Just two weeks after V.I.P., Korean cinemas are getting another twist on the serial killer story with Won Shin-yeon's new work Memoir of a Murderer, based on a 2013 novel by celebrated writer Kim Young-ha. Its name evokes the greatest Korean serial killer thriller of them all (though the Korean title actually translates to A Murderer's Guide to Memorization), but this cat-and-mouse murder mystery and Alzheimer's drama combo shares more in common with Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil. From a young age, Byeong-soo channeled his murderous desires by mostly targeting bad people but he's hasn't killed in over a decade. Recently he's begun to suffer from Alzheimer's, which has led him to start writing a diary of his life before he forgets. He lives...
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- 8/28/2017
- Screen Anarchy
After a long gap following his 2013 hit, the spy-action thriller The Suspect (starring Gong Yoo), director Won Shin-yun is back with another eagerly anticipated thriller. Memoir of a Murderer (not to be confused with the recent Japanese hit Memoirs of a Murderer) carries forward the rich Korean tradition of gritty, suspenseful films featuring complex characters.
Sol Kyung-gu (No Mercy), Kim Nam-gil (Pandora), Kim Seol-hyun (Gangnam Blues) and Oh Dal-su (Master) star in leading roles.
Kim Nam-gil (left) and Sol Kyung-gu in Memoir of a Murderer (2017) (Source: Hancinema.net)
The film features Sol in the role of Kim Byeong-soo, an ex-serial killer suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He has been living a normal life with his adopted daughter, Eun-hee (Kim Seol-hyun), for several years, when a new series of murders makes him confused if he has begun killing again. He also suspects Eun-hee’s boyfriend Tae-joo (Kim Nam-gil), who...
Sol Kyung-gu (No Mercy), Kim Nam-gil (Pandora), Kim Seol-hyun (Gangnam Blues) and Oh Dal-su (Master) star in leading roles.
Kim Nam-gil (left) and Sol Kyung-gu in Memoir of a Murderer (2017) (Source: Hancinema.net)
The film features Sol in the role of Kim Byeong-soo, an ex-serial killer suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He has been living a normal life with his adopted daughter, Eun-hee (Kim Seol-hyun), for several years, when a new series of murders makes him confused if he has begun killing again. He also suspects Eun-hee’s boyfriend Tae-joo (Kim Nam-gil), who...
- 8/7/2017
- by Arnav Sinha
- AsianMoviePulse
Festival to open with Berlin Golden Bear winner.
Korea’s second largest film festival, the 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), which focuses on independent and arthouse cinema, is set to open April 27 with Berlinale Golden Bear winner On Body And Soul, directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
The Hungarian director is also set to be on the International Competition jury and hold masterclasses at the fest.
Jiff today announced its line-up of 229 films from 58 countries with 50 world premieres and three international premieres, putting an emphasis on its slogan “Outlet for Cinematic Expression.”
“We have always had the identity of a festival for independent and alternative films, but as you all know, the past year has revealed problems such as the [government] blacklist and various forms of censorship that have not been solved, which is why we have put forth this slogan,” said festival director Lee Choong-jik.
Supporting Korean independents
Executive programmer Kim Young-jin noted a recent slump in Korean...
Korea’s second largest film festival, the 18th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), which focuses on independent and arthouse cinema, is set to open April 27 with Berlinale Golden Bear winner On Body And Soul, directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
The Hungarian director is also set to be on the International Competition jury and hold masterclasses at the fest.
Jiff today announced its line-up of 229 films from 58 countries with 50 world premieres and three international premieres, putting an emphasis on its slogan “Outlet for Cinematic Expression.”
“We have always had the identity of a festival for independent and alternative films, but as you all know, the past year has revealed problems such as the [government] blacklist and various forms of censorship that have not been solved, which is why we have put forth this slogan,” said festival director Lee Choong-jik.
Supporting Korean independents
Executive programmer Kim Young-jin noted a recent slump in Korean...
- 3/27/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Next Entertainment World recently released the first trailer for the upcoming Korean thriller “Pandora” and it looks like the film will bring gripping action and intense drama.
The trailer begins and we hear sirens. The nuclear power plant is in red alert as the smoke looms and rises to terrorize the city. Villages are destroyed. Bodies mount. The firefighters are scrambling and the government admits…they can’t do anything to help. The whole city cries in chaos.
From the same producers behind critically acclaimed and commercial hit zombie film “Train to Busan”, “Pandora” tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people struggle to survive after a catastrophic nuclear disaster.
Award-winning filmmaker Park Jung-woo, known for his science fiction horror hit “Deranged” (2012), directs the star-studded cast led by Kim Nam-gil (“No Regret” (2006) “Portrait of a Beauty” (2008), “Pirates” (2014)). Nam-gil plays Jae-Hyeok, a man who fights to save his family against all odds.
The trailer begins and we hear sirens. The nuclear power plant is in red alert as the smoke looms and rises to terrorize the city. Villages are destroyed. Bodies mount. The firefighters are scrambling and the government admits…they can’t do anything to help. The whole city cries in chaos.
From the same producers behind critically acclaimed and commercial hit zombie film “Train to Busan”, “Pandora” tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people struggle to survive after a catastrophic nuclear disaster.
Award-winning filmmaker Park Jung-woo, known for his science fiction horror hit “Deranged” (2012), directs the star-studded cast led by Kim Nam-gil (“No Regret” (2006) “Portrait of a Beauty” (2008), “Pirates” (2014)). Nam-gil plays Jae-Hyeok, a man who fights to save his family against all odds.
