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Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook Take the Stage… Jecheon International Music Film Festival Screens a Record 189 Films

Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook Take the Stage… Jecheon International Music Film Festival Screens a Record 189 Films

A new video directed by Kim Cho-hee features Executive Committee Chair Jang Hang-jun and writer Kim Eun-hee, who both appear in person to grab attention
A gathering of masters returns, bigger than ever'22nd Jecheon International Music Film Festival' , the only music film festival in Asia, announced its dazzling return with record-high screenings and an overwhelming roster of guests. Running from Sept.
| James choi
‘Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation’ Kicks Off at emu Artspace on June 26

‘Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation’ Kicks Off at emu Artspace on June 26

Opening lineup includes 〈Someone Like Me〉, followed by 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 〈Rouge〉 〈Once a Thief〉 〈In Broad Daylight〉, among others, with 10 Hong Kong films screened.
The Asian Film Awards Academy said it will host 〈Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation〉 at emu Artspace, Seoul’s leading arts venue, for 10 days from June 26 to July 5. Carrying forward the academy’s mission of cultural exchange through Asian film, the event features movie screenings, a themed...
| Joo Seong-cheol
[Photo &] 237 Films Set to Hit the Screen — Jeonju International Film Festival Confirms Opening Film ‘My Private Artist’

[Photo &] 237 Films Set to Hit the Screen — Jeonju International Film Festival Confirms Opening Film ‘My Private Artist’

Opening April 29 for 10 days: 237 invited films from 54 countries. From the opening film by Kent Jones to an Ahn Sung-ki memorial special screening—an impressive lineup
‘Jeonju International Film Festival’ Kicks Off a Grand Lineup of 237 Boundary-Breaking Films‘Jeonju International Film Festival’’s organizing committee held a press conference at CGV Yongsan I-Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 31st to unveil this year’s operating direction and key film lineup.
| James choi
Autumn of Hong Kong Cinema, World Premiere of the Original 'A Better Tomorrow' (1967) 4K Restoration

Autumn of Hong Kong Cinema, World Premiere of the Original 'A Better Tomorrow' (1967) 4K Restoration

The 1967 film 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 is considered one of the top 100 Hong Kong films of all time by 'Time Out Hong Kong' and has had a significant influence on John Woo's 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 (1986).
Is there an original 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 besides Chow Yun-fat's version. It is the 1967 film 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 directed by Yeung Kwan. Lee Cheuk-hung (played by Leslie Cheung) is arrested as a safecracker and is released after serving over ten years.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Attention All Hong Kong Movie Fans! The Hong Kong Film Festival is Coming to the Korean Film Archive and Cinecube

Attention All Hong Kong Movie Fans! The Hong Kong Film Festival is Coming to the Korean Film Archive and Cinecube

With ‘Emotional Journey – Crossing Borders with Hong Kong Cinema’ (Korean Film Archive) and ‘Making Waves: The New Wave of Hong Kong Cinema’ (Cinecube), October in Seoul will be colored by Hong Kong films.
In October, two Hong Kong film festivals will be held simultaneously. If you are a Hong Kong movie enthusiast, you might have to go back and forth between the Korean Film Archive in Sangam-dong and Cinecube in Gwanghwamun.
| Joo Seong-cheol
“Female-character pioneer” Yangzichung (Michelle Yeoh) heads to Busan after 15 years

“Female-character pioneer” Yangzichung (Michelle Yeoh) heads to Busan after 15 years

At the opening ceremony of the 31st BIFF on Oct. 6, she will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award; four special screenings including “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
A living legend in Hollywood and Asia’s film world, actress 'Yangzichung ' will step onto Busan’s red carpet for the first time in 15 years. The 31st 'Busan International Film Festival ' said in an official announcement that it will present her with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year honor at the Oct.
| James choi
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival Closes 30th Edition With Record Crowds, Attendance Up 27%

Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival Closes 30th Edition With Record Crowds, Attendance Up 27%

321 films from 50 countries screened and about 137,000 visitors were counted; launch of Bucheon AI Content Summit points to the cinema of the future
The 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN, executive chair Shin Chul) wrapped its 11-day run on Sunday, July 12, drawing record crowds as attendance rose 27% from last year. Marking its 30th anniversary, the festival adopted "newness and expansion" as its themes and drew strong...
| Kim Ji-yeon
'Bong Joon-ho discovery' British critic Tony Rayns dies, a patron of Korean cinema

'Bong Joon-ho discovery' British critic Tony Rayns dies, a patron of Korean cinema

The late Tony Rayns, credited as a patron of Korean cinema who helped launch the Busan International Film Festival, gave the overseas first introduction of Bong Joon-ho’s short film 'Jirimeuryeol'
Remembering Tony Rayns, 'Korea film's eternal compass'The 'Pioneer with Blue Eyes' who brought Korean film from the margins to the center of global attention has left us. 'Tony Rayns,' a leading British film critic and programmer, died on the 8th.
| James choi
[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

At the end of last year, at the Japan Academy, the awards beat hot releases such as “Last Mile” and “Kingdom 4” to win seven categories: best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best lighting, and best editing.
This is a structure that connects the filming set of the late Edo period with that of a modern-day historical drama. The former is an era in which the shogunate was in decline ahead of the Meiji Restoration, while the latter is a period that came after the heyday of 1970s-80s historical dramas—when...
| 이화정
Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Erased in 1993, the Kowloon Walled City — left behind as “Kowloon Walled City Park” — was a bleak illegal residential zone where no sliver of sunlight ever reached.
When director Jingle Bao-rui’s 〈Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories〉 (hereinafter 〈Kowloon Walled City〉, 2024) hit theaters in Hong Kong in 2024, it set a record for the biggest box-office success in Hong Kong history.
| Joo Seong-cheol