Project Wolf Hunting, Officially Invited to L'etrange Film Festival & the Fantastic Fest

Project Wolf Hunting is receiving love calls from film festivals around the world, including L’etrange International Film Festival in France and the Fantastic Fest Film Festival in the U.S. After being officially invited to the Midnight Madness section at the ...

Magnolia Pictures Acquired the North American Rights from Hunt

The film, Hunt, signed the North American rights with Magnolia Pictures and will be released in North America in December. Magnolia Pictures is considered a major company that imported and distributed a number of Korean films in North America, including The Ho...

Kim Jeewoon and Song Kangho Team Up for 5th Time on COBWEB

Director Kim Jeewoon and star Song Kangho are teaming up for the fifth time on the upcoming film Cobweb (translated title). The hitmakers have previously collaborated on modern classics such as The Quiet Family (1998), The Foul King (2001), The Good, The Bad, ...

Apple TV+ Korea to Launch Nov 4 with Kim Jeewoon’s Series DR. BRAIN

Apple to Compete with Local Streamers, Netflix and Disney+Apple TV+ is set to become the latest streamer to enter the busy Korean streaming market as it will launch in the country on November 4. In addition to pre-existing Apple TV+ originals, the platform wil...

JTBC Becomes Base for New Company from KIM Jee-woon, SONG Kang-ho and CHOI Jae-won

Acclaimed filmmaker KIM Jee-woon, top star SONG Kang-ho and veteran producer CHOI Jae-won (aka Jay CHOI) have come together to form a new production company named Anthology Studios. Ahead of their official launch, the outfit was bought by JTBC Studios. In addi...

KIM Young-jin Appointed as New KOFIC Chairman

Respected film critic, professor and programmer KIM Young-jin has been elected as the new chairperson of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). He takes over from OH Seok-geun, who stepped down on January 7 after completing his three-year term as chairman. First est...

PARASITE Wins Outstanding Editing at HPA Awards

Seasoned editor YANG Jin-mo won the Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature Award from this year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards for his work on BONG Joon-ho’sPARASITE(2019). The Hollywood Professional Association is a trade organization tha...

KIM Jee-woon to Direct 8K Romance for Samsung

Director KIM Jee-woon is partnering with Samsung to make Untact, a new romance film starring KIM Go-eun (Tune in for Love, 2019) and KIM Ju-hun (Memoir of a Murderer, 2017). The short film is being shot on Samsung’s Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 devices to dem...

NIGHT IN PARADISE to Debut at Venice International Film Festival

Though the Cannes Film Festival was forced to forgo staging an offline event this year, the Venice International Film Festival is set to return to the Lido in September and it will be bringing a new Korean film with it. Making his Venice debut will be Director...

5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The ...