- 11/18/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
From the producers of hit zombie film ‘Train to Busan’, exclusive distribution rights to South Korean film ‘Pandora’, directed by Park Jung-woo, has been bought by the giant of online streaming Netflix.
The distribution company of ‘Pandora’, Next Entertainment, announced in a joint statement with Netflix on Tuesday that they have come to an agreement on the international licensing that allows Netflix to stream the nuclear disaster film in 190 territories worldwide.
‘Pandora’ tells the story of a nuclear power plant located in a small town that takes damage when an earthquake strikes the area, causing a nuclear disaster in the country. The film stars Kim Nam-gil, Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong. ‘Pandora’ is the first Korean film that has been pre-sold to Netflix.
Netflix has recently turned its attention to the Korean film industry when it announced earlier this year that it was to invest $50 million...
The distribution company of ‘Pandora’, Next Entertainment, announced in a joint statement with Netflix on Tuesday that they have come to an agreement on the international licensing that allows Netflix to stream the nuclear disaster film in 190 territories worldwide.
‘Pandora’ tells the story of a nuclear power plant located in a small town that takes damage when an earthquake strikes the area, causing a nuclear disaster in the country. The film stars Kim Nam-gil, Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong. ‘Pandora’ is the first Korean film that has been pre-sold to Netflix.
Netflix has recently turned its attention to the Korean film industry when it announced earlier this year that it was to invest $50 million...
- 11/9/2016
- by Pamela Koh
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: The streaming giant has picked up the anticipated follow-up to Next Entertainment World’s (New) South Korean zombie thriller Train To Busan.
Netflix will launch Pandora in 190 countries next year excluding South Korea, where the film will be available to stream following the theatrical release in December. New division Contents Panda represented sales at Afm.
Park Jung-Woo, whose credits include sci-fi horror Deranged, directed the Cac Entertainment film about a worker at a nuclear power plant who must save the day after an earthquake damages the facility and threatens to cause a catastrophe.
The Pirates star Kim Nam-gil plays the worker alongside Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong.
“We are excited to work with Next Entertainment World to bring such high-quality Korean titles like Pandora to our members worldwide,” said Rob Roy, vice-president of content acquisition at Netflix.
“Netflix is committed to bringing the best of global entertainment to the world and in...
Netflix will launch Pandora in 190 countries next year excluding South Korea, where the film will be available to stream following the theatrical release in December. New division Contents Panda represented sales at Afm.
Park Jung-Woo, whose credits include sci-fi horror Deranged, directed the Cac Entertainment film about a worker at a nuclear power plant who must save the day after an earthquake damages the facility and threatens to cause a catastrophe.
The Pirates star Kim Nam-gil plays the worker alongside Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong.
“We are excited to work with Next Entertainment World to bring such high-quality Korean titles like Pandora to our members worldwide,” said Rob Roy, vice-president of content acquisition at Netflix.
“Netflix is committed to bringing the best of global entertainment to the world and in...
- 11/8/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) saw its Grand Prize in the International Competition go to Elite Zexer’s Israeli film Sand Storm today (May 5).Scroll down for full list of winners
Set in a Bedouin village, the film deals with the conflict between tradition and modern values in the family as the mother prepares her husband’s wedding to a second wife and the daughter has a forbidden relationship with a boy from the next village. The award comes with a prize of KW20m ($17,140).
International Competition jury member Jean-Francois Rauger said: “We wish to see more directors putting their efforts observing phases of society.”
Best Picture Prize ($10,000) for International Competition went to Ted Fendt’s Short Stay, which follows an everyday man who moves to Philadelphia to run his friend’s walking tour company.
The Special Jury Prize, which comes with KW7m ($6,000), went to Emir Baigazin’s The Wounded Angel, which follows...
Set in a Bedouin village, the film deals with the conflict between tradition and modern values in the family as the mother prepares her husband’s wedding to a second wife and the daughter has a forbidden relationship with a boy from the next village. The award comes with a prize of KW20m ($17,140).
International Competition jury member Jean-Francois Rauger said: “We wish to see more directors putting their efforts observing phases of society.”
Best Picture Prize ($10,000) for International Competition went to Ted Fendt’s Short Stay, which follows an everyday man who moves to Philadelphia to run his friend’s walking tour company.
The Special Jury Prize, which comes with KW7m ($6,000), went to Emir Baigazin’s The Wounded Angel, which follows...
- 5/5/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Kim Yang-hee’s The Poet’s Love takes Feature Film Pitching Grand Prize in Jiff’s projects market, while Dongju; The Portrait Of A Poet is among the sold-out screenings at the festival (April 28-May 7).
With the 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) in full swing, the Jeonju Project Market (Jpm) has awarded its Feature Film Pitching Grand Prize to Kim Yang-hee’s The Poet’s Love.
The film about a struggling, married poet on Jeju Island who falls in love with a neighborhood boy also picked up the Audience Award, voted on by accredited industry members who attend the pitches.
In a serendipitous coup, the Documentary Pitching Grand Prize went to Kim Yang-hee’s husband Kim Hee-chul for his project on artist Lee Jung Seob – The Painter’s View. The documentary follows the painter who famously worked on the silver wrapping paper found in cigarette packs, a wandering refugee in the Korean War, whose works later...
With the 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) in full swing, the Jeonju Project Market (Jpm) has awarded its Feature Film Pitching Grand Prize to Kim Yang-hee’s The Poet’s Love.
