All South Korea articles – Page 28
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NewsArgentinian doc ‘Splinters’ wins top prize at Korea’s Jeonju film festival
Documentary ‘Landscapes Of Resistance’ and black comedy ‘Friends And Strangers’ also pick up awards.
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NewsSouth Korean film festivals “strongly condemn” violent coup in Myanmar
International film festival organizers express solidarity with the people of Myanmar.
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NewsKOFIC launches 2021 fund to support Korea’s film industry through Covid crisis
Emergency stimulus package to support exhibition, distribution and production.
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Features‘Minari’ producer Christina Oh on her personal connection to the Korean immigrant story
Oh was brought the script by her friend, the film’s eventual star Steven Yeun.
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NewsKorea’s Jeonju film festival adds more physical screenings for 2021 hybrid edition
Festival to open with Srdan Golubovic’s ‘Father’ and close with Aurel’s ‘Josep’.
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FeaturesKorean cinema professionals assess complex pandemic year
The Korean Wave has gathered momentum while full lockdowns have been avoided - but the situation on the ground for the film industry is more complicated.
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NewsBusan appoints new heads of festival and market
Appointments follow the recent departure of Jay Jeon.
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FeaturesFilmart 2021: The hot projects from South Korea
Korean sales agents are building on meetings started at the EFM.
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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.