Five Korean films have been invited to screen at the 9th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicked off on April 13 with the opening film The Composer by Xirzat YAHUP, a co-production between China and Kazakhstan. This year’s Korean selection includes CHOI Kook-hee's Default (2018), Hong Sangsoo's Hotel by the River, JUNG Bum-sik’s GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum (2018), LEE ...

According to distributor Lotte Entertainment, the legal drama Innocent Witness has sold distribution rights to nine overseas territories. From Punch (2011) director LEE Han, the film stars JUNG Woo-sung and KIM Hyang-gi. Lotte revealed that among the countries where the film will be made available are Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. Innocent Witness is also slated...

The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has partnered with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC - Chairman, OH Seok Geun) to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Korean films this year with a special "Centenary of Korean Cinema" program, which will include ten classic and contemporary Korean titles. In addition, various masterclasses, introductions and post-screening talks will b...

Hollywood survival pic The Revenant remained in first place, though only by a razor-thin 0.4% margin, during a slow mid-January weekend at the Korean box office which shifted 1.58 million tickets, with US films just about claiming a majority with 51%. Local films accounted for 46% of business. Leonardo DiCaprio’s grisly period action-thriller slid 42% in its sophomore weekend, adding 399,966 tick...

Foreign movies continue to top over Korean movies. According to the integrated ticket sales network of Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on April 17th, the Marvel Comics Studio’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier has topped in the box office chart even with the new released Korean movies Broken, Innocent Thing, etc.

The runaway hit film Miracle in Cell No. 7 by director LEE Hwan-kyung continued to dominate the Korean box office in its third and fourth weeks on release. After briefly ceding the #1 slot to action blockbuster The Berlin File, the sentimental drama soon reclaimed its spot at the top of the chart, where it currently stands. The film actually sold more tickets in its third and fourth week (4.61 mil...