The film about a struggling, married poet on Jeju Island who falls in love with a neighborhood boy also picked up the Audience Award, voted on by accredited industry members who attend the pitches.
In a serendipitous coup, the Documentary Pitching Grand Prize went to Kim Yang-hee’s husband Kim Hee-chul for his project on artist Lee Jung Seob – The Painter’s View. The documentary follows the painter who famously worked on the silver wrapping paper found in cigarette packs, a wandering refugee in the Korean War, whose works later...
- 5/3/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The independent and alternative cinema showcase (Apr 28 - May 7) will have the world premiere of Choi Seung-ho’s controversial Spy Nation.
The 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) has announced it will open with Robert Burdeau’s Born To Be Blue, starring Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker.
South Korea’s second largest film festival - focused on independent and alternative cinema - Jiff will close with the remastered version of Ryoo Seung-wan’s feature directorial debut Die Bad.
New Jiff festival director Lee Choong-jik said: “Ryoo Seung-wan’s film was in to the first edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival. It is now in its 17th edition and Ryoo Seung-wan has grown into a director who represents Korean cinema. Director Ryoo still has the independent film spirit, even when he’s making commercial films. That spirit is something we have in common. We’re reviving the 10-day festival’s Closing Film and expanding outdoor screenings, and it...
The 17th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) has announced it will open with Robert Burdeau’s Born To Be Blue, starring Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker.
South Korea’s second largest film festival - focused on independent and alternative cinema - Jiff will close with the remastered version of Ryoo Seung-wan’s feature directorial debut Die Bad.
New Jiff festival director Lee Choong-jik said: “Ryoo Seung-wan’s film was in to the first edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival. It is now in its 17th edition and Ryoo Seung-wan has grown into a director who represents Korean cinema. Director Ryoo still has the independent film spirit, even when he’s making commercial films. That spirit is something we have in common. We’re reviving the 10-day festival’s Closing Film and expanding outdoor screenings, and it...
- 3/30/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
1. Swordsman in the Twilight (1967)
Director: Chung Chang-Hwa
Cast: Nam Goong-Won, Yoon Jeong-Hee, Heo Jang-Kang
Best known for helming the Shaw Brothers film King Boxer (1972) a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death, which stands as one of the best cult films among Hong Kong martial art films, Director Chung pioneered in the genre of action films in Korean cinema. The film stepped into the spotlight at the Biff (Busan International Film Festival) in 2003.
In the reign of the king Sukjong, the new queen, Jang Hui-Bin ascends the throne. Oh Ki-Ryong, an ally of Jang, tyrannizes those who remain sympathetic to the old queen, Min. A lone swordsman, Kim Tae-Won appears and gets rid of the allies of Jang with a certain vengeance. He gradually unfolds his story in flashbacks.
2. The General’s Son (1990)
Director: Im Kwon-Taek
Cast: Park Sang‑Min, Shin Hyun‑Joon, Lee Il‑Jae
The first installment,...
Director: Chung Chang-Hwa
Cast: Nam Goong-Won, Yoon Jeong-Hee, Heo Jang-Kang
Best known for helming the Shaw Brothers film King Boxer (1972) a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death, which stands as one of the best cult films among Hong Kong martial art films, Director Chung pioneered in the genre of action films in Korean cinema. The film stepped into the spotlight at the Biff (Busan International Film Festival) in 2003.
In the reign of the king Sukjong, the new queen, Jang Hui-Bin ascends the throne. Oh Ki-Ryong, an ally of Jang, tyrannizes those who remain sympathetic to the old queen, Min. A lone swordsman, Kim Tae-Won appears and gets rid of the allies of Jang with a certain vengeance. He gradually unfolds his story in flashbacks.
2. The General’s Son (1990)
Director: Im Kwon-Taek
Cast: Park Sang‑Min, Shin Hyun‑Joon, Lee Il‑Jae
The first installment,...
- 3/5/2016
- by Lady Jane
- AsianMoviePulse
Universal
What do you think of when you hear “K-pop”? If you answered anything other than “Gangnam Style” or “Psy”, congratulations, you’re one the few people outside Asia who has delved below the surface of one of the world’s biggest musical trends.
That aforementioned 2012 smash hit is the most viewed music video of all time, and propelled its maker to international stardom. It introduced K-pop to a whole new audience, but it didn’t lead to its predicted emergence as a huge global force.
Massively popular in its native Korea, as well as Japan, China, Australia and other Asian countries, K-pop remains a niche concern in most of the west. That’s a crying shame, because although Gangnam Style is a hugely fun slice of Korean silliness, it only offers a fleeting glimpse into one of modern music’s most interesting trends.
K-pop can be traced back to the Korean policy of Hallyu,...
What do you think of when you hear “K-pop”? If you answered anything other than “Gangnam Style” or “Psy”, congratulations, you’re one the few people outside Asia who has delved below the surface of one of the world’s biggest musical trends.
That aforementioned 2012 smash hit is the most viewed music video of all time, and propelled its maker to international stardom. It introduced K-pop to a whole new audience, but it didn’t lead to its predicted emergence as a huge global force.
Massively popular in its native Korea, as well as Japan, China, Australia and other Asian countries, K-pop remains a niche concern in most of the west. That’s a crying shame, because although Gangnam Style is a hugely fun slice of Korean silliness, it only offers a fleeting glimpse into one of modern music’s most interesting trends.
K-pop can be traced back to the Korean policy of Hallyu,...
