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- The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Opens K-Movie Original Film Concert
- The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival will hold a film concert with a large orchestra. The film concert is an event you listen to the soundtracks through orchestra live performance while watching the movies. At the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival this year, the fil...
- by Park Hyejin / Jul 07, 2022
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- A Special Exhibition at the 26th BIFAN, ‘It’s Going on: 39+1, KAFA’
- Director Jo Sunghee’s Don't Step Out of the House(2008)The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) is holding a special exhibition, ‘It’s Going on: 39+1, KAFA.’ Mo Eunyoung, the programmer of BIFAN said, "We prepared this special event as the first step to celebrate KAFA...
- by Park Hyejin / Jun 10, 2022
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- Ryu Junyeol Considering MIIKE Takashi’s Drama Series CONNECT
- Jung Haein Already Cast in 6-Part Webtoon AdaptationBeliever (2018) star Ryu Junyeol has been offered and is considered a leading role in Connect, the upcoming limited series that will mark the Korean drama directing debut of acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Miike Takashi. If he signs on, Ryu may join D...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2021
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- DELIVER US FROM EVIL Director Eyes Transition to Small Screen
- Hong Wonchan Preparing Crime Drama GANGSTERHong Wonchan is the latest filmmaker eyeing a transition to the small screen. The DELIVER US FROM EVIL (2020) director is planning the helm the crime drama Gangster (literal title)Set in the turbulent criminal underworld of the 1960s, when rising criminal o...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 07, 2021
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- OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival
- FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-comedy vehicle with Uhm Jeonghwa.Closing th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2021
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- HUR Jin-ho Project Invited to Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum
- Celebrated director HUR Jin-ho is set to take part in the 19th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) after his new project The Dinner was selected as one of this year’ 29 participants. HUR’s is the only project from South Korea. The Dinner tells the story of two brothers with differing world vie...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 05, 2021
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- SINGLE IN SEOUL with LIM Soo-jung and LEE Dong-wook to Shoot in November
- The new romantic drama Single in Seoul (literal title), featuring LIM Soo-jung and LEE Dong-wook, is set to begin filming on November 12. Actress E som is also reportedly considering an offer to appear in the project. From Red Carpet (2014) director PARK Bum-su, the film is the latest project from t...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 16, 2020
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- LIM Soo-jung and LEE Dong-wook Contemplating being SINGLE IN SEOUL
- LIM Soo-jung and LEE Dong-wook are mulling a return to the big screen in the upcoming romantic drama Single in Seoul (literal title). Agencies for both stars have indicated the actors have received offers and are looking upon them favorably. The film will be directed by PARK Bum-su, a filmmaker who ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 01, 2020
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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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- 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