Horror Project LINGERING Completes Production

The upcoming Korean horror project Lingering (literal title), featuring LEE Se-young and PARK Ji-young, recently completed production. The film is the debut feature-length project by director YOON Eun-kyoung. The film tells the story of Yoo-mi (LEE Se-young), ...

2018 JIFF X KoBiz Online Screening Service Opens

This year, the online screening service operated by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) will feature 51 movies from the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) on its official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). KoBiz Online Screening has been designed to prom...

OMOK GIRL Web-drama Begins Shooting

Production has begun on the web-drama Omok Girl. The series, which features the traditional Korean games Omok and Badook, centers around a character who was once a Badook child prodigy but now spends her days working a part-time job at a Badook gaming hall. Th...

YEON Sang-ho’s Upcoming PSYCHOKINESIS Secures Release Date

Global smash hit TRAIN To BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho’s new project has a premiere date. “Psychokinesis has secured its release date in February, 2018.” Korean film investor and distributor NEW announced in a press release on October 18th. TRAIN TO BUSA...

WEEKENDS to Open 6th Toronto Korean Film Festival

The Toronto Korean Film Festival returns on July 12th for its 6th edition. The festival will open with the documentary WEEKENDS (2016) before closing with ZHANG Lu’s latest indie drama A Quiet Dream (2016) on July 16th. A total of eight features and eight shor...

Brett Ratner to Produce SUNNY Remake

The popular Korean youth film Sunny (2011) is getting the Hollywood remake treatment. CJ Entertainment, the company behind the original, has teamed up with RatPac Entertainment, the shingle of long-time Rush Hour director Brett Ratner to produce the film, whil...

Hawaii IFF to Open with THE LAST PRINCESS

The 36th Hawaii International Film Festival is set to open with The Last Princess, a hit Colonial Era drama that sees April Snow (2005) director HUR Jin-ho and actress SON Ye-jin reunite for the first time in 11 years. The film was a smash hit in Korea during ...

OPERATION CHROMITE Sneaks into More Intl Territories

Korean international sales distributor FINECUT announced a slew of deals across its lineup, secured during the Asian Film Market of this month’s Busan International Film Festival. Among the label’s hot titles were Queen of Walking, Hide-and-Never Seek, One Ste...