All South Korea articles – Page 29
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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.
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Reviews‘Night In Paradise’: Venice Review
A blood-spattered crime thriller from the writer of ‘I Saw The Devil’
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NewsSouth Korea’s Lee Joo-young to receive NYAFF 2020 Screen International Rising Star Asia Award (exclusive)
Talent stars in festival selection Baseball Girl, one of several South Korean films this year.