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- ALONERS Competing for Cyclo d’Or at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
- Hong Sungeun’s debut film Aloners is competing for the Cyclo d’Or at this year’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in their Narrative Competition. It is the first Korean film to be invited to Vesoul’s main competition since Sub-zero Wind (2018) in 2019.Aloners, which stars Gong Seun...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 08, 2022
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- NIGHT IN PARADISE to Debut at Venice International Film Festival
- Though the Cannes Film Festival was forced to forgo staging an offline event this year, the Venice International Film Festival is set to return to the Lido in September and it will be bringing a new Korean film with it. Making his Venice debut will be Director PARK Hoon-jung, whose Night in Paradise...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 05, 2020
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- PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum Get Head-to-Head for TAZZA 3
- PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon in 2006. Following that film’s massive po...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- THE NET Catches Top Prize at French Political Film Festival
- KIM Ki-duk has added another award to his trophy chest after scooping up the top prize at the inaugural Festival du Film Politique (International Festival of Political Films) with his 22nd film The Net. The event, which was held in Porto-Vecchio, a town on the French island Corsica, took place over ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 03, 2017
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- Production Wraps on KIM Ki-duk’s THE TIME OF HUMANS
- The Time of Humans, the 23rd film from veteran indie filmmaker KIM Ki-duk, ended its shoot on July 3rd. The film features a major roster of acting talent that includes AHN Sung-ki, RYOO Seung-bum, Joe Odagiri, JANG Keun-suk, LEE Sung-jae and Mina Fujii. Taking place on a battleship, The Time of Huma...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 11, 2017
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- JANG Keun-suk, RYOO Seung-bum and Joe Odagiri in THE TIME OF HUMANS
- Actor JANG Keun-suk will finally make his return to the big screen for the first time since 2011’s You’re My Pet in The Time of Humans, which is the latest project from director KIM Ki-duk. Also appearing will be RYOO Seung-bum, whose last role was in KIM’s THE NET, and Japanese star Joe Odagiri, wh...
- by Pierce Conran / May 30, 2017
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- THE WAILING Picks Up Jury Prize at Florence Korea Film Fest
- The 15th Florence Korea Film Fest wound to a close on April 6th with a screening of closing film THE NET by veteran indie director KIM Ki-duk. In addition to the screening the festival annual awards were handed out. These included the Jury Award, which was unanimously given to NA Hong-jin’s THE WAIL...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 13, 2017
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- Florence Korean Film Fest Pulls Out All the Stops for 15th Edition
- Later this month, the world’s longest running celebration of Korean film, the Florence Korea Film Fest, will return with a program boasting 44 feature-length and short Korean films. For its 15th edition, the festival will open on March 23rd with KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, which had its world...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2017
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- UHM Tae-woong Returns in KIM Ki-duk Produced FORK LANE
- Actor UHM Tae-woong recently began shooting the indie film Fork Lane, the new production from KIM Ki-duk’s production house, a KIM KI-DUK film. Directing the project is LEE Ju-hyoung, whose debut, the 2013 North Korean spy drama Red Family, was also produced by KIM and picked up the Audience Award a...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 06, 2017
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- Five Korean Films Invited to Göteberg
- The 40th edition of the Göteberg International Film Festival kicked off on January 27th and will run until February 6th. This year, five films from South Korea, including four features and one animated short, have been invited to screen at the Swedish event. KIM Ki-duk’s 22nd feature THE NET, featur...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2017