- 8/27/2015
- by Thomas Bagnall
- Obsessed with Film
Opening film Antoine Bardou-Jacquet’s Moonwalkers sold out 3000-capacity crowd in 8 seconds.
With South Korea’s Mers scare fading into the past, the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (July 16-26) opened today as originally planned.
Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet was on hand to present opening film Moonwalkers. Starring Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint, the moon landing conspiracy action-comedy sold out in 8 seconds and screened to an enthusiastic audience of around 3,000 people in the Bucheon Gymnasium.
Hong Kong star Simon Yam, who has a retrospective at BiFan this year, was on the red carpet and blowing kisses to a cheering audience inside. He was joined by Korean stars Ahn Sung-ki and Kang Soo-youn. Recently appointed co-director of the Busan film festival, the latter walked the carpet arm in arm with co-director Lee Yong-kwan.
Actor Shin Hyun-joon and actress Lee Da-hee hosted the opening ceremony while Lee Min-ho and Moon Chae-won were presented with this year’s Producers’ Choice...
With South Korea’s Mers scare fading into the past, the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (July 16-26) opened today as originally planned.
Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet was on hand to present opening film Moonwalkers. Starring Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint, the moon landing conspiracy action-comedy sold out in 8 seconds and screened to an enthusiastic audience of around 3,000 people in the Bucheon Gymnasium.
Hong Kong star Simon Yam, who has a retrospective at BiFan this year, was on the red carpet and blowing kisses to a cheering audience inside. He was joined by Korean stars Ahn Sung-ki and Kang Soo-youn. Recently appointed co-director of the Busan film festival, the latter walked the carpet arm in arm with co-director Lee Yong-kwan.
Actor Shin Hyun-joon and actress Lee Da-hee hosted the opening ceremony while Lee Min-ho and Moon Chae-won were presented with this year’s Producers’ Choice...
- 7/16/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
When one thinks of Korean cinema, it may take more than a few minutes to get to the discussion of female filmmakers. Names like Kim Ki-duk, Park Chan-wook and arguably the most beloved of all Korean auteurs, Hong Sangsoo, will lead any conversation about this part of world film. That will all change if this year’s New York Asian Film Festival has any say in the matter.
As part of the 2015 festivities, the festival is highlighting women filmmakers in Korea, while shining a direct light on someone arguably even more powerful. As head of Myung Films, producer Shim Jae-myung is the central focus of the festival’s sidebar: Myung Films: Pioneers and Women Behind The Camera in Korean Film. Nyaff 2015 screened a handful of the producer’s greatest achievements, such as Ki-duk’s brilliant The Isle, but the real highlight comes in one of the studio’s recent releases,...
As part of the 2015 festivities, the festival is highlighting women filmmakers in Korea, while shining a direct light on someone arguably even more powerful. As head of Myung Films, producer Shim Jae-myung is the central focus of the festival’s sidebar: Myung Films: Pioneers and Women Behind The Camera in Korean Film. Nyaff 2015 screened a handful of the producer’s greatest achievements, such as Ki-duk’s brilliant The Isle, but the real highlight comes in one of the studio’s recent releases,...
- 7/7/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
World premieres include closing film The Chosen: Forbidden Cave from Kim Hui; competition line-up includes Coin Locker Girl, which played in Cannes Critics’ Week.
In South Korea, the 19th Bucheon International Film Festival (BiFan) unveiled its line-up today with a record 64 world premieres. The fest has selected 235 films from 45 countries, with 14 international premieres.
World premieres include closing film The Chosen: Forbidden Cave, a Korean shamanist horror film which is the sophomore feature from The Neighbors director Kim Hui; Bucheon Choice: Feature competition film The Tattooist, a Korean thriller directed by Lee Suh; and Sion Sono’s Tag, which is part of a special retrospective on the Japanese director and also in The Masters section.
International premieres include Chung Lee’s Taiwanese film The Laundryman, a previous participant at BiFan’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) It Project market and competing in the Bucheon Choice: Feature section; and Hong Kong director Derek Kwok’s action film Full...
In South Korea, the 19th Bucheon International Film Festival (BiFan) unveiled its line-up today with a record 64 world premieres. The fest has selected 235 films from 45 countries, with 14 international premieres.
World premieres include closing film The Chosen: Forbidden Cave, a Korean shamanist horror film which is the sophomore feature from The Neighbors director Kim Hui; Bucheon Choice: Feature competition film The Tattooist, a Korean thriller directed by Lee Suh; and Sion Sono’s Tag, which is part of a special retrospective on the Japanese director and also in The Masters section.
International premieres include Chung Lee’s Taiwanese film The Laundryman, a previous participant at BiFan’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) It Project market and competing in the Bucheon Choice: Feature section; and Hong Kong director Derek Kwok’s action film Full...
- 6/16/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales company inks deals to multiple territories on Boo Ji-young’s Cart.
South Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Boo Ji-young’s Cart to multiple territories including Taiwan (AVJet International Media Co.) and Hong Kong (Edko Films).
Based on a true story, Cart portrays the employees of an exploitative big box retailer and the long-term strike they carry out against it. The film stars Yum Jung-ah (Your Neighbor’s Wife), Kim Young-ae (The Attorney) and K-pop star D.O. in his big screen debut.
The film most recently played in Rotterdam, following screenings at festivals such as Busan after a world premiere in Toronto.
Cart is set for release in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan this year.
South Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Boo Ji-young’s Cart to multiple territories including Taiwan (AVJet International Media Co.) and Hong Kong (Edko Films).
