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- Director of SMUGGLERS aims to balance freshness and familiarity
- Director Ryoo Seung-wan's action thrillers are known for an inventive plot, colorful characters and daring action scenes, and his new film Smugglers has it all and ventures into new territory: female-centric narratives.Released Wednesday,Smugglersrevolves around female divers who are tangled up ...
- by Yonhap / Jul 31, 2023
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- Ryoo Seung-wan's SMUGGLERS invited to Locarno Film Festival
- Director Ryoo Seung-wan's new crime action thriller Smugglers has been invited to the 76th Locarno Film Festival set to open in Switzerland next month, the festival's homepage showed Thursday.Smugglers was included in the main Piazza Grande lineup for Europe's biggest midsummer movie eve...
- by Yonhap / Jul 07, 2023
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- Director Ryoo Seung-wan returns with crime thriller fronted by women
- Acclaimed director Ryoo Seung-wan, best known for films such as "Veteran" (2015) and "Escape from Mogadishu" (2021), will return after two years with the genre that he can do the best: a crime action thriller. Smugglersmarks his first film of the genre since "Veteran," seen b...
- by Yonhap / Jun 28, 2023
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- The 34th Palm Springs International Film Festival Invited 4 K-movies, Including Decision to Leave
- On December 20 (local time), the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced a list of the 34th film festival schedule and screenings on its official website. Among them, a total of 4 Korean movies were invited, including Director Park Chanwook's Decision to Leave, Director Kore-eda Hirok...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 23, 2022
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- Escape from Mogadishu, Won the Best Film at the 42nd Fantasporto International Film Festival
- Director Ryoo Seungwan's Escape from Mogadishu won the Best Film in the Asian Film Section at the 42nd Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal. At the festival, which closed on April 10 (local time), Escape from Mogadishu won the Best Orient Express Film.Against the backdrop of a civ...
- by Hellen Park / Apr 15, 2022
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- The 20th Florence Korea Film Fest, Open the Door with Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
- Florence Korea Film Fest, which introduces Korean films throughout Europe and Italy, will be held from April 7 to 15 (local time). Marking its 20th anniversary this year, the festival will attract Italian and European audiences with its special programs.First, the opening film is Heaven: To the Land...
- by Hellen Park / Apr 08, 2022
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- Lotte and Dexter Studios Forge NFT Partnership
- Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)Lotte Cultureworks and Dexter Studios have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into a strategic partnership for the joint production and distribution of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) based on their intellectual property.Lotte, an entertainment g...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 15, 2022
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- CONFESSION and LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL to Premiere in Competition at 36th Fribourg Film Festival
- This year’s 36th Fribourg International Film Festival is set to host seven films from South Korea, including two world premieres in its international competition and an action blockbuster in its opening gala slot.Yoon Jongseok’s mystery-thriller Confession with So Jisub and Kim Yunjin and Choi Kookh...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 11, 2022
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- HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS and ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU to Bookend 20th Florence Korea Film Fest
- Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2019)The Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 20th edition this spring, taking place between April 7 and 15. A total of 76 Korean films are scheduled to screen at this year’s edition, including 35 feature-length titles and 41 short films.This year’s eve...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 23, 2022
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Invited to Dublin International Film Festival
- Ryoo Seungwan’s hit action-drama Escape from Mogadishu (2021) has been invited to this year’s Dublin International Film Festival. Also selected for the Irish film event is Kimo Jisook’s short film Hairy Monster.Released in the summer of 2021, Escape from Mogadishu became the year’s biggest homegrown...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 10, 2022