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- Classic Korean films to go on YouTube
- The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) has announced that it is partnering with Google to put 70 classic Korean films on YouTube this May. The free video-on-demand films, complete with English subtitles, will be available to stream at http://www.youtube.com/koreanfilm.The line-up will span from YUN Yong-gyu...
- 03-05-2012
- Korean films in the Hong Kong International Film Festival
- The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced their line-up to include five feature-length films from Korea: KIM Joong-hyeon’s <Choked> and KIM Kyung-mook’s <Stateless Things> - both in the Young Cinema Competition, PARK Ki-yong’s <Moving> in the Documentary ...
- 03-05-2012
- New Directors/New Films takes <Romance Joe>
- The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have announced selections for the 41st New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) showcase in New York to include Korean director LEE Kwang-kuk’s feature debut <Romance Joe>. The film premiered last year at the Busan International Fil...
- 03-05-2012
- KOFIC reports record box office in 2011
- The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has reported South Korea had a record year at the box office in 2011. Total box office receipts came to a record KW1.23 trillion (US$1.1 billion) last year, up 7.4% from 2010. Admissions also rose to 159 million, up 8.7% compared to the year before.Korean films took 5...
- 03-05-2012
- M-Line launches <Doomsday Book> at EFM
- South Korean film sales company M-Line Distribution launched pre-sales on science fiction drama <Doomsday Book>, co-directed by KIM Jee-woon (<I Saw the Devil>) and YIM Pil-sung (<Hansel and Gretel>), at the recent European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.Made up of three short stories...
- 03-05-2012
