung-suk, LEE Ha-na Pair Up for ROH Deok’s JOURNALIST
- HAN Jae-rim Produced Thriller to Lens This Month Initially unveiled during last year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), ROH Deok’s sophomore film Journalist has now finalized casting and will begin principal photography before the end of the month. JO Jung-suk, LEE Ha-na and LEE Mi-sook le...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 11, 2015
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- Four Korean Films Taking Part in Third Eye Asian Film Festival
- Mumbai Fest Takes to Korean Thrillers, Horror, Romance The Third Eye Asia Film Festival kicked off its 13th edition on New Year’s Day in Mumbai. Featuring 36 films from eight Asian countries, as well as a trio of French retro screenings, the festival has included four Korean films in its current lin...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 05, 2015
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- KIM Min-hee and KIM Tae-ri Confirmed for FINGERSMITH
- PARK Chan-wook’s New Film to have Revealing Scenes KIM Min-hee, KIM Tae-ri and CHO Jin-woong signed up for Fingersmith, following the recent announcement of HA Jung-woo’s confirmation for the newest PARK Chan-wook film. KIM Min-hee who has shown strong performances through Helpless (2011) and Very ...
- by June Kim / Dec 10, 2014
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- DramaFever Expands Korean Film Library
- Seals Deals with Showbox and Lotte The online streaming site DramaFever, a popular resource for Korean drama, variety and reality shows, is making a bigger push into online film streaming after expanding its film library following new deals struck with Showbox and Lotte Entertainment. The new pacts...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 08, 2014
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- THE ATTORNEY Takes Black Dragon Award in Udine
- YANG Woo-suk’s The Attorney, one of the many Korean films screening at this year’s Udine Far East Film Festival, took home the Black Mulberry from Italy, as well as the First Runner-up Golden Mulberry Award. The Korean blockbuster, starring SONG Kang-ho, went over 11.37 million admissions when it wa...
- by Pierce Conran / May 09, 2014