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- Oscar-Qualifying Busan Returns at Largest Scale Since 2019
- A poster for the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) / Courtesy of BIFFThe 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) runs Oct. 6 to 15 at the Busan Cinema Center and surrounding venues. This is the first edition since the International Federation of Film Producers Associations named Bu...
- by kobiz / Sep 18, 2026
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- Park Chan-wook Returns to Extreme Violence With $60M Hollywood Western
- Lee Byung-hun <CJ ENM>Park Chan-wook has described his next film as the most violent work of his career. Speaking on August 29 at Seoul Art Cinema, during a special screening marking the 20th anniversary of "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK," the director said the project contains m...
- by kobiz / Sep 16, 2026
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- Lee Chang-dong Named Mill Valley Auteur Award Recipient
- Poster for Possible Love <Netflix>Lee Chang-dong has been selected as the recipient of the Auteur Award at the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival. He is the first Korean filmmaker to receive the honor. In announcing the selection on September 3, Netflix also revealed that Lee's new feature, Po...
- by kobiz / Sep 16, 2026
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- Squid Game's Hwang Dong-hyuk Returns to Cinema with Sci-Fi Thriller 'K.O. Club'
- Lee Byung-hun <BH Entertainment>After the Netflix Phenomenon, Hwang Dong-hyuk Chose the Big ScreenWhat Hwang Dong-hyuk would do after Squid Game had been the most closely watched question in Korean content. Speculation ran in every direction: would the creator of one of Netflix's most-watc...
- by kobiz / Sep 11, 2026
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- Overseas Pre-Sales Bring Down Korean Films' Break-Even Points
- Director Yeon Sang-ho (left) and actress Jun Ji-hyun at the press conference for Colony*, held on May 6 at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. <JoongAng Ilbo>Director Yeon Sang-ho's Paradise Lost recouped its entire net production budget of 500 million won through overseas pr...
- by kobiz / Sep 09, 2026
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- Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love Has World Premiere as Director's First Venice Competition Entry in 24 Years
- Actors Zo In-sung (from left), Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeon Do-yeon, and Sul Kyung-gu attend a press conference for Possible Love at Hotel Naru Seoul – MGallery Collection in Mapo District, Seoul, on August 25. <Yonhap News>Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love had its world premiere in the Competition se...
- by kobiz / Sep 08, 2026
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- As Kim Hyang-gi, Park Bo-gum, Jung Hae-in and Kang Ha-neul Take the Mic, Korean Animation Rewrites Its Marketing Playbook
- Posters for "Gill," left, and "David" / Courtesy of ATNINE FILM and Lotte EntertainmentKorean animation studios, long challenged by the absence of established franchises or built-in fandoms, are increasingly turning to A-list live-action stars for voice casting as a core marketing st...
- by kobiz / Sep 04, 2026
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- Announcement of Second-Half Selection Results for the KOFIC Co-Production Fund (KoCo Fund)
- On September 1 (Tue), the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced the second-half selection results for the 2026 KOFIC Co-Production Fund (KoCo Fund).<2026 Second-Half KOFIC KOFIC Co-Production Fund (KoCo Fund)> Title Korean Prod. Foreign Prod. Director Subsidy (KRW) Tamako Jin Pictures Central ...
- by KoBiz / Sep 02, 2026
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- Bong Joon-ho's First Animated Film 'Ally' Turns to Humanity's Relationship with Nature
- Ally ©2026 V8 Pistons Pictures.Bong Joon-ho confronted class conflict head-on in "Parasite," the 2019 film that swept four Academy Awards. With his first feature-length animated film, "Ally," the director's gaze is now widening from human society to humanity's relationship wi...
- by KoBiz / Sep 02, 2026
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- South Korea's 2026 Box Office Rebound: Genre Reliability Overtakes Auteur Prestige as the Industry Hits a New Inflection Point
- Still from TAZZA: The Song of Beelzebub (Provided by CINE21)South Korea's theatrical market posted its strongest first half in years, with box office revenue reaching 579 billion won (approximately $414 million) and admissions hitting 57.05 million — up 41.9 percent and 34.2 percent, respectivel...
- by KoBiz / Sep 01, 2026
