- Korean Film News
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- 14th Network of Asian Fantastic Film to Welcome 40 Projects
- BiFan’s Project Market Welcomes Series for First TimeThe Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) will return this summer for its 14th edition, which will take place during the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan). The event will once again be a virtual event and will feature 40...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 03, 2021
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- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 10 from Korea
- The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which kicked off on April 9 and is scheduled to run until the 21, is screening 10 Korean films during this year’s edition. In addition to an array of current thriller, horror and genre films, BIFFF is also showcasing the works of director N...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 11, 2019
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- TAKE POINT Granted Record Wide Opening in Taiwan
- End-of-year action-thriller Take Point opened in Taiwan on December 28 across 85 screens, the largest release ever accorded to a Korean film in the market. This means that the explosive Korean blockbuster from director KIM Byung-woo, with HA Jung-woo in the lead, will be screening at 90% of the mult...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 28, 2018
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- NAFF Presents IT Project Participants for 2018
- Last week, the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) announced the participants of its four segments this year, led by 17 selections for the IT Project. NAFF will also host four Indian teams for its ‘Project Spotlight’, a trio for ‘Nordic Genre Invasion’ and one project for ‘Blood Window’. In all,...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2018
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- CJ Entertainment Ventures onto the Croisette with THE SPY GONE NORTH
- Korea’s CJ Entertainment returns to the official selection at Cannes for the fourth year on the trot with their upcoming North Korea-themed espionage drama The Spy Gone North (2017). Meanwhile, the company is also busy on the Marché floor with a heavy lineup of major genre titles due for release in ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 14, 2018
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- Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass
- The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will visit Italy with his period film The Fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 19, 2018
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- CJ Takes TAKE POINT to Market in Berlin
- Top Korean distributor CJ Entertainment is repping an explosive lineup at the European Film Market (EFM) this year, led by their upcoming military action Take Point, as well as several recent hits and local language titles for foreign markets. Reuniting director KIM Byung-woo and star HA Jung-woo fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 26, 2018
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- LEE Sun-kyun Joins THE TERROR, LIVE Team for PMC
- KIM Byung-woo and HA Jung-woo, the director and star duo behind the 2013 smash The Terror, LIVE, are teaming up again for rescue thriller PMC. Joining HA on screen will be LEE Sun-kyun. PMC, which stands for private military company, focuses on a group of military contractors that must rescue a pris...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 21, 2017
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- NAFF Opens 8th IT Project for Entries
- Network of Asian Fantastic Films Seeks New Genre Entries The Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) is gearing up for its 8th edition, after opening submissions for It Project 2015. Coinciding with the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), NAFF’s It Project is the first project ma...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 11, 2015
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- HOPE Scores Best Film at 34th Blue Dragon Awards
- Awards Show Features Diverse Winners The 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards were held on Friday, November 22nd in Seoul with hosts YU Jun-sang and KIM Hye-soo. Demonstrating just how wide the field of contenders was this year, no clear winner emerged by night’s end with 12 films scooping up awards in 17 ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 25, 2013