All South Korea articles – Page 19
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NewsKorea’s Showbox unveils global K-content expansion plans
The major South Korean investor-distributor got a $108.4m investment from Maum Capital Group in April.
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NewsBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival reveals 2022 line-up
BIFAN will open with Cannes horror title Men and close with the world premiere of Jung Bum-shik’s New Normal.
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NewsContents Panda sells ‘The Witch: Part 2. The Other One’ to 124 countries (exclusive)
The action sequel is set for a co-ordinated release in 12 countries across North America and Asia.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery reveals senior reshuffle across Asia Pacific
Leadership team set out in India, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsKorea’s Bifan reveals genre project line up for NAFF 2022
Titles include the latest Vietnam’s Ham Tran, whose ‘Maika’ played at this year’s Sundance.
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NewsKorea’s Cinema Dal wins blacklist case against government, KOFIC
The company distributed documentaries critical of the government such as ’The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol’.
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Reviews‘Broker’: Cannes Review
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first Korean-language picture is a sensitive and compassionate look at the market for unwanted children
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Reviews‘Next Sohee’: Cannes Review
Critics’ Week comes to a close with July Jung’s muted drama about teen suicide inspired by real-life events
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NewsPark Chan-wook’s Cannes contender ‘Decision To Leave’ sells out worldwide
CJ ENM has sold the film to more than 190 counties.
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Reviews‘Decision To Leave’: Cannes Review
The blurred lines between police detective and suspect are at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s seductive neo-noir
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NewsGlobal sales closed on Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes contender ‘Broker’
CJ ENM says sales have been made to 171 countries.
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Reviews‘Return To Seoul’: Cannes Review
Sony pick-up centres around a young adoptee who returns to Seoul to reconnect with her roots
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Reviews‘Hunt’: Cannes Review
‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae makes his muscular directorial debut with this kinetic, violent thriller
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NewsM-Line Distribution scores deals on ‘The Killer’ (exclusive)
Jang Hyuk plays a retired hitman charged with looking after a teenage girl who is kidnapped.
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NewsFinecut closes deals on Korean films including ‘Hot Blooded’, ‘Chun Tae-il’
Further titles include ’Contorted’, ‘The Hill Of Secrets’, ’The Novelist’s Film’.
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NewsJapan’s Gaga buys Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ ahead of Cannes debut (exclusive)
Marks first Korean-language film from the Japanese Palme d’Or winning director of ‘Shoplifters’.
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NewsKorean actress and former Busan festival director Kang Soo-youn dies aged 55
The actress was the first Korean to win an acting prize in Venice.
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FeaturesHow will Covid caution affect turnout of Asian industry in Cannes?
While many will make the journey, others cite concerns over Covid safety.
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News‘Geographies Of Solitude’, ‘Jeong-sun’ win grand prizes at Jeonju film festival
Full list of winners revealed at the festival in South Korea.
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Reviews‘Jeong-sun’: Jeonju Review
Jeonju’s Korean competition prize winner is an intimate and understated exploration of cyberbullying and shame