- Korean Film News
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- The Year-end Independent Film Festival, the Seoul Independent Film Festival 2022 Kicked Off Successfully
- The Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF) 2022 kicked off at CGV Art House Apgujeong in Seoul on the 1st of November (Thursday). The opening ceremony, hosted by Actor Kwon Haehyo, who has been with SIFF for 22 years, opened with a trailer based on the slogan ‘The Art of Love,’ which means the symbo...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 05, 2022
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- ALL OF US ARE DEAD Chew Up 1st Place in Global Netflix Rankings
- ALL OF US ARE DEAD (2022)For the third time in five months, a drama series helmed by a Korean film director has topped the global Netflix rankings. Lee Jaekyoo’s All of Us Are Dead shot to the top spot on the global streaming service during its launch ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays in Korea. I...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 07, 2022
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- SHINING MOMENT with KO Doo-shim and JI Hyun-woo Wraps Production
- Shining Moment (translated title), the latest film from veteran production outfit Myung Films, wrapped production on Jeju Island on June 15, which began in early May. The film, which focuses on the island’s famed Haenyeo divers, stars KO Doo-shim and JI Hyun-woo and is the feature film debut of shor...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 02, 2020
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- AFTER MY DEATH and LAST CHILD Lead Wildflower Nominees
- The Wildflower Film Awards Korea are returning for their 6th edition next month, once again to be held at the Literature House Seoul on Namsan Mountain in the heart of the Korean capital. This year’s top nominees are KIM Ui-seok’s After My Death (2018) and SHIN Dong-seok’s Last Child (2018), which r...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 15, 2019
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- LEE Dong-eun Wraps Third Feature YOU AND ME
- Director LEE Dong-eun has completed production on his third film You and Me (translated title). The drama follows quickly on the heels of his first two films In Between Seasonsand Mothers. Production wrapped up on December 7. You and Me concerns a family of two brothers and a sister who receive a po...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2018
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- London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT
- The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return has been set as the closing film. This yea...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2018
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- MOTHERS Picks Up NETPAC Prize in Vesoul
- LEE Dong-eun’s sophomore drama Mothers picked up the NETPAC Award at the recently concluded Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France. Featuring A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and The Table (2017) star LIM Soo-jung, Mothers (2017) tells of a young widow who agrees to let her decease...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 19, 2018
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- MOTHERS and A TIGER IN WINTER to Compete in Vesoul
- CLAIRE’S CAMERA also Books Screenings in France The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema will be back for its 24th edition on January 30. Three Korean films, LEE Dong-eun’s Mothers, LEE Kwang-kuk’s A Tiger in Winter and HONG Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera, are invited to the festival this y...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 30, 2018
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- Korean Specialty Film Distributors Announce 2018 Lineups
- Korea’s specialty film distributors have confirmed their lineups for 2018.Korean distributors specializing in art house and independent films, such as CGV ARTHOUSE, INDIESTORY, Cinema DAL, MOVement and Atnine Film.Meanwhile, after receiving critical acclaim and having had successful festival runs, m...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Jan 25, 2018
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- LIM Soo-jung Wraps YOUR REQUEST
- Actress LIM Soo-jung wrapped production on Your Request (translated title) on July 27th in Cheongju. From director LEE Dong-eun, the drama co-stars YOON Chan-young and LEE Sang-hee and is produced by Myung Films. LIM plays a widow in the film who tries to continue her life as she lives with the 16-y...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 14, 2017