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- MOON So-ri and JANG Joon-hwan to Visit Korean Film Festival DC
- The Korean Film Festival DC returns this month for its 2019 edition, which will unfold from May 10 to July 1. This year’s event will feature 11 recent Korean titles as well as a pair of very special guests, acclaimed actress MOON So-ri and director JANG Joon-hwan. Screenings will take place at the F...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2019
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- Excellence in Action Cinema Award for JUNG Byung-gil in New York
- Director JUNG Byung-gil will be traveling to New York this week to collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema for his latest work The Villainess, which serves as the closing film of this year’s 16th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Starring KIM Ok-vin as a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 12, 2017
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- GANG Dong-won Receives the Star Asia Award at NYAFF
- Actor GANG Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award at the 16th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). “GANG Dong-won’s charisma and emotional investment in his performances gives his films a unique edge.” The festival said on its homepage as they chose The Duelist (2005) by LEE Myung-se,...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jun 20, 2017
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- 19th Far East Film Festival Invites 14 from Korea
- The 19th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival returns in Italy from April 21st this year. As usual a broad selection of titles from Korea will be screened for local audiences with a total of 14 Korean films featuring in the program until the festival’s close on April 29th. Among the internati...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 18, 2017
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- Gangwon Film Commission Launches
- Gangwon Film Commission (GFC) was launched at the Benikea Hotel Chuncheon Bears on March 16th. PANG Eun-jin has been appointed to the first president of GFC, who won the Best Actress Award at the Blue Dragon Awards and has vitally directed films like Way Back Home (2013), Perfect Number (2012) and P...
- by KIM Hyun-jung / Mar 20, 2017
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- Thrillers and Action-Comedies Sell for CJ ahead of Berlin
- A quartet of thrillers are leading the sales slate for Korean major CJ Entertainment at the European Film Market in Berlin. Recent chart toppers Master, Confidential Assignment and Fabricated City in Korea and Saigon Bodyguards in Vietnam each stacked up healthy sales even before business got underw...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 13, 2017
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- SHIM Eun-kyoung Joins SPECIAL CITIZEN
- Election Drama Features CHOI Min-shik, KWAK Do-won On January 22nd, SHIM Eun-kyoung’s management company revealed that the young star officially joined the upcoming political drama Special Citizen (translated title). The project already made headlines when it was announced that CHOI Min-shik would ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 03, 2016
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- Tehran Hosts 4th Korean Film Festival
- Korean Quarter Screened in Iran Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex played host to the 4th Korean Film Festival in Tehran, which kicked off on Sunday, December 27th and ended on the 30th. Four major Korean films were shown during the event with all screenings free to the public. Speaking to the Tehran ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 2015
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- Toronto film festival takes <Countdown>
- The 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the first 50 films to be added to its line-up include the Korean film <Countdown>, starring JEONG Jae-young and JEON Do-yeon. Written and directed by newcomer HUH Jong-ho, the film will screen in TIFF’s Special Presentations se...
- Jul 27, 2011