Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

MIDNIGHT RUNNERS Duo Step into the Ring for THE DIVINE FURY

Upcoming occult drama The Divine Furykicked off production on August 14. The project sees Jason KIM and PARK Seo-jun, the director and star of last year’s buddy cop smash sensation Midnight Runners (2017), team up once again. Also on board in leading roles are...

Seoul Eco Film Festival to Highlight Concerns over Air Pollution

The Seoul Eco Film Festival, which used to be known as the Green Film Festival in Seoul, held a press conference in Seoul on April 24 to announce its lineup. The event will stage its 15th edition from May 17 to 23 and this year’s opening film will be the Swiss...

LEE Myung-se Appointed as Executive Chairman of Green Film Festival in Seoul

LEE Myung-se has been appointed as the new Festival Chairman of the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFISS) ahead of its 15th edition. This year’s GFFIS will take place from May 17 to 23. The appointment makes LEE the first filmmaker to lead the festival since it...

JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul to Host BIFF Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of this year’s 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be hosted by actors JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul. The ceremony will take place at the Busan Cinema Center on October 12th and will be followed by a presentation of this yea...

KAIST Explores New Trends during Korean Cinema Conference

2-Day Event Spotlights New Media and China-Korea Rapprochement The Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) put on its 1st annual ‘New Media and Korean Cinema’ conference last week (November 10,11), a two-day event exploring new trends in t...

SHIN Min-a, JO Jung-seok Board MY LOVE MY BRIDE Remake

LEE Myung-se Romcom Update in Pre-ProductionThe classic LEE Myung-se romcom My Love, My Bride is set to be remade this year and stars SHIN Min-ah and JO Jong-suk have signed on to the project which will be helmed by LIM Chan-sang. Though known for his classic...

LEE Myung-se to Stage Comeback with ANT HELL

Taewon Entertainment and Acclaimed Filmmaker to Adapt Comic LEE Myung-se, director of Nowhere to Hide (1999) and Their Last Love Affair (1996), returns to the director’s chair for the first time in six years since his last film M was released in 2007. Taewon E...

8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival announces line-up

The 8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) has released its full program of film screenings and live music events for 2012. From August 9-15, under the slogan of “Just One More Step,” this year’s edition of JIMFF will screen over 100 film...