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- Korean Academy of Film Arts’ The Apartment with Two Women, Officially Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival
- The film <The Apartment with Two Women> has been officially invited to the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), which will be held in February 2022. The film is a graduation work from Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), and it is the first time in six...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 17, 2021
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- London Korean Film Festival to Stage Youn Yuhjung Retrospective
- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS to Bookend LKFFThe London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is returning for its 16th edition this year, which will run from November 4 to 19. This year’s event will feature a Special Focus on recent Academy Award-winner Youn Yuhjung and will open...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 30, 2021
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- Korean Film Archive Reveals YOUN Yuh-jung Retrospective
- KOFA to Present 18 Works from Academy Award Winner’s Illustrious CareerYOUN Yuh-jung, who made history last month as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar at the Academy Awards, where she picked up Best Supporting Actress Award for Lee Isaac CHUNG’s Minari, will become the subject of a compreh...
- by Pierce Conran / May 03, 2021
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- YOUN Yuh-jung Claims Best Supporting Actress Wins from San Francisco, St. Louis Critics
- Veteran actress YOUN Yuh-jung continues to pick up prizes in best supporting actress categories in North America for her performance in Lee Isaac CHUNG’s acclaimed Korean immigrant drama Minari. She recently won the Best Supporting Actress Awards from both the San Francisco Bay Area and St. Louis Cr...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 22, 2021
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- LEE Jung-jae Goes on the HUNT for Directorial Debut
- Veteran actor LEE Jung-jae, who is back on screens this week in the action-thriller Deliver Us From Evil, is about to embark on a new phase of his career, after signing on to make his directorial debut with the film Hunt (literal title), to be made from his own script. LEE is also planning to star i...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 13, 2020
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- Lee Isaac CHUNG’s MINARI with Steven YEUN Wows in Sundance Debut
- One of the most talked-about films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year has been Minari, the latest film by Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG. The film, which has drawn universal acclaim in Park City, is executive produced by Hollywood actor Steven YEUN, who appears alongside K...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2020
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- MINARI with Steven YEUN, HAN Ye-ri and YOUN Yuh-jung Invited to Sundance
- Minari, a new American film directed by Lee Isaac CHUNG, produced by Hollywood star Steven YEUN and starring YEUN as well as Korean actors YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri, has been selected to compete in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at next month’s Sundance Film Festival. The drama focuses on a Korean ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 19, 2019
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- Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York
- ‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York from November 22 to December 4 this year...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 08, 2019
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- YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri to Make Hollywood Debuts Alongside Steven YEUN
- Korean stars YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri are set to make their Hollywood debuts in the upcoming film Minari. They will co-star with Steven YEUN, who is also making his debut as an executive producer with the project. The film will be directed by Isaac CHUNG and is being produced by A24 and Plan B En...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 19, 2019
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- SONG Ji-hyo and GIM Mu-yeol Start Filming DAUGHTER
- SONG Ji-hyo and GIM Mu-yeol recently signed on to headline the upcoming film Daughter (working title). The mystery-thriller went into production on February 13 and marks the feature-length directing debut of short filmmaker SOHN Won-pyung. The film follows the story of Yoo-jin, who disappeared as a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 23, 2019