Based on a true story, Cart portrays the employees of an exploitative big box retailer and the long-term strike they carry out against it. The film stars Yum Jung-ah (Your Neighbor’s Wife), Kim Young-ae (The Attorney) and K-pop star D.O. in his big screen debut.
The film most recently played in Rotterdam, following screenings at festivals such as Busan after a world premiere in Toronto.
Cart is set for release in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan this year.
- 2/6/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales company inks deals to multiple territories on Boo Ji-young’s Cart.
South Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Boo Ji-young’s Cart to multiple territories including Taiwan (AVJet International Media Co.) and Hong Kong (Edko Films).
Based on a true story, Cart portrays the employees of an exploitative big box retailer and the long-term strike they carry out against it. The film stars Yum Jung-ah (Your Neighbor’s Wife), Kim Young-ae (The Attorney) and K-pop star D.O. in his big screen debut.
The film most recently played in Rotterdam, following screenings at festivals such as Busan after a world premiere in Toronto.
Cart is set for release in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan this year.
South Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Boo Ji-young’s Cart to multiple territories including Taiwan (AVJet International Media Co.) and Hong Kong (Edko Films).
Based on a true story, Cart portrays the employees of an exploitative big box retailer and the long-term strike they carry out against it. The film stars Yum Jung-ah (Your Neighbor’s Wife), Kim Young-ae (The Attorney) and K-pop star D.O. in his big screen debut.
The film most recently played in Rotterdam, following screenings at festivals such as Busan after a world premiere in Toronto.
Cart is set for release in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan this year.
- 2/6/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
This was a good weekend for Fox, at home and abroad. The studio had the No. 1 movie in North America and overseas with Gone Girl earning an estimated combined $62.6M. On the international side, Fox International Productions has a pair of home grown No. 1 hits on its hands in two very competitive local markets: India and Korea. Bollywood title Bang Bang earned $19.6M at home, and with additional markets, took its debut cume to $25.4M worldwide. In Korea, Fip’s Slow Video is estimated at $5.2M.
Local language in overseas markets continues to be a lucrative and important component of studio business. On a weekly basis, there are more and more titles that pop into my international box office round-up in which the studios are involved. Both of this weekend’s Fip No. 1s were financed, produced and distributed by Fox (Fox Star Studios in India). I understand that the last (and first-ever) time Fip,...
Local language in overseas markets continues to be a lucrative and important component of studio business. On a weekly basis, there are more and more titles that pop into my international box office round-up in which the studios are involved. Both of this weekend’s Fip No. 1s were financed, produced and distributed by Fox (Fox Star Studios in India). I understand that the last (and first-ever) time Fip,...
- 10/5/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
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.Scroll down for full list of awards
Tommy Wirkola’s Nazi zombie sequel from Norway, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, snapped up three awards – best director and actor as well as the Nh Nonghyup Citizen’s Choice award.
Best Actress went to Essie Davis for her performance in Australian horror film The Babadook, where a single mother and widow battling her son’s fears of monsters becomes possessed by an evil spirit.
Festival director Kim Young Bin said: “210 films from 48 countries have met with audiences during 11 days of the festival. As of July 24, 137 sessions out of 256 screenings were sold out successfully.
“You could say this is a significant result that we have reaped in an environment where all of society has been in a torpor.”
Puchon Choice:...
Tommy Wirkola’s Nazi zombie sequel from Norway, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, snapped up three awards – best director and actor as well as the Nh Nonghyup Citizen’s Choice award.
Best Actress went to Essie Davis for her performance in Australian horror film The Babadook, where a single mother and widow battling her son’s fears of monsters becomes possessed by an evil spirit.
Festival director Kim Young Bin said: “210 films from 48 countries have met with audiences during 11 days of the festival. As of July 24, 137 sessions out of 256 screenings were sold out successfully.
“You could say this is a significant result that we have reaped in an environment where all of society has been in a torpor.”
Puchon Choice:...
- 7/28/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Korean sales agent picks up My Love My Bride remake, The Deal and Cart (working title) [pictured].
Korean sales agent 9ers Entertainment has added three new titles to their Cannes slate including a remake of Lee Myung-se’s seminal 1990 romantic comedy My Love My Bride.
Currently in production, the remake is directed by Lim Charn-Sang (The President’s Barber). The film stars Jo Jung-suk (The Fatal Encounter) and Shin Min-a (The Naked Kitchen) as a long-term couple who finally get married and go from honeymoon bliss to bickering over housekeeping, family, friends, colleagues and exes as they try to find a balance between marriage and independence.
The film is one of two backed by multi-platform content distributor Cineguru/Daoutech, Inc. that 9ers has picked up.
The second is crime thriller The Deal, with a solid trio of actors: Kim Sang-kyung (The Tower), Kim Sung-kyun (The Suspect) and Park Sung-woong (New World).
Currently in pre-production, the film will...
Korean sales agent 9ers Entertainment has added three new titles to their Cannes slate including a remake of Lee Myung-se’s seminal 1990 romantic comedy My Love My Bride.
Currently in production, the remake is directed by Lim Charn-Sang (The President’s Barber). The film stars Jo Jung-suk (The Fatal Encounter) and Shin Min-a (The Naked Kitchen) as a long-term couple who finally get married and go from honeymoon bliss to bickering over housekeeping, family, friends, colleagues and exes as they try to find a balance between marriage and independence.
The film is one of two backed by multi-platform content distributor Cineguru/Daoutech, Inc. that 9ers has picked up.
