- Korean Film News
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- Showbox, the Blueprint of Global Leap for Creator-centric New Business
- On June 15, Showbox Media Day ‘FUN FOR TOMORROW’ was held at the Seoul Dragon City Hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Showbox CEO Kim Dosoo and MCG Chairman Koo Bonwoong attended the event and announced strategies for K-content production and distribution across borders and platforms.Showbox is Korea's...
- by Park Hyejin / Jun 15, 2022
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- Voice Phishing Film CITIZEN DEOKHEE with RA Mi-ran to Shoot This Year
- The main cast for the voice phishing-themed film Citizen Deokhee (working title) has been finalized ahead of a shoot that will kick off later this year. As previously announced, RA Mi-ran will lead the cast of the Showbox project, with YEOM Hye-ran co-starring, and joining them will be GONG Myoung a...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 18, 2020
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- RA Mi-ran and YEOM Hye-ran Team Up for CITIZEN Dokhee
- RA Mi-ran and YEOM Hye-ran are due to join forces after teaming up for the upcoming voice phishing-themed feature Citizen Dokhee (translated title). The project will mark the commercial debut of Second Life (2018) director PARK Young-ju. Based on real events, the film follows a housewife in her 40s ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 29, 2020
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- 42nd Göteborg Film Festival Invites Korean Trio
- The Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden will hold its 42nd edition from January 25th to February 4th this year and as usual, a varied selection of Korean titles has been invited as part of its lineup. This year’s titles will include Hong Sangsoo’s Grass (2018), PARK Young-ju’s Second Life (2018) and th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 16, 2019
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- Finecut Gets SHIN Min-a's Mystery-Thriller DIVA
- Korean sales boutique Finecut has acquired the international sales rights for the upcoming mystery thriller Diva starring SHIN Min-a and LEE Yoo-young. During this month’s Asian Film Market, held over the course of the Busan International Film Festival, the outfit also shopped several new titles, in...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 12, 2018
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- 2018 BIFF Films Are Available Online
- Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Korea, such as BIFF, the Jeonju Internation...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Oct 10, 2018
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- WEEKENDS to Open 6th Toronto Korean Film Festival
- The Toronto Korean Film Festival returns on July 12th for its 6th edition. The festival will open with the documentary WEEKENDS (2016) before closing with ZHANG Lu’s latest indie drama A Quiet Dream (2016) on July 16th. A total of eight features and eight shorts will be screened at this year’s TKFF....
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 11, 2017