This year, the Cannes Film Festival is set to welcome four films from Korea, from the most anticipated new film from a Korean director this year, down to a promising student short. BONG Joon-ho is back in competition with his latest film Parasite, the ‘Midnight Screenings’ welcome a new Korean genre film in The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, student short Reonghee (Alien) is invited to Cinéfondatio...

RIE Young-zin has joined the production of The Jurors, the new trial drama from first time director HONG Seung-wan starring MOON So-ri and ZE:A member PARK Hyung-sik which kicked off filming on July 7. The drama focuses on the true story of Korea’s first every trial by jury, which took place in 2008. MOON So-ri plays the judge presiding over the first Korean case in front of jury members while PAR...

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 Film Festival. YANG features as the titular poet. Already in his late 30s, he lives on Jeju Island wi...