The second is crime thriller The Deal, with a solid trio of actors: Kim Sang-kyung (The Tower), Kim Sung-kyun (The Suspect) and Park Sung-woong (New World).
Currently in pre-production, the film will...
- 5/15/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The 15th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) has announced its line-up with Opening Film to be the world premiere of Mad Sad Bad, a 3D zombie omnibus directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, Han Ji-seung and Kim Tae-yong.
Part of the Korean Academy of Film Art’s “Kafa+” project, the film brings together three noted local directors creating 3D-version reflections of popular culture in, respectively, an urban setting, the future and in the mountains.
Jiff will run May 1-10 with its awards ceremony on May 7 and repeat screenings afterwards. The fest will screen 181 films from 46 countries (142 features, 39 shorts) with 40 world premieres (of which 28 are features) and 4 international premieres (all features).
This year, the festival has revamped its signature Jeonju Digital Project - originally a triptych of shorts produced by the fest each year with well-known directors from around the world - and brought in outside funding to start making a trio of feature films instead. The inaugural...
Part of the Korean Academy of Film Art’s “Kafa+” project, the film brings together three noted local directors creating 3D-version reflections of popular culture in, respectively, an urban setting, the future and in the mountains.
Jiff will run May 1-10 with its awards ceremony on May 7 and repeat screenings afterwards. The fest will screen 181 films from 46 countries (142 features, 39 shorts) with 40 world premieres (of which 28 are features) and 4 international premieres (all features).
This year, the festival has revamped its signature Jeonju Digital Project - originally a triptych of shorts produced by the fest each year with well-known directors from around the world - and brought in outside funding to start making a trio of feature films instead. The inaugural...
- 4/4/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The 15th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) has announced its line-up with Opening Film to be the world premiere of Mad Sad Bad, a 3D zombie omnibus directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, Han Ji-seung and Kim Tae-yong.
Part of the Korean Academy of Film Art’s “Kafa+” project, the film brings together three noted local directors creating 3D-version reflections of popular culture in, respectively, an urban setting, the future and in the mountains.
Jiff will run May 1-10 with its awards ceremony on May 7 and repeat screenings afterwards. The fest will screen 181 films from 46 countries (142 features, 39 shorts) with 40 world premieres (of which 28 are features) and 4 international premieres (all features).
This year, the festival has revamped its signature Jeonju Digital Project - originally a triptych of shorts produced by the fest each year with well-known directors from around the world - and brought in outside funding to start making a trio of feature films instead. The inaugural...
Part of the Korean Academy of Film Art’s “Kafa+” project, the film brings together three noted local directors creating 3D-version reflections of popular culture in, respectively, an urban setting, the future and in the mountains.
Jiff will run May 1-10 with its awards ceremony on May 7 and repeat screenings afterwards. The fest will screen 181 films from 46 countries (142 features, 39 shorts) with 40 world premieres (of which 28 are features) and 4 international premieres (all features).
This year, the festival has revamped its signature Jeonju Digital Project - originally a triptych of shorts produced by the fest each year with well-known directors from around the world - and brought in outside funding to start making a trio of feature films instead. The inaugural...
- 4/4/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster scooped the most nominations for this year’s Asian Film Awards with 11 nods, followed by Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer with five.
Nominations for The Grandmaster included best film, best director, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), best actress (Zhang Ziyi), best screenwriter and best cinemtographer (see full list below). Snowpiercer’s nominations included best film, best director, best screenwriter, best production designer and best costume designer.
Also nominated for best film are Chinese director Ning Hao’s No Man’s Land, which is screening at the Berlin film festival, The Great Passage from Japan, The Lunchbox from India and Taiwan’s Stray Dogs.
Rounding out the best director category are Stray Dogs director Tsai Ming-liang, Singapore’s Anthony Chen for Ilo Ilo and Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda for Like Father, Like Son.
Multiple nominees also included No Man’s Land, Stray Dogs, Cold Eyes and Rigor Mortis which each picked up four...
Nominations for The Grandmaster included best film, best director, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), best actress (Zhang Ziyi), best screenwriter and best cinemtographer (see full list below). Snowpiercer’s nominations included best film, best director, best screenwriter, best production designer and best costume designer.
Also nominated for best film are Chinese director Ning Hao’s No Man’s Land, which is screening at the Berlin film festival, The Great Passage from Japan, The Lunchbox from India and Taiwan’s Stray Dogs.
Rounding out the best director category are Stray Dogs director Tsai Ming-liang, Singapore’s Anthony Chen for Ilo Ilo and Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda for Like Father, Like Son.
Multiple nominees also included No Man’s Land, Stray Dogs, Cold Eyes and Rigor Mortis which each picked up four...
- 2/11/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Emmett/Furla/ Oasis Films has set Jason Patric, John Cusack, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna and South Korean actor-singer Rain for The Prince, the Brian A. Miller-directed action thriller. Patric plays a retired Las Vegas mob enforcer who is forced to return to the city and face his former enemies when his teenage daughter goes missing. Bruce Willis was previously set to star in the film. He plays Omar, a man with a score to settle, who has waited years for Paul to return. Emmett/Furla/Oasis is producing and financing with South Korea-based Union Investment Partners. Kim Young-don, Choi Pyeung-ho, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Jeff Rice and Brandon Grimes will executive produce alongside producers Randall Emmett, George Furla, Ho-Sung Pak, Fred Song, Adam Goldworm and co-producer Tim Sullivan. Shooting begins next week in Mobile, Ala, and Grindstone/Lionsgate Films will release domestically. Hannibal Pictures will handle international sales.
