THE PIRATES: GOBLIN’S FLAG Wraps Production

The Pirates: Goblin’s Flag (translated title), the sequel to the hit period swashbuckler The Pirates (2014), completed production on January 11. From director KIM Joung-hoon, the film features a new cast, headed by HAN Hyo-joo, KANG Ha-neul, LEE Kwang-soo and ...

KANG Ha-neul, HAN Hyo-joo Board THE PIRATES Sequel

A bevy of Korean stars are ready to set sail on The Pirates: Goblin Flag (translated title), the sequel to the 2014 hit The Pirates. KANG Han-neul, HAN Hyo-joo, LEE Kwang-soo and KWON Sang-woo lead an ensemble in a film with a whole new story and set of charac...

PARASITE Tops Grand Bell and BaekSang Arts Awards

The 56th editions of both the Grand Bell Film Awards and the BaekSang Arts Awards were held in quick succession earlier this month, on the 3rd and 5th, both without an audience for the first time, owing to public health concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic. B...

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBRID Tops 6th Korean Film Producers Association Awards

KIM Bora’s sensational debut film, the indie drama House of Hummingbird (2018), has come away with the top prize, the Best Film Award, from this year’s 6th Korean Film Producers Association Awards. BONG Joon-ho was awarded Best Director for his comedy-drama sa...

ANOTHER CHILD Picks Up NETPAC Award in Hawaii

Veteran star KIM Yun-seok’s directorial debut Another Child has picked up the NETPAC Award at this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). The film concerns a teenage girl (KIM Hye-jun) who discovers that her father is having an affair with the ...

PARASITE Earns 5 Prizes at Blue Dragon Film Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite was the big winner at the issue of this year’s 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards, where it picked up five prizes, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (JO Yeo-jeong), Best Supporting Actress (LEE Jung-eun) and Best Production Des...

PARASITE Tops Korean Film Critics Association Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE was triumphant at this year’s 39th Korean Film Critics Association Awards. The Palme d’Or-winning box office hit earned awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography for director of photography HONG ...

Hawaii International Film Festival Selects 9 Features from Korea

A total of nine feature films from Korea will be taking part in this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival, which will take place from November 6 to 24. Taking part in the main competition section for the KAU KA HŌKŪ Award will be the affair drama Ano...

SHIN Ha-kyun, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki Accept HUR Jin-ho’s PRESENT

While post-production is ongoing for his upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream, director HUR Jin-ho shot a new short film at the end of last month. Starring SHIN Ha-kyun, EXO member, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki, Present (translated title) is a VR project commissioned...

CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo Fall into SINKHOLE

The Tower (2012) director KIM Ji-hoon is returning to the disaster genre for his next project Sinkhole (working title). CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo will star in the action-comedy tentpole. The story concerns a man who finally buys a home aft...