Inaugural Edition of Gangneung International Film Festival Opens

The inaugural edition of the Gangneung International Film Festival (GIFF) kicked off on the northeastern coast of South Korea on November 8. The new event, which is run by Festival Chairman KIM Dong-ho, a former chairman of the Busan International Film Festiva...

Top Star Awards for NA Moon-hee, LEE Jung-hyun, CHOI Min-shik and Hyun-bin

During their 6th annual ceremony, the Korean Film Actors Association gave their Top Star honors to NA Moon-hee of I Can Speak, LEE Jung-hyun for her part in The Battleship Island, Heart Blackened lead actor CHOI Min-shik and Hyun-bin for his roles in Confident...

A TAXI DRIVER Drives Off with 4 Blue Dragons

The 38th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on a rainy Saturday evening on November 25th in Seoul with a slew of stars and directors in attendance. This year’s chart-topping hit A Taxi Driver was triumphant during the show, as it picked up four...

A TAXI DRIVER Tops Buil Film Awards

The 26th Buil Film Awards, which are staged by the newspaper Busan Ilbo, took place in in Busan on October 13th this year. The Best Film prize this year went to JANG Hoon’s smash hit political drama A Taxi Driver. JANG’s film also picked up the Best Actor Priz...

RYOO Scores 6th Sitges Invite with THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND

RYOO Seung-wan’s The Battleship Island is the first Korean film that has been confirmed for this year’s 50th edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, the world’s leading genre film event. The invitation marks Director RYOO’s si...

THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND to Debut in the United States On August 4th

RYOO Seung-wan’s slave labor war film, The Battleship Island will debut in the United States on August 4th after its domestic release on July 26th. After the film’s American premiere, it will be released in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, ...

ALONG WITH THE GODS Filming Ends, Release Pushed to December

Two-Part Fantasy Epic Assembles Enormous Cast Lotte Entertainment’s two-part fantasy epic Along with the Gods brought its simultaneous production to an end after a marathon 10 month filming schedule, which included 175 shooting days, on March 22nd. Despite an ...

BATTLESHIP ISLAND Ends 6-Month Shoot

After a six-month shoot, RYOO Seung-wan’s Battleship Island, one of next year’s most anticipated films, wrapped production on December 20th on the Chuncheon set in Gangwon-do Province. The film stars HWANG Jung-min, SO Ji-sub, SONG Joong-ki, LEE Jung-hyun and ...

Gaumont Snags TRAIN TO BUSAN Remake

After months of speculation, the English-language remake rights of the runaway hit TRAIN TO BUSAN have landed with French studio Gaumont which beat out several competitors, including reported bidders such as Fox, Sony, Studiocanal and EuropaCorp. The project w...

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...