JEON Yeo-been Joins Netflix Original Series GLITCH

After My Death (2018) actress JEON Yeo-been is teaming up with Very Ordinary Couple (2013) director ROH Deok on the upcoming Glitch, a new mystery, comedy and thriller original series from Netflix. The show is being written by GIN Han-sai, who wrote the Netfli...

24th BIFAN to Open with WHISPERING CORRIDORS 6

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will return next month and opening this year’s 24th edition on July 9 will be Whispering Corridors: The Humming, the sixth entry in the long-running Korean horror franchise. This summer’s BIFAN will be ...

MOON So-ri, LEE Yoo-young and More Join SF8 Anthology Series

Top film directors and stars have assembled for sci-fi anthology series SF8. The eight-part limited series is a joint project between the Directors Guild of Korea and the streaming platform Wavve and will begin airing on broadcast network MBC in August of this...

JANG Joon-hwan to Preside over 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Jury

The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, t...

The 19th SIWFF Opens on June 1st

The 19th edition of SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) will be held at the Megabox Sinchon from June 1st to 7th. Under the theme of ‘Women’s Past, Present and Future’, the festival unveiled its opening day and the official poster which was desig...

20th Fantasia Books 20 from Korea

Canadian Fest Books International Premiere of FAMILYHOOD For its 20th anniversary, the Fantasia International Film Festival is pulling out all the stops, which includes a healthy selection of 20 Korean feature and short films. Among those will be the internat...

KIM Jee-woon Appointed as President of Jury of the 15th Edition of Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival

List Includes CHOI Dong-hoon, OH Dal-su and SHIN Min-a The 15th edition of Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival opened on June 23rd, beginning a beautiful feast of films. This year, 63 films selected from 1,037 submissions are in the competition. The president o...

18th Far East Film Festival to Open with THE TIGER

Udine Takes 15 from Korea The 18th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which takes place in Udine in Northeast Italy, is set to open with a screening of PARK Hoon-jung’s Colonial Era hunting drama The Tiger. The film, which stars CHOI Min-shik, will ...

Crime-Action THE KING, with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, Begins Shoot

HAN Jae-rim Film Adds BAE Sung-woo, KIM A-joong Filming for The King, the new HAN Jae-rim thriller with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, kicks off this month. Casting is now complete and joining the top stars are KIM A-joong, BAE Sung-woo, KIM Eui-sung, JUNG Eun...

JUNG Woo-sung Joins ZO In-sung on THE KING

THE FACE READER’s HAN Jae-rim Returns to Director’s Chair Top stars JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung are set to appear in new thriller The King, the fourth directorial outing of HAN Jae-rim. The tale will follow a lawyer (ZO In-sung) who uses a colleague and gang...