All South Korea articles – Page 24
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NewsCapricci takes French rights to Hong Sangsoo’s ‘Introduction’ (exclusive)
Feature is Hong’s fifth film in competition at the Berlinale and follows The Man Who Ran which won Silver Bear in 2020.
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News‘The Point Men’ flies to Asian buyers for Megabox Plus M (exclusive)
Korean hostage crisis drama has been sold to 14 territories including Japan and Taiwan.
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NewsFinecut clocks deals for crime thriller ‘Midnight’ and more ahead of EFM (exclusive)
Further agreements struck for ‘Slate’, ‘Pipeline’ and ‘The Anchor’.
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NewsNetflix to invest $500m in Korean content in 2021
Slate includes BDSM romance ‘Moral Sense’ and space drama series ’The Silent Sea’.
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NewsKorea’s Acemaker movieworks launches sales on ‘Remember’ remake ahead of EFM (exclusive)
Pre-sales also closed on crime feature ‘Dirty Money’.
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NewsKorean international film sales up 43% during tough 2020
As expected, admissions in South Korea were down 73.7% year-on-year.
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FeaturesWoo Min-ho on recreating Korean history for Oscar entry ‘The Man Standing Next’
The drama recounts events that led to the 1979 assassination of Korea’s autocratic president.
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NewsBoard of Canada’s Wattpad approves sale to South Korea’s Naver
Storytelling platform will remain headquartered in Toronto.
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NewsKorean Film Council appoints Kim Young-jin as chairperson
A well-respected film critic, Kim is also a professor at Myongji University and former programmer at Jeonju film festival.
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NewsSouth Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies from Covid-19 aged 59
Award-winning filmmaker died in Latvia, according to reports.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Lotte Cinema to raise ticket prices, close screens as pandemic bites
20% of sites to close over the next two years.
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FeaturesAFM 2020: The buzz titles from Korea
Titles include Seo You-min’s myster thriller ‘Recalled’.
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Reviews‘Empty Body’: Busan Review
A philosophical sci-fi drama about a grieving mother whose dead son returns in an android body
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Reviews‘Beyond You’: Busan Review
A South Korean metaphysical melodrama that defies the laws of time and space
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Reviews‘Three’: Busan Review
A rookie cop tracks a serial-killer cannibal in this disquieting true crime thriller
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NewsSouth Korea submits ‘The Man Standing Next’ for 2021 Oscars
Woo Min-ho’s political drama grossed $36.4m in South Korea in January.
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NewsSouth Korean cinema chain CJ CGV to close 30% of screens, raise ticket prices
The exhibitor says the film industry is on “the brink of collapse”.
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NewsPark Chan-wook set to start shooting ‘Decision To Leave’ for CJ, Moho
The mystery thriller will star Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.