- Korean Film News
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- Barunson and AStory Form Strategic Alliance
- Barunson E&A and AStory, two of the top production companies in the Korean market, joined hands to form a strategic alliance, which was announced late last month. The companies will jointly develop IP and deliver projects for the international content market by sharing each other’s creators ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 06, 2021
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- LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young Move into CONCRETE UTOPIA
- LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young will be joining forces for the upcoming disaster thriller Concrete Utopia (working title), as confirmed by Lotte Entertainment. UM Tae-hwa, the director of VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED (2016), will helm the project. UM’s new film will chronicle the...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 21, 2020
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- Finecut Gets SHIN Min-a's Mystery-Thriller DIVA
- Korean sales boutique Finecut has acquired the international sales rights for the upcoming mystery thriller Diva starring SHIN Min-a and LEE Yoo-young. During this month’s Asian Film Market, held over the course of the Busan International Film Festival, the outfit also shopped several new titles, in...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 12, 2018
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- SHIN Min-a Set to Return to Theaters with DIVA
- SHIN Min-a is getting ready to return to the big screen for the first time since the 2014 romantic comedy My Love, My Bride. From hit screenwriter and first-time filmmaker CHO Seul-ye, Diva went into production this month. The mystery-thriller will follow a professional diver known as ‘Diva’ who tri...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 24, 2018
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- AMERICA TOWN Invited to Sydney
- America Town, the 11th film by indie auteur JEON Soo-il, will have its international premiere at the Sydney International Film Festival, which kicks off on June 6 and runs until the 17th. The indie drama is the only Korean film invited to this year’s SIFF. The film tells a coming-of-age story set in...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018
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- UM Tae-goo Weights in for DEMPSEY ROLL
- Hyeri of Girl’s Day and KIM Hee-won Co-Star in Boxing Comedy-Drama Boxing comedy-drama Dempsey Roll (working title) kicked off production on April 25. Debut feature work of director JUNG Hyuk-ki, the project stars UM Tae-goo, KIM Hee-won and Girl’s Day member Hyeri. Dempsey Roll will follow a washed...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2018
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- GANG Dong-won to Star in Hollywood Disaster Movie TSUNAMI LA
- Actor GANG Dong-won is heading to Hollywood. On December 18th, GANG Dong-won’s management agency YG Entertainment confirmed the actor would star in Tsunami LA, a Hollywood natural disaster movie that will be directed by Simon West. The film features the most massive tidal wave in history of striking...
- by KIM Su-bin / Dec 28, 2017
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- VR Melodrama MEET THE MEMORIES – FIRST LOVE Cranks Up
- Production has been completed for the first Korean theatrical VR film: VR melodrama Meet the Memories – First Love. The project is being produced by Barunson E&A, which has put out well known films such KIM Jee-woon’s western action film The Good, The Bad, And The Weird (2008), BONG Joon-ho’s fa...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Dec 11, 2017
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- VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris
- The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was announced that UM Tae-hwa’s fantasy dra...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 10, 2017
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- A TAXI DRIVER Triumphs at 54th Daejong Film Awards
- The 54th Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards took place in Seoul on the evening of Wednesday, October 25th and handed their top prize to JANG Hun’s Gwangju drama A Taxi Driver, the year’s biggest box office hit with over 12 million viewers. The film also earned a prize for Best Planning. Yet the night’...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 30, 2017