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- Actress So-yi Wields Megaphone for MY EGGS
- Actress and musician So-yi has gone behind the camera to direct the short film My Eggs (literal title), based on her own script. So-yi also stars in the film, described as a comedy-drama about an unmarried woman who freezes her eggs. Also appearing in the short will be AHN Min-young, YOO Yeon-seo, S...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 22, 2020
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- LEE Dong-eun Wraps Third Feature YOU AND ME
- Director LEE Dong-eun has completed production on his third film You and Me (translated title). The drama follows quickly on the heels of his first two films In Between Seasonsand Mothers. Production wrapped up on December 7. You and Me concerns a family of two brothers and a sister who receive a po...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2018
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- BURNING Takes Home Top Grand Bell Award
- The 55th Grand Bell (Daejong) Film Awards took place in Seoul on the evening of October 22, where LEE Chang-dong’s latest critically acclaimed work Burning, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, was handed the Best Film Prize. This year’s awards were very evenly spread out with...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 29, 2018
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- Filmfest München Invites Five Korean Indies
- Filmfest München invited five feature films works from Korea for this year’s edition, which kicked off on June 28 and ran until July 7. Among the selected titles were LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter (2017), LEE Hwan’s Park Hwa-young (2017), LIM Tae-gue’s The Seeds of Viol...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 26, 2018
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- JIFF Expands to 5 Jeonju Cinema Projects in 2018
- The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) announced its 2018 Jeonju Cinema Projects last month, which have been expanded this year to include five titles, as opposed to the trios that have been featured in earlier editions. This year’s JCP filmmakers will be the Chilean directors Alejandro Ferná...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 05, 2018
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- CGV ARTHOUSE Filmmaker-in-Residence Project Awards funding to 3 Indie Korean Films
- On December 21, CGV ARTHOUSE announced that CHO Hyunhoon’s Jane, LEE Seung-moon’s documentary Dance sports Girls, and LIM Tea-gue’s The Seeds of Violence would each receive 5 million Korean won as part of its Korean Filmmaker-in-Residence Project. In addition, it was announced that actress LEE Min-j...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Jan 04, 2018
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- Mar Del Plata Stages Korean Focus
- The Mar Del Plata International Film Festival once again features Korea prominently at this year’s 32nd edition with a special program being devoted to the country’s cinema. In all, 11 Korean films screen at the event, which kicked off on Friday, November 17th and runs until 26th. KIM Dae-hwan’s sec...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 21, 2017
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- Jeonju Lands on 25 Coolest Film Festivals List
- MovieMaker Magazine included the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in its recent ‘The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World’ feature. The unranked list from the influential filmmaking publication, known as the world’s leading independent filmmaking magazine, also included famous events such...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 17, 2017
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- RIFLE and THE SEEDS OF VIOLENCE Triumph in Jeonju
- Brazilian film Rifle from director Davi Pretto was crowned the Grand Prize winner in the International Competition of this year’s 18th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) on May 3rd. Topping the Korean Competition was LIM Tea-gue’s The Seeds of Violence, while BAE Kyung-heon’s A...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2017