Interview Director Lee Yongju

"Seobok is not SF. It's an allegory about faith and death" Director Lee Yongju who made Architecture 101, has returned to his new film Seobok.It took 9 years. Seobok (Park Bogum), which is also the title of the movie, is the first cloned human bor...

MINARI Casting Director Julia Kim on the Standards She Set for the Main Cast

After spending 6 weeks together in a rural area of Oklahoma, USA, the actors of Minari came out of their settlement period as one family. Behind this ensemble cast brimming with harmony and personality is casting director Julia KIM, who met Korean communities ...

Meet the IP Business Unit of SWEET HOME and CRASH LANDING ON YOU Producer Studio Dragon

Studio Dragon recorded its highest yearly performance last year thanks to the popularity of their series Sweet Home and Crash Landing on You, but the company is also keen on transposing its intellectual properties into other genres and unto various platforms. ...

I DON’T FIRE MYSELF Director LEE Tae-gyeom on Filling 10,000 Seats on Opening Week With Film on Labor Issues

The movie I Don’t Fire Myself is the story of Jung-eun (YOO Da-in) who has been devoted to her job for 7 years, only to be offered one day with the choice between a so-called “resignation under instruction” and being sent to work for a subcontractor, without k...

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 ...