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- SQUID GAME’s Lee Jungjae Wraps Directorial Debut
- Lee Stars in Spy Thriller HUNT alongside Jung WoosungSquid Game star Lee Jungjae has just wrapped production on his latest challenge - his directorial debut Hunt. The crime film also sees him appear before the camera, co-starring with his friend and fellow star Jung Woosung, the pair appearing toget...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2021
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- LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo Wrap MOUNT BAEKDU
- Superstars LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo wrapped production on the star-studded action drama Mount Baekdu (translated title) on July 21 after five months of filming. The project, which co-stars Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), JEON Hye-jin and BAE Suzy, among others, is being co-directed by LEE Hae-jun a...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 08, 2019
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- LAST CHILD and THE POET AND THE BOY Headed to Seattle
- This month’s 44th Seattle International Film Festival will welcome a pair of new Korean independent films when it opens on May 17th. SHIN Dong-seok’s Last Child (2017) and KIM Yang-hee’sThe Poet and The Boy(2017) will be among the 433 films screening at SIFF this year. SHIN’s work, his first feature...
- by Pierce Conran / May 10, 2018
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- Car Chase Action BBAENGBAN Revs Up for Production
- COIN LOCKER GIRL Director Follow-up Stars KONG Hyo-jin, RYU Jun-yeol, JO Jung-suk HAN Jun-hee’s Coin Locker Girl (2015) follow-up Bbaengban (Korean title) has locked its cast and will commence production later this month. The Showbox title will star KONG Hyo-jin, RYU Jun-yeol and JO Jung-suk. The fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 06, 2018
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- Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Quintet
- The Göteborg Film Festival will return on January 26 for its 41st edition, which will feature five films from Korea. Two among those, JEON Go-woon’s Microhabitat(2017) and the documentary Letters (2017) by Marte Vold and Jero YUN, will screen in the Ingmar Bergman Competition (for international debu...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 15, 2018
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- RYU Jun-yeol Joins KONG Hyo-jin in BBAENGBAN
- Following his female-led gangster saga Coin Locker Girl (2015), director HAN Jun-hee is putting the final touches on the cast of his next project, the cop thriller Bbaengban (Korean title). Joining the previously announced KONG Hyo-jin in the lead is rising superstar RYU Jun-yeol, while the addition...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 12, 2017
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- THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards
- The Korean Film Critics Association announced the winners for its upcoming 37th awards, and it will be the period siege drama The Fortress that walks away with the biggest and most prizes when the show takes place next month. HWANG Dong-hyuk’s austere film earned the awards for Best Film, Best Direc...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 30, 2017
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- Tokyo Film Festival Welcomes THE POET AND THE BOY
- KIM Yang-hee’s debut The Poet and the Boy has been invited to screen in the ‘World Focus’ section of this year’s 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. The film, which stars YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin and JUNG Ga-ram, was one of the three Jeonju Cinema Projects at this year’s Jeonju International F...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 23, 2017
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- Toronto Welcomes THE POET AND THE BOY and THE DAY AFTER
- Hong Sangsoo will return to the Toronto International Film Festival next month with his 21st feature The Day After, which debuted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, while Jeonju Cinema Project The Poet and The Boy and the short (100ft) will also screen at the renowned Cana...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 25, 2017
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- YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin Start Filming A POET’S LOVE
- Actors YANG Ik-june, JEON Hye-jin and JEONG Ga-ram began filming A Poet’s Love on December 21st. From first time director KIM Yang-hee, the film is one of the participants of this year’s Jeonju Cinema Project, and will therefore premiere at the upcoming Jeonju International Film Festival before goin...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 09, 2017