Chief Researcher IM Jae-ho of VFX studio eNgine on the future of virtual production

As the end of the pandemic still seems far away, virtual production (hereinafter referred to as VP) is picking up steam. David MORIN, chairman of the US-based Virtual Production Committee, defines virtual production as the ability to blend live footage and com...

LEE Jung-se, Head of Content Division at Megabox, on creating the foundations for the next step

This year was the year when all strategies and plans have been compromised. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, it became difficult to predict what the situation would be like in three weeks’ time. Despite this, Megabox Plus M, an investment and distribution comp...

NHO Young-ran, the animation director of the Netflix short that took over social media

The reaction to the 12-minute short animation If Anything Happens, I Love You released on Netflix has been very positive. The TikTok hashtag #IfAnythingHappensILoveYou exceeds 40 million views, propelled by a popular challenge that consists in users filming th...

Director KIM Min-ju on Going to Cannes With Her Debut TWENTY

The film Twenty, from Soongsil University student KIM Min-ju, was selected by the Cinefondation to compete at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Cinefondation Selection is a competition for short and medium-length films directed by students from film school...

LIGHT FOR THE YOUTH director SHIN Su-won - Exposing the True Face of Korean Society

Jun (YOON Chan-young) is an 18-year-old working as an intern at a call center for a credit card company. He has to wear diapers as he is not allowed time to go to the restroom. One day when he was working overtime late at night, Jun suddenly leaves to collect ...

BEAUTY WATER Director CHO Kyung-hun: Drawing 100,000 People Amid a Pandemic

Even before the pandemic outbreak, drawing 100,000 people into theaters with an independent film was no small feat. In the case of independent animated films, the number of titles that have achieved such a commercial success could be counted on one hand. This ...

General Manager of the ACFM, "Let's meet online this year!"

The crowd of film industry professionals sporting badges hanging from their necks in front of BEXCO is one of the sights that best symbolize the Busan International Film Festival. This year, these business meetings will take place online, rather than at BEXCO....

What strategies do Korea’s international sales agents have in the COVID-19 era?

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, major film markets such as Cannes and Hong Kong moved online. In this unprecedented situation, how are sales agents promoting and selling Korean films abroad? This week we sit down with Content Panda international sal...

PENINSULA Art Director, "I gave it the impression of a deserted city"

TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) and Peninsula come from the same root, but the visual appeals they convey are pretty different. If the former focused on the 'realistic representation' of the interior of a KTX train, the spaces in Peninsula are created as a visio...

SEO Eun-young, Director of GO BACK

‘I have kidnapped the child. If you want to save her, make a donation to the welfare center’. This is the content of the message sent by a kidnapper as revealed in the news. Ji-won (HA Yun-Kyung), a new police recruit who is investigating the case, takes an in...