The plight of high school teenagers has been the subject of several features, both mainstream and indie productions. With the latter in particular, this is a subject that has often found favour and with the right treatment and a fresh story, these features tend to stand out in the crowded sub-genre. Director Lee Woo-jung, for her debut feature film which premiered in the New Currents section at Busan International Film Festival last year, also tells the story from the similar perspective and dissects the relationship between three best friends.
“Snowball” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Best friends Lee Kang-yi, So-young and Ah-ram couldn’t be more different from each other. So-young is a straight-a student and the class beauty, who manages to get the three out of trouble every time, the more rebellious towards authority and parents. Ah-ram comes from a poor family with an abusive father...
“Snowball” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Best friends Lee Kang-yi, So-young and Ah-ram couldn’t be more different from each other. So-young is a straight-a student and the class beauty, who manages to get the three out of trouble every time, the more rebellious towards authority and parents. Ah-ram comes from a poor family with an abusive father...
- 8/16/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
After the abysmal year for cinema that 2020 was, one can only hope that 2021 proves to be a lot better for films the world over. While the coronavirus situation ebbs and flows in various places, film releases are getting more and more frequent. Even if studios are still slightly hesitant to release some tentpole films, audiences are slowly finding their way back into the theatres.
Due to the delay in production and release on several projects last year, films that would otherwise have released back them are only now beginning to find their way into theatres or on Ott platforms, while some studios have even decided to indefinitely postpone production on some major titles. As a result, our list of Most Anticipated Korean Films of 2020 (which has been updated with the status of each project to the best of our knowledge) still remains valid and can be checked out to see...
Due to the delay in production and release on several projects last year, films that would otherwise have released back them are only now beginning to find their way into theatres or on Ott platforms, while some studios have even decided to indefinitely postpone production on some major titles. As a result, our list of Most Anticipated Korean Films of 2020 (which has been updated with the status of each project to the best of our knowledge) still remains valid and can be checked out to see...
- 4/8/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning “Parasite” was the winner of the 28th Buil Film Awards, held alongside Busan International Film Festival on Friday.
The dark comedy won six awards, including best film. Other awards “Parasite” received included best supporting actor and actress, for Park Myung-hoon and Lee Jung-eun, respectively, best screenplay for Bong and co-writer Han Jin-won, best cinematography for Hong Kyung-pyo, and best score for Jung Jae-il.
“Director Bong Joon-ho and Song Kang-ho [lead actor] are currently in the U.S for the film’s premiere. We will regard this [best film] award as being given to the hundreds of people who worked on this film,” said Kwak Shin-ae, CEO of the film’s production house Barunson E&a, on the stage.
Best director went to director Kim Tae-gyun for “Dark Figure of Crime.” Hong Sang-soo’s “Hotel by the River” won best actor for Ki Joo-bong, while Jeon Do-yeon won best actress for “Birthday.
The dark comedy won six awards, including best film. Other awards “Parasite” received included best supporting actor and actress, for Park Myung-hoon and Lee Jung-eun, respectively, best screenplay for Bong and co-writer Han Jin-won, best cinematography for Hong Kyung-pyo, and best score for Jung Jae-il.
“Director Bong Joon-ho and Song Kang-ho [lead actor] are currently in the U.S for the film’s premiere. We will regard this [best film] award as being given to the hundreds of people who worked on this film,” said Kwak Shin-ae, CEO of the film’s production house Barunson E&a, on the stage.
Best director went to director Kim Tae-gyun for “Dark Figure of Crime.” Hong Sang-soo’s “Hotel by the River” won best actor for Ki Joo-bong, while Jeon Do-yeon won best actress for “Birthday.
- 10/6/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Lee Byoung-heon, director of 2019 mega hit “Extreme Job,” will return to TV series making with upcoming sports drama “Dream.” Lee, who made his successful feature directorial debut with comedy “Twenty” in 2014, directed “Extreme Job” this year.
The film grossed $117 million from 16.3 million admissions at the Korean box office, to become the second highest-grossing film of all time in the country.
According to Megabox Joongang Plus M, “Dream” revolves around a football player who encounters the greatest challenge of his life and a group of national players who have never played the sport before as they make bids for the Homeless World Cup game.
Park Seo-jun (“The Divine Fury”) is on board as the football player who becomes embroiled in an unexpected affair and ends up being appointed to direct the rough-and-ready football team as a punishment. The series will start production in 2020.
“Dream” would be Lee’s second TV series,...
The film grossed $117 million from 16.3 million admissions at the Korean box office, to become the second highest-grossing film of all time in the country.
According to Megabox Joongang Plus M, “Dream” revolves around a football player who encounters the greatest challenge of his life and a group of national players who have never played the sport before as they make bids for the Homeless World Cup game.
Park Seo-jun (“The Divine Fury”) is on board as the football player who becomes embroiled in an unexpected affair and ends up being appointed to direct the rough-and-ready football team as a punishment. The series will start production in 2020.
