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- Next Sohee Won 3 Prizes at the 42nd France Amiens International Film Festival
- The film, Next Sohee, won 3 prizes at the 42nd France Amiens International Film Festival, including the Audience Award, Special Mention Award & UPJV (Université de Picardie Jules Verne) Reference Award.Next Sohee was selected as the closing film of the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival i...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 19, 2022
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- Next Sohee Won the Special Jury Award at the Tokyo FILMeX Festival
- The film, Next Sohee, won the Special Jury Award at the 23rd Tokyo FILMeX Festival. The festival organizer said, "Next Sohee, which shows thoughtful reflection on how life and other values are sacrificed in this ruthless world, sheds light on the mechanism of human exploitation," revealing t...
- by Park Hyejin / Nov 14, 2022
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- Director July Jung of Next Sohee, Won Best Director at the 26th Fantasia Int’l Film Festival
- Director Jung July of Next Sohee won the Best Director award at the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival. After being selected as the closing film of the Festival de Cannes Critics' Week, Next Sohee was selected as the closing film of the Fantasia International Film Festival again, drawing ...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 28, 2022
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- Broker, Won ARRI Award, the Top Prize at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
- The film Broker has won the ARRI Award at the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. The film festival said, “This film is a journey. One filled with longings, with decisions, with detours. Sometimes it is precisely these detours that we must take in life to find ourselves and each other. And we found a bit of ourselves...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 04, 2022
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- After Cannes, Next Sohee, Chosen as the Closing Film at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada
- Director Jung July’s Next Sohee has been selected as the closing film of the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival. As a result, the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival, which opens in Montreal, Canada on July 14, will wrap up its 3-week journey with Next Sohee at 6:30 p.m. on August 3. Pr...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 04, 2022
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- “I hope this award won’t affect me.”, Actor SONG Kangho
- Director Park Chanwook, who didn’t watch Broker yet due to his busy schedule at Cannes, asked Actor Song Kangho, "I heard your acting in Broker is fabulous. Is it true?" Then, Song Kangho replied, "No, I just played a supporting role. I’m nothing in the film." Song Kangho, who lowere...
- by Hellen Park / May 30, 2022
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- Next Sohee, the Closing Film of Cannes’ Critics Week, Revealed for the First Time
- On May 25, amid the 75th Festival de Cannes being held, Director Jung July’s Next Sohee marked a grand finale of Critics’ Week of the Festival de Cannes. Next Sohee is the first Korean film to be selected as the closing film of the Critics' Week. The Critics' Week at Cannes showcases only th...
- by Park Hyejin / May 27, 2022
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- Heo Moonyoung, Chairperson of the BIFF Executive Committee, Appointed to a Jury for Cannes Critics’ Week.
- Heo Moonyoung, the chairperson of the BIFF Executive Committee, the best film festival in Asia, has been appointed as a jury for Cannes Critics’ Week.Marking its 61st anniversary this year, Cannes Critics’ Week is a side section of the Cannes International Film Festival, which introduces the first a...
- by Hellen Park / May 02, 2022
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- Next Sohee, Selected as the Closing Film for Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week
- Director Jung July’s new film, Next Sohee, has been selected as the closing film of the 75th Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. The film is Director Jung’s first new film in 8 years and her second collaboration with Actor Bae Doona.The Cannes International Film Festival officially announc...
- by Hellen Park / Apr 22, 2022
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- Bae Doona Joins Zack Snyder’s REBEL MOON
- Cloud Atlas (2012)Korean star Bae Doona is returning to Hollywood after joining the main cast of the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed sci-fi film Rebel Moon for Netflix. Bae joins a cast that will also feature Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou and Ray Fisher.The epic sci-fi, which is sched...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 17, 2022