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- NEON to Bring MEMORIES OF MURDER to America
- In the midst of their massive success with Parasite, which has become far and away the most successful Korean film of all time in the United States, North American distributor NEON has picked up the rights to director BONG Joon-ho’s 2003 classic Memories of Murder. Director BONG’s second film, Memor...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 04, 2019
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- BONG Joon-ho to Give BAFTA Lecture
- Director BONG Joon-ho has been invited to take part in the 10th annual Screenwriters’ Lecture Series put on by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The Korean filmmaker will join other celebrated world cinema cineastes such as Pedro ALMÓDOVAR, Noah BAUMBACH, Robert EGGERS and Céline ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 22, 2019
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- CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il Travel TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS
- Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by chance and decide to go on a trip, in searc...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 04, 2019
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- SONG Kang-ho and LEE Byung-hun to Take Flight in EMERGENCY DECLARATION
- Superstars SONG Kang-ho and LEE Byung-hun are set to team up for the fourth time in the upcoming aviation disaster drama Emergency Declaration (translated title) from The King (2017) director HAN Jae-rim. The project is described as a disaster film set on a plane. One of Korea’s most beloved actors,...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 16, 2019
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- PARASITE Selected as South Korea’s Entry to Academy Awards
- BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE has been announced as South Korea’s official entry to the Best International Film category of next year’s Academy Awards. The section was previously known as the Best Foreign Language Film category. To date, a Korean film has never been nominated at the AMPAs Acad...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 29, 2019
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- PARK Jung-bum Awarded Special Jury Prize at Locarno
- PARK Jung-bum’s third film Height of the Wave has picked up the Special Jury Prize in competition at the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars LEE Seung-yeon (House of Hummingbird) as a police officer who is restationed to an out-of-the-way island with her daughter following her d...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 26, 2019
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- IDOL, HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu Awarded at Fantasia
- LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for Best Actor. Meanwhile, both YI Ok-seop’s ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 06, 2019
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- BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE Adds Karlovy Vary and Locarno to Festival Calendar
- PARASITE, the award-winning box office smash that marks director BONG Joon-ho’s return to Korean filmmaking after a decade away, has added a pair of prestigious events to its festival lineup. The acclaimed film is set to screen this summer at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in t...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 26, 2019
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- BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE Takes Grand Prize in Sydney
- Just as it begins to wrap up its successful box office run at home, BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE has added another trophy to its chest after coming away from the 66th Sydney International Film Festival with the top prize. Featuring SONG Kang-ho and LEE Sun-kyun as the patriarchs of families on opposite e...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2019
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- THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season
- This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on July 24. This true life story follows the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 18, 2019
