SINKHOLE Invited to Locarno International Film Festival

Disaster Comedy to screen in 'Piazza Grande’ Section of Prestigious Swiss Film EventThe upcoming disaster comedy tentpole Sinkhole has been invited to screen at the Locarno International Film Festival, which is staging its 74th edition from August 4 to 14....

Hollywood Project Woos SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun

SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun have received offers to star alongside Avatar star Sam WORTHINGTON in the upcoming film Cross from Hollywood director Andrew NICCOL. Cross will take place in the future in a multiracial country which is divided by a border that sepa...

KI Joo-bong Earns Best Actor in Locarno for HOTEL BY THE RIVER

Veteran actor KI Joo-bong has earned the coveted Best Actor Award from the recently concluded 71st Locarno International Film Festival. He earned the prize for his leading role in Hong Sangsoo’s most recent indie drama Hotel by the River, which saw the auteur ...

KIM Sang-joong, Don LEE and KANG Ye-won Return for BAD GUYS: THE MOVIE

A feature-length adaption of the popular OCN cable action drama Bad Guys, originally broadcast in 2014, Bad Guys: The Movie(working title) will see stars KIM Sang-joong, Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) and KANG Ye-won reunite for a big screen adventure. Also along ...

Hong Sangsoo Returns to Locarno Competition with HOTEL BY THE RIVER

Hong Sangsoo will debut his latest film, and second from this year, at the 71st edition of the Locarno International Film Festival next month. Hotel by the River is the auteur’s 23rd film and sixth collaboration with actress KIM Min-hee. Hotel by the River wil...

LA Mi-ran Takes on First Lead Role in GIRL COPS

Top character actress LA Mi-ran has signed on to the crime comedy Girl Cops (Korean title), which will mark her first leading role on the big screen. The film will make the sophomore directing outing of JUNG Da-won The project will follow an ex-detective who b...

THE FIRST LAP Earns Best Emerging Director Prize in Locarno

KIM Dae-hwan’s second feature The First Lap has won the Best Emerging Director prize from the Filmmakers of the Present Competition at the recently concluded 70th edition of the Locarno Inter-national Film Festival in Switzerland. The film also received a Spec...

Locarno Takes a Run at THE FIRST LAP

Director KIM Dae-hwan’s sophomore film The First Lap has been invited to screen in the ‘Concorso Cineasti del Presente' (Filmmakers of the Present) Competition at next month’s 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. It is the only Korean f...

HONG Sang-soo Scoops Up San Sebastian Best Director Prize

HONG Sang-soo has added yet another trophy to his expansive record of awards. Last week, the auteur filmmaker won the Silver Shell Award for Best Director from the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival for his 18th feature Yourself and Yours. It was t...

TRAIN TO BUSAN Scores Top Fantasia Prizes

Cheval Noir and Audience Award for Zombie Hit TRAIN TO BUSAN, the year’s biggest Korean film to date, continues to impress around the world after scooping up the Cheval Noir for Best Feature, the top award at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The zomb...