“Dream” would be Lee’s second TV series,...
- 10/5/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Not all ghost stories are supposed to be horror stories, as first-time director sets out to prove with her debut film “Ghost Walk”.
Synopsis
Hye-jeong works in a factory, on the outskirts of the city. All she wants is to live alone in peace. However, one night, she finds out she has become a ghost. As a ghost, she goes back in time, day by day, and tries to save herself from harm’s way. While doing so, she gets a glimpse of the scars and sorrows of her neighbours, and realizes the deaths of her neighbours are all closely related.
The film, based on Yu Eun-jeong’s own script, stars Han Hae-in, who returns to the screen after last year’s indie film “Cinema with You”. Also featuring Jeon So-ni, who was excellent in both “After My Death” and “Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage”, child actor Gam So-hyun and Lee Seung-chan in supporting roles,...
Synopsis
Hye-jeong works in a factory, on the outskirts of the city. All she wants is to live alone in peace. However, one night, she finds out she has become a ghost. As a ghost, she goes back in time, day by day, and tries to save herself from harm’s way. While doing so, she gets a glimpse of the scars and sorrows of her neighbours, and realizes the deaths of her neighbours are all closely related.
The film, based on Yu Eun-jeong’s own script, stars Han Hae-in, who returns to the screen after last year’s indie film “Cinema with You”. Also featuring Jeon So-ni, who was excellent in both “After My Death” and “Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage”, child actor Gam So-hyun and Lee Seung-chan in supporting roles,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The Final Print, directed by Jang Woo-jin, wins $15,000 top prize.
At the Busan International Film Festival (Biff), the Asian Project Market (Apm) wrapped today (9 Oct) with the Busan Award going to The Final Print, directed by Jang Woo-jin and produced by Han Sunhee.
Sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan Award comes with a cash prize of $15,000.
Currently in script development, The Final Print follows a South Korean photographer in Berlin who takes pictures of her night drinking and getting high with a North Korean couple she meets. Upon waking the next day she learns they have suddenly died, so...
At the Busan International Film Festival (Biff), the Asian Project Market (Apm) wrapped today (9 Oct) with the Busan Award going to The Final Print, directed by Jang Woo-jin and produced by Han Sunhee.
Sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan Award comes with a cash prize of $15,000.
Currently in script development, The Final Print follows a South Korean photographer in Berlin who takes pictures of her night drinking and getting high with a North Korean couple she meets. Upon waking the next day she learns they have suddenly died, so...
- 10/9/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
South Korean sales company has eight films in Busan’s official selection.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a raft of deals led by Park Hee-gon’s period drama Feng Shui and Lee Joon-ik’s Sunset In My Hometown, which is screening in Busan’s Korean Cinema Today - Panorama section.
Starring Cho Seung-woo, Ji Sung and Kim Sung-kyun, Feng Shui sold to Taiwan (Long Shong) and North America (The Korea Daily) where it will open today (October 5) in 21 cities.
The film had a local release on September 19 and has clocked up more than 2 million admissions, according to...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a raft of deals led by Park Hee-gon’s period drama Feng Shui and Lee Joon-ik’s Sunset In My Hometown, which is screening in Busan’s Korean Cinema Today - Panorama section.
Starring Cho Seung-woo, Ji Sung and Kim Sung-kyun, Feng Shui sold to Taiwan (Long Shong) and North America (The Korea Daily) where it will open today (October 5) in 21 cities.
The film had a local release on September 19 and has clocked up more than 2 million admissions, according to...
- 10/4/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
South Korea does some of the best dark high school dramas. Films like “Bleak Night”, “Han Gong-ju”, “Thread of Lies” and even “Silenced” are incredibly hard to sit through yet exceptionally engaging and very relevant even today. Director Kim Ui-seok takes on another high school tragedy and its aftermath in his debut feature “After My Death”, which received universal praise when it premiered at the 2017 edition of the Busan Film Festival.
Synopsis
A missing high-school girl is suspected of committing suicide. When it is discovered that somber Yeong-hee was the last to see her, troubling questions arise. Yeong-hee is quickly thrown into a maelstrom of accusations, leading to a witch hunt encouraged by the missing girl’s mother and her quick-to-condemn classmates. While Yeong-hee searches for the truth, she must solve her own existential crisis before spiraling out of control. “After My Death” wraps its drama in a mantle of...
Synopsis
A missing high-school girl is suspected of committing suicide. When it is discovered that somber Yeong-hee was the last to see her, troubling questions arise. Yeong-hee is quickly thrown into a maelstrom of accusations, leading to a witch hunt encouraged by the missing girl’s mother and her quick-to-condemn classmates. While Yeong-hee searches for the truth, she must solve her own existential crisis before spiraling out of control. “After My Death” wraps its drama in a mantle of...
- 9/19/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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