All South Korea articles – Page 9
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Features14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2024
Screen spotlights Asian titles to tempt festival directors in 2024, including upcoming features from Mouly Surya, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Oh Seung-uk.
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NewsFinecut adds animation ‘Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning’ to EFM slate
Feature animation is based on best-selling Korean novel ‘Toemarok’.
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NewsFinecut picks up horror thriller ‘Noise’ for EFM sales slate
Starring Lee Sun-bin, the horror thriller is former Cinéfondation director Kim Soo-jin’s feature debut.
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NewsBong Joon Ho leads call for probe into Korean police and media after Lee Sun-kyun death
‘Parasite’ star Lee died in December of an apparent suicide.
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News‘Evil Does Not Exist’, ’12.12: The Day’ lead 2024 Asian Film Awards nominations
‘Snow Leopard’, ‘Paradise’, ‘The Goldfinger’ and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ also land multiple nods.
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FeaturesSix talking points for the international film industry in 2024
Government funding cuts, AI and potential sales company consolidation are in the spotlight this year.
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NewsKorea box office admissions up 11% in 2023 but remains 45% down on pre-pandemic era
Hit local titles include ’12.12: The Day’ and ‘The Roundup: No Way Out’.
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News‘12.12: The Day’ tops 12 million admissions at Korea box office
The historial action drama has become the biggest film of 2023 at the local box office.
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News‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-kyun dies aged 48
The South Korean star was facing an investigating into alleged drug use.
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NewsKorea box office boosted by political drama ’12.12: The Day’
Box office in South Korea has faced a challenging 2023.
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FeaturesAFM 2023: The hot projects from South Korea
A horror comedy, mystery thriller and giant robot feature are among the titles being introduced by South Korean sellers at AFM.
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News‘The Wrestler’, ‘September 1923’ win top awards at Busan
‘Paradise’ and ‘Bridge Kidnapping’ also take major prizes.
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News‘Solids By The Seashore’, ‘House Of The Seasons’ win Busan Vision Awards
‘The Berefts’ also picked up multiple prizes.
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FeaturesBusan interim festival director Nam Dong-chul reflects on the event so far and looks to the future
BIFF will be working to recruit a new festival director in the coming months.
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NewsKorean Disney+ series ‘Moving’ sweeps Asia Contents Awards including top prize
Superhero spy series wins six awards including the top prize.
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NewsFinecut reveals ‘Secret: Untold Melody’ sales ahead of festival premiere
Fantasy romance stars Doh Kyung-soo of K-pop group EXO and Won Jin-a of Netflix’s ‘Hellbound’.
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NewsJapan’s Free Stone lands sales on Busan competition title ‘The Moon’ (exclusive)
Key Asian territories have picked up the drama.
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Reviews‘That Summer’s Lie’: Busan Review
The events of one South Korean summer may not be all they appear in this twisting breakout Busan-set debut
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NewsContents Panda brings ‘Handsome Guys’ to Busan market (exclusive)
Horror comedy is directed by Nam Dong-hyub.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Hive Filmworks launching ‘Hear Me’ remake at ACFM (exclusive)
‘Hear Me: Our Summer’ is the remake of a popular Taiwanese romance feature.