Korean Films on Show as Udine Prepares Hybrid EventFollowing last year’s online event, the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine is returning with a hybrid online/offline event later this month. This year’s 23rd edition will feature 11 Korean films, including a retrospective on director Yoon Jongbin, and will take place from June 24 to July 2.Director and producer Yoon Jongbin burst onto the scen...

FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-comedy vehicle with Uhm Jeonghwa.Closing the festival the following week will be the mystery-thriller ME AND ME (2020), the directing debut of ...

LIM Yoon-a, HAN Ji-min, KANG Ha-neul and More Cast in KWAK Jae-yong’s LatestMy Sassy Girl (2001) filmmaker KWAK Jae-yong is returning to the director’s chair for the ensemble romantic comedy Happy New Year (literal title) from CJ Entertainment, which has assembled a dizzying cast of popular Korean actors.Joining the veteran filmmaker on set will be LIM Yoon-a, HAN Ji-min, KANG Ha-neul, LEE Dong-wo...

Despite no major new releases, there was some good news on the charts as business grew 10% week-on-week with 617,000 spectators packing into multiplexes. This was largely thanks to a local word-of-mouth hit that helped keep the local market share very high, at 84% of all sales. After comfortably claiming first place last weekend, although with a depressed COVID Era gross, word of mouth has had a m...

Foot traffic at Korean cinemas remained low over the weekend, especially compared to crowded weekends in China and Japan, but business was nevertheless up 40% compared to the previous weekend with 565,000 tickets sold over the frame. Led by a well-received new entry, local titles dominated the market, accounting for four of the top five films and 83% of all sales. LEE Jong-pil’s 90s-set women-led ...

Thanks to the Chuseok holidays, the Korean box office came roaring back to life in early October. Business shot up 150% from last week’s session, which had already started to show signs of recovery after the late summer COVID spike with a 30% rise from the previous week. With new local titles occupying most of the top five, the domestic market share was a robust 77% of the 1.1 million tickets sold...