All articles by Jean Noh – Page 85
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Korea 's CJ CGV appoints Charles Kim as CEO
Leading Korean exhibitor CJ CGV has appointed Charles Kim as CEO, replacing Park Dong-ho who has been moved up in position to sister company CJ Foodville, a family restaurant chain with global ambitions. Kim was previously chief operating officer of CJ Homeshopping, which has recently had a successful launch in ...
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Kim draws Breath with Ha, Chang Chen
Maverick Korean director Kim Ki-duk started shooting his 14th film, Breath, over the weekend (Jan 5). The production is Kim's second with up-and-coming Korean actor Ha Jung-woo, on the heels of his Karlovy Vary opener Time. Ha starred in last year's Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Unforgiven, directed by ...
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Korean cinemagoers to face new ticket tax in July
Korean theaters willface a 3% tax levied on tickets starting July 1. The funds from the tax will beused to finance half of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '$4.3m-size' FilmIndustry Mid-to-long-term Development Plan, announced in October. South Korea's National Assembly passed the Bill forthe Partial Amendment for the Promotion ...
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CJ Entertainment appoints Shin as head of international
Leading Koreaninvestor/distributor CJ Entertainment (CJE) has appointed David Shin asexecutive vice president and head of international business, replacing MarkShaw, who recently left for a job in the US financial sector. Most recently senior vice presidentin charge of commercial development at ESPN Star Sports in Singapore, Shin comes with a master's ...
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The Host sweeps Korea's Blue Dragon Awards
Bong Joon-ho's monster film The Host swept Korea's 27th Blue Dragon Awards this Friday (Dec 15),scooping six awards including Best Picture.Producer Choi Yong-bae saidof the film, which is the country's box office record holder with 13 millionadmissions, "I was concerned the film's box office record was overshadowing itsartistic merits," but ...
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Lotte Cinema to sell movie tickets through ATMs
Major Korean exhibitor LotteCinema has announced it will start selling film tickets at automated tellermachines (ATMs) in subway stations and convenience stores starting in March ofnext year. Lotte Cinema signed amemorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nice E-banking Services today regardingthe strategic alliance to sell tickets at the Nice ATMs in ...
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Lewis Kim joins growing Korean upstart Barunson
LewisKim, formerly head of international at TheHost production company Chungeorahm Film, has moved to upstartproducer/investor Barunson. Kim will report directly to Chief Executive OfficerJae-won Choi.Creditedon Bong Joon-ho's hit The Host as overseasline producer, Kim handled international business for the film - includingoverseas casting and coordinating with California-based CGI house The ...
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CJ Entertainment wraps AFM business with flurry of sales
Wrapping up post-AFM, Korea's CJ Entertainment has announced a slew of deals for Park Chan-wook's I'm a Cyborg But It's OK, martial arts fantasy The Restless, and gangster film A Dirty Carnival to Asia and Europe.Pre-sales for Park's romantic comedy, starring Im Soo-jung and pan-Asian pop star Rain, went to ...
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Korean production house creates $31.8m media fund
Major Korean production house Sidus FNH has created a $31.8m media fund with technology company Vanex, giving rise to speculation that the powerhouse film-maker has taken the first step towards self-distribution and international sales.Sidus FNH announced that it invested $6.3m in the fund "in order to secure stable investment funds ...
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Record Asian pre-sales for My Wife Is A Gangster sequel
Korea's Showbox has closed a raft of Asian pre-sales deals for My Wife Is A Gangster 3, claiming a record high for any Korean film sold at AFM to Asian territories excluding Japan.Starring Taiwanese actress Shu Qi as the gangster wife descending upon Korea, the film is directed by Cho ...
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Cineclick sells Kim Ki-duk's Time to North America
Korea's Cineclick Asia has announced a raft of deals signed during the recentAmerican Film Market, including the sale of North American rights to Kim Ki-duk'sTime to Lifesize Entertainment. The US distributor previously released Lee Chang-dong's Oasis and Kim Ki-duk's Bad Guy - both Cineclick titles."Although the market was abit slow, ...
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Song Kang-ho gets batty with Park Chan-wook
The Host star Song Kang-ho will reteam with Park Chan-wook onhis next film Bat (workingtitle).Park and Song previouslyworked together on JSA (2000) andSympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002).CJ Entertainment iscurrently selling Park's next film I'm A Cyborg, But It's OK and CJ will also sell Bat, a vampire movie being scripted by ...
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South Korea signs co-production agreement with France
South Korea has signed its first international filmco-production agreement with France. The agreement letsco-produced films enjoy domestic film status in distribution and when applyingfor government support in both countries.Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism Kim Myung-gon andhis French counterpart Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres signed the agreement in Seoul over the ...
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Hawaii festival awards top honours to Love For Share
The 26th HawaiiInternational Film Festival (HIFF) held its awards ceremony Oct 26, with theHalekulani Golden Orchid for best feature film going to Indonesian film Love For Shareby Nia Dinata.The main jury wasmade up of New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell, programmer Matt Dentler fromSouth by Southwest, and actor Kal ...
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TWC has No Mercy for North America
Korean investment and salescompany The Core Studio has sold North American rights to No Mercy For The Rude to The Weinstein Company. The deal was initiated afterits market premiere screening at the inaugural Asian Film Market, during thePusan International Film Festival (PIFF) last week.The film features aprofessional killer with a ...
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Korean Ministry of Culture announces support plan
In a follow-up to thesupport plan announced by South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism in January, ministerKim Myong-gon announced the Film Industry Mid-to-Long-term Development Plan onMonday (Oct 23).Speaking at a joint pressconference between the Ministry and ruling Uri Party's Special Committee forKorean Film Development, Kim outlined the plan which ...
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Hawaii fest gets underway with Asia-focused line-up
The 26th HawaiiInternational Film Festival (HIFF) opened over the weekend with a screening of AlejandroGonzalez Inarritu's Babeland a programme that has a strong emphasis on Asianfilms. The line-upincludes special focuses on South-East Asia, a celebration of the FilipinoCentennial in Hawaii,and a look at new Vietnamese cinema. HIFF is alsopresenting Japanese ...
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Pretty Pictures buys North Korean hit Schoolgirl's Diary
French distributor PrettyPictures has bought North Korean hit TheSchoolgirl's Diary, marking the first commercial deal for a North Koreanfilm to a Western country in recent decades.James Velaise, president ofPretty Pictures, attended the Pyongyang International Film Festival inSeptember where The Schoolgirl's Diary,a local hit with 8 million admissions, was screened. Negotiations ...
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Asian Film Market has promising first edition
The first Asian Film Marketwrapped today after a four-day run (Oct 15-18), concurrent to the 11thedition of the Pusan International Film Festival. The event was held mainly inthe Grand Hotel on Haeundae beach, with a total of 3,500 participants.The sales market was joinedby locations, production and post-production convention BIFCOM, and ...
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PUSAN: Indonesia's Queen Films on buying spree
Indonesia's Queen Films, the distribution arm of start-upexhibitor Blitz Cinemas, has snapped up four Korean titles from iHQ, as well asGhost Game from Hong Kong's Golden Network Asia.Queen Films' Ananda Siregarsigned with iHQ's head of international sales Catherine Park for KimYoung-joon's Gangster High; Thursday's Child, a melodrama starringKim Sun-ah; Taewon ...