ALONERS and THE GIRL ON A BULLDOZER to Compete as Osaka Asian Film Festival

The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021)Nine Korean films have been invited to screen at this year’s 17th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Two of them, Hong Sungeun’s Aloners (2021) and Park Riwoong’s The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021), will take part in the event’...

ME AND ME Picks Up 2 Prizes at Fantasia Film Festival

Me and Me, the well-received directing debut of veteran actor JUNG Jin-young, has picked up a pair of prizes at the recent 24th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Montreal-based festival which this year took place online. The mystery-dram...

LEE Joo-young to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Actress LEE Joo-young will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which kicked off on August 28. LEE initially made her screen debut in 2012, in the short film Encounter, but it was in ...

Lee Isaac CHUNG’s MINARI with Steven YEUN Wows in Sundance Debut

One of the most talked-about films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year has been Minari, the latest film by Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG. The film, which has drawn universal acclaim in Park City, is executive produced by Hollywood ac...

MINARI with Steven YEUN, HAN Ye-ri and YOUN Yuh-jung Invited to Sundance

Minari, a new American film directed by Lee Isaac CHUNG, produced by Hollywood star Steven YEUN and starring YEUN as well as Korean actors YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri, has been selected to compete in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at next month’s Sundance Film ...

CHO Dal-hwan Toasts LIKE THE FIRST GLASS

Character actor CHO Dal-hwan took on the lead role in the indie drama Like the First Glass (translated title), the debut feature film of producer and short film director PAEK Seung-hwan. The film, which co-stars veteran actor SHIN Gu and new actress WOO Hye-ri...

THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season

This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on J...

Beijing Film Festival Welcomes 5 from Korea

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 selec...

MAGGIE Picks Up Grand Prix at Osaka Asian Film Festival

Director YI Ok-seop’s debut film Maggie (2018) has picked up the Grand Prix at this year’s 13th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF). The film debuted in the Korean Cinema Today section of last October’s Busan International Film Festival and stars r...

AFTER MY DEATH and LAST CHILD Lead Wildflower Nominees

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea are returning for their 6th edition next month, once again to be held at the Literature House Seoul on Namsan Mountain in the heart of the Korean capital. This year’s top nominees are KIM Ui-seok’s After My Death (2018) and SHI...