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The 31st Busan International Film Festival opened with a grand ceremony at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, kicking off Asia's largest film festival. This year BIFF moved its opening day up by one day from Wednesday to Tuesday.

Leading South Korean filmmakers, including directors Jung Ji-young and Lee Myung-se, have taken a firm stand over the controversy surrounding 'Assassins', a film at the center of allegations of historical distortion.

Producer who helped lead Chungmuro renaissance dies after leaving behind a late-career directorial debut Jo Chul-hyun, who directed 'The King's Letters' (2019), died on the 8th at 67. According to people in the film industry and his family, Jo