CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il Travel TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS

Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by cha...

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum Get Head-to-Head for TAZZA 3

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon i...

Director IM Sang-soo Invited to Macao Project Market

Director IM Sang-soo may be back behind a camera before long as his new project Dead in the Lake has been invited to participate in the project market of this year’s 2nd International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Described as a chilling thriller, Dead In ...

SUL Kyung-gu, OH Dal-su, CHUN Woo-hee, MOON So-ri Enter School Bullying Drama

20th Century Fox Korea has reported that their forthcoming projects, the school bullying drama I Want to See Your Parents’ Faces (translated title), began production last month on the 29th. The project assembles SUL Kyung-gu, OH Dal-su, CHUN Woo-hee, MOON So-r...

Sitges Invites 14 Films for 49th Edition

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is leaning particularly heavily on Korean films this year, with 14 titles peppered throughout its 2016 program, including 13 features and one short. Five Korean films will compete in the festival’s ...

Period Drama ENEMY SOLDIER Adds YEO Jin-gu

LEE Jung-jae Stars New 20th Century Fox Offering Actors LEE Jung-jae and YEO Jin-gu are set to star in the upcoming period drama Enemy Soldier. From director CHUNG Yoon-chul, the title is the fifth fully financed local production by 20th Century Fox. YEO fea...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS and THE NET to Premiere in Venice

Korean Auteurs on Show at 73rd Biennale The upcoming 73rd Venice International Film Festival, the oldest major film event in the world, will host the premieres of new works from two major Korean talents. Acclaimed genre auteur KIM Jee-woon will take his firs...

THE WAILING Calls to French-Speaking Europe, China

FINECUT Locks Deal Ahead of Cannes Bow After scoring North American distribution last week ahead of its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will screen in Out of Competition section on May 18th, NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING has locked ne...

LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin Board SINGLE RIDER

2nd Korean Production from Warner Bros. For its second venture in the Korean film industry, following KIM Jee-woon’s currently filming period action Secret Agent with SONG Kang-ho, Warner Bros. will pair stars LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin in upcoming thrill...

Director IM Sang-soo to Lead Vesoul Jury

Vesoul International Asian Movies Film Festival Prepares 22nd Edition Vesoul International Asian Movies Film Festival, a longtime supporter of cutting edge Korean cinema, is preparing to unspool its 22nd edition next month, over February 3rd to the 10th. The ...