- 11/25/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Adam Sandler has joined Chris Columbus’ upcoming remake of the Korean supernatural comedy Hello Ghost. He will play the lead. found its lead.
In the 2010 original film, which was written and directed by Kim Young-Tak, told the story of a young man whose failed suicide attempt gives him the power to see ghosts. Rediscovering his love for life and falling for a nurse, the man realizes that the only way to rid himself of four ghosts is to help each of them achieve their final wish.
Sandler can next be seen in Grown Ups 2, alongside Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Salma Hayek.The comedy hits theaters July 12.
Source: THR...
In the 2010 original film, which was written and directed by Kim Young-Tak, told the story of a young man whose failed suicide attempt gives him the power to see ghosts. Rediscovering his love for life and falling for a nurse, the man realizes that the only way to rid himself of four ghosts is to help each of them achieve their final wish.
Sandler can next be seen in Grown Ups 2, alongside Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Salma Hayek.The comedy hits theaters July 12.
Source: THR...
- 6/14/2013
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
Adam Sandler has signed on to star in "Hello Ghost" supernatural comedy, which will be directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, Mrs Doubtfire, Home Alone). The story focuses on a man whose failed suicide attempt gives him the power to see ghosts. Rediscovering his love for life and falling for a nurse, the man realizes that the only way to rid himself of four ghosts is to help each of them achieve their final wish. "Hello Ghost" is a remake of a 2010 Korean film by director Kim Young-Tak. The new version is being written by Karen Croner (Admission).
- 6/14/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
First announced in 2011, Chris Columbus' upcoming remake of the Korean supernatural comedy Hello Ghost has found its lead. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Adam Sandler will headline the Universal Pictures production. The original film, which was released in 2010, arrived from writer/director Kim Young-Tak and told the story of a young man whose failed suicide attempt gives him the power to see ghosts. Rediscovering his love for life and falling for a nurse, the man realizes that the only way to rid himself of four ghosts is to help each of them achieve their final wish. Sandler, who starred last year in That's My Boy and Hotel Transylvania , will soon be back on the big screen in his first-ever sequel, Grown Ups 2 . (Photo Credit: WENN.com)...
- 6/13/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Every year, the Jeonju International Film Festival commissions a pair of omnibus features. The longest-running and most famous of these is the Jeonju Digital Project, which has featured a number of star Asian directors over the years. The other is the Short! Short! Short! series, which focuses on young Korean directors helming experimental works. This year's edition of the latter featured three shorts and four directors tasked with adapting the works of popular local writer Kim Young-ha. Based on Kim's idiosyncratic stories, the works, each original in their own right, all featured a strong sense of style. Of course, as with many omnibuses, they didn't all hit the mark. Lee Sang-woo's opening segment Emergency Exit was my favorite of the bunch and also the best thing...
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- 5/15/2013
- Screen Anarchy
“Romance Joe” marks the debut of writer director Lee Kwang Kuk, who served his apprenticeship by working on several films by Korean master Hong Sang Soo including “HaHaHa” and “Like You Know It All”. Unsurprisingly, the film is very much influenced by Hong’s output, revolving around a carefully constructed series of primary and secondary narratives, which intertwine and repeat each other throughout. The similarity is furthered by Lee’s use of several performers who have worked with Hong in the past, including Jo Han Cheol (“A Tale of Cinema”) and Lee Chae Eun (“Oki’s Movie”), joined by Kim Young Pil (“Rolling Home with a Bull”), Shin Dong Mi (“A Million”) and upcoming young actor David Lee (“The Front Line”). As with his mentor, the film has found Lee success at festivals at home and his abroad, winning the Citizen Reviewers’ Award at Pusan, being nominated for the Tiger...
- 10/21/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Dance Town, the third film of Panda Media and Jeon Kyu Hwan's Town Trilogy, has been officially selected at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Section. Panda Media's goal is to reveal jewels of the international cinema to Korean spectators, and to bring Korean films to world audiences, in festivals and in theatres.
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
- 2/24/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Since 2006, the Paris Korean Film Festival (Festival Franco-Coréen du Film, opening today and running through October 18) has screened a wide variety of Korean films in the Latin Quarter of the City of Light. This year, the Festival and Mubi are presenting a generous sampling of 17 films you can now watch for free.
Joe Seung-yeon's Rough Education (image above) tells a story of young friendship in the 80s. Little white lies lead to some pretty serious fibbing in Nam Yeon-kyung's Lies. A new teacher struggles to connect with school kids whose previous teacher has commit suicide in Koh Su-kyung's Bad Education.
In 0.201, Ko Seok-heui reveals the ways history resonates in today's Seoul. Sin I-soo shows us a Seoul few are likely to have known in Dear Lara.
Choi Sung-eun's Dead Drunken Master is a martial arts comedy about an office worker trying to teach himself to drink alcohol. A beauty shop...
Joe Seung-yeon's Rough Education (image above) tells a story of young friendship in the 80s. Little white lies lead to some pretty serious fibbing in Nam Yeon-kyung's Lies. A new teacher struggles to connect with school kids whose previous teacher has commit suicide in Koh Su-kyung's Bad Education.
In 0.201, Ko Seok-heui reveals the ways history resonates in today's Seoul. Sin I-soo shows us a Seoul few are likely to have known in Dear Lara.
Choi Sung-eun's Dead Drunken Master is a martial arts comedy about an office worker trying to teach himself to drink alcohol. A beauty shop...
- 10/11/2011
- MUBI
"Hello Ghost" is a supernatural comedy that's part of the Cine-Asia: Fantasia's 2nd annual Korean Film Spotlight that happening during the festival. The film is the feature debut from director Kim Young-tak and stars Cha Tae-hyun of "My Sassy Girl" and "Scandal Makers" fame.Plot Synopsis:Raised in an orphanage and adrift as an adult, moody, withdrawn Sang-man knows what life is like when no one...
- 7/19/2011
- by Anthony T
Actor Cha Tae Hyun certainly has the golden touch, having starred in both “My Sassy Girl” and “Scandal Makers”, two of the biggest box office hits in modern Korean cinema. Here, he weaves his magic again with “Hello Ghost”, a big hearted comedy revolving around a suicidal man who gains the ability to see spirits, which proved to be yet another commercial and critical smash for the star. With actress Kang Hye Won (“Harmony”) as chief love interest, the film marks the directorial debut of Kim Young Tak, who previously served as screenwriter on the 2008 romantic comedy “Ba:Bo”, which also happened to feature Cha Tae Hyun. The plot sees Cha as a depressed young man called Sang Man, and begins with him trying to commit suicide in a variety of ways before finally throwing himself off a bridge. Waking up in the hospital, he discovers that he now has the ability to see ghosts,...
- 5/17/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Although it might seem like an odd title, the Korean road movie “Rolling Home with a Bull” really is about just that, following a man on a road trip with a bull. Adapted from a novel by Kim Do Yeon, the film was directed by Lim Soon Rye, who previously helmed the award winning women’s handball outing “Forever the Moment” and most recently the humanist drama “Fly, Penguin”. Having premiered at the 2010 Pusan Film Festival, his latest effort is a very different affair, mixing human drama, comedy and spiritual themes, headlined by talented stars Kim Young Pil (“Closer to Heaven”) and Kong Hyo Jin (“Crush and Blush”). The film follows Kim as farmer and aspiring poet Seon Ho, a man frustrated by his failure to make anything of himself, who takes out his anger by stealing his father’s prize bull. When he fails to sell the mild mannered...
- 3/15/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
It goes without saying that remakes of Korean features have become the film world’s next big thing.
And now, two Hollywood filmmakers have decided to jump aboard this bandwagon.
First off, Deadline has revealed that Chris Columbus will be helming a remake of the Kim Young-tak film, Hello Ghost. Following a man who attempts to kill himself, only to be haunted by ghosts after failing to do so, the film was a relatively big hit in its country of origin, and sounds like a relatively interesting premise.
Read more on Remakes: Two Korean films getting remade; Susanne Bier to remake Rapt…...
And now, two Hollywood filmmakers have decided to jump aboard this bandwagon.
First off, Deadline has revealed that Chris Columbus will be helming a remake of the Kim Young-tak film, Hello Ghost. Following a man who attempts to kill himself, only to be haunted by ghosts after failing to do so, the film was a relatively big hit in its country of origin, and sounds like a relatively interesting premise.
Read more on Remakes: Two Korean films getting remade; Susanne Bier to remake Rapt…...
- 2/23/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
It seems that Korean movies are something of a new flavor in Hollywood, as two remakes of recent flicks from the country are now in the works. Deadline reports that family film blockbuster veteran Chris Columbus ("Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," "Home Alone," "Mrs. Doubtfire") is set to remake "Hello Ghost" by Kim Young-tak. A box office hit in its native country, the film follows a man who tries to kill himself and upon failing is haunted by four ghosts who won't leave him alone until he grants each of them one wish. Sounds like "Ghost Town" with…...
- 2/23/2011
- The Playlist
Christopher Columbus has lined up his next project. According to a report at Deadline , the director is next set to tackle a remake of the Korean film Hello Ghost . The original film, which just saw release last December, arrived from writer/director Kim Young-Tak and told the story of a young man whose failed suicide attempt gives him the power to see ghosts. Rediscovering his love for life and falling for a nurse, the man realizes that the only way to rid himself of four ghosts is to help each of them achieve their final wish. Columbus is best known for directing Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films. Most recently, Columbus was behind the camera for 2009's I Love You, Beth Cooper and 2010's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief .
- 2/23/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Tokyo -- Film buyers and sellers were hopeful Monday on the eve of the Tokyo International Film Festival's three-day Tiffcom content market, with guests lauding the efficiency of the event's seventh edition and the quality of the companies gathered.
Despite some Chinese officials bowing out of the festival over a disagreement about how organizers would refer to Taiwan -- which China calls a renegade province -- by the afternoon, plenty of Chinese companies were setting up booths at the market, ready for business.
Organizers said no Chinese companies have canceled their registration, and a walk of the market floor revealed that some Chinese buyers had begun meetings with Japanese sellers, even though company booths at Asia's highest-grossing movie market weren't due to open officially until today.
As the space began taking shape, the event's growth -- up 4% to 222 exhibitors this year -- was evident on the 40th floor of the...
Despite some Chinese officials bowing out of the festival over a disagreement about how organizers would refer to Taiwan -- which China calls a renegade province -- by the afternoon, plenty of Chinese companies were setting up booths at the market, ready for business.
Organizers said no Chinese companies have canceled their registration, and a walk of the market floor revealed that some Chinese buyers had begun meetings with Japanese sellers, even though company booths at Asia's highest-grossing movie market weren't due to open officially until today.
As the space began taking shape, the event's growth -- up 4% to 222 exhibitors this year -- was evident on the 40th floor of the...
- 10/26/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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