LEE Hee-jun has been cast alongside SONG Joong-ki in the upcoming project Bogota (literal title), which will be shot on location in Colombia toward the end of the year. Set in 1990s Colombia, the film follows a group of young people who emigrate to Bogota. The film will be helmed by The Unfair (2015) director KIM Sung-je. SuperstarSONG Joong-ki, most recently seen on the big screen in RYOO Seung-w...

YOO Hae-jin and KIM Min-hee Take Acting Honors Earlier this month, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then was awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Busan Film Critics Awards. KIM Min-hee, who featured in HONG’s film, took home the Best Actress Prize, while veteran actor YOO Hae-jin was given the Best Actor prize, following roles in The Unfair, The Classified File and Veteran this year. HONG’s film ...

Best Director for VETERAN’s RYOO Seung-wan The Blue Dragon Film Awards held their 36th edition on Thursday evening, handing out their Grand Prize to CHOI Dong-hoon’s Colonial Era action film Assassination while Lee Joon-ik’s Joseon Era drama The Throne came away with five prizes, the most of the evening, and JK YOUN’s blockbuster Ode to My Father took home three. RYOO Seung-wan was awarded Best D...

The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Korea’s representative film festival, opened its eleven-day events. BIFF features various programs to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. The programs include Asian Cinema 100 which discovers unknown Asian films and directors to shed light on their values and My French Cinema which introduces films recommended from prominent French directors, act...