All South Korea articles – Page 41

  • Paradise In Service
    News

    Busan unveils 2014 line-up

    2014-09-02T20:19:00Z

    Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Paradise In Service and Lee Bo-Cheung’s Gangster Pay Day to bookend 19th edition.

  • Park Chan-wook
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    Park Chan-wook's Fingersmith adaptation confirmed

    2014-09-02T15:17:00Z

    Long-rumoured project to begin casting this month with a shoot planned for 2015.

  • busan_skyline
    News

    Busan to host Korean hitmakers forum

    2014-08-27T16:48:00Z

    Busan’s Asian Film Market has announced major events including a Korean Producers Forum featuring 10 filmmakers whose hits broke the 10 million admissions landmark at the local box office.

  • Asghar Farhadi
    News

    Asgar Farhadi to head Busan jury

    2014-08-21T11:38:00Z

    The Oscar-winning director of A Seperation will oversee jury members including Bong Joon Ho.

  • Roaring Currents
    News

    Roaring Currents tops Avatar in S Korea

    2014-08-18T08:52:00Z

    Kim Han-min’s war epic edges towards 15 million admissions, beating previous box office record-holder Avatar to become the biggest ever film in South Korea.

  • Jung Jin-woo
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    Busan to honour Jung Jin-woo

    2014-08-14T11:56:00Z

    The 19th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its Korean Cinema Retrospective will spotlight veteran director and producer Jung Jin-woo.

  • Moon So-ri
    News

    Korean filmmakers Sewol hunger strike

    2014-08-11T14:34:00Z

    South Korean filmmakers have started a hunger strike relay in support of the Sewol Ferry disaster victims’ families.

  • Roaring Currents
    News

    Roaring Currents breaks Korea record

    2014-08-11T11:35:00Z

    In Korea, historic sea battle film Roaring Currents has hit 11 million admissions in record time and beaten Disney’s Frozen to the biggest box office of 2014 to date.

  • Park Chan Wook in Jerusalem
    News

    Korean filmmakers support Palestine

    2014-08-04T09:32:00Z

    Leading Korean filmmakers Park Chan-wook and Ryoo Seung-wan have joined a group of 100 public figures in a petition against Israel’s attack on Gaza and “civilian massacre”.

  • Paul Candland
    News

    Disney bolsters Asia exec suite

    2014-07-28T22:25:00Z

    Paul Candland has been named to the newly created position of president of The Walt Disney Company, Asia.

  • The Dark Valley
    News

    Dark Valley wins at Puchon

    2014-07-28T09:14:00Z

    In Korea, the 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) wrapped with Andreas Prochaska’s Austria-Germany Alps cowboy co-production The Dark Valley picking up the Best of Puchon award.

  • Dead, End Or: How I Learned To Stop Living And Love Being Officially Dead
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    Dead, End wins at PiFan's NAFF

    2014-07-23T16:47:00Z

    The 18th Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan)’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) wrapped tonight with top Bucheon Award going to Dev Benegal’s Indian project Dead, End Or: How I Learned To Stop Living And Love Being Officially Dead.

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    News

    Plans for Fox theme park, Korea

    2014-07-16T13:43:00Z

    20th Century Fox and Village Roadshow have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Gyeongsang Province to build a theme park.

  • Frozen
    News

    Korean admissions down, gross up

    2014-07-09T11:49:00Z

    Latest report from KOFIC for the first half of 2014 also outlines the best first half year on record for foreign films.

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    News

    Koreans go Ape over date change

    2014-07-08T18:23:00Z

    When 20th Century Fox Korea announced last week that Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes would open locally on July 10, one week earlier than previously planned, the South Korean film industry cried foul.

  • Worlds Biggest Cinema Screen Korea
    Comment

    South Korea unveils world's biggest screen

    2014-07-04T11:37:00Z

    In South Korea, Lotte Cinema’s Super Plex G has qualified as the world’s biggest screen in the Guinness World Records.

  • China, Korea leaders
    News

    Korea, China sign co-pro agreement

    2014-07-04T10:32:00Z

    South Korea and China have signed a landmark co-production agreement that will allow approved films to be officially classified as local films in both countries.

  • Stereo
    News

    PiFan reveals 2014 line-up

    2014-06-19T17:50:00Z

    The 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) announced its line-up today with Maximilian Erlenwein’s German thriller Stereo [pictured] as the opening film.

  • A Hard Day
    News

    StudioCanal takes Hard Day for UK

    2014-06-16T11:46:00Z

    South Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has sold Cannes Directors’ Fortnight thriller A Hard Day to 30 territories led by the UK (StudioCanal) and Japan (New Select).

  • Mourning Grave
    News

    Buyers visit Mourning Grave

    2014-06-11T10:08:00Z

    9ers Entertainment record pre-sales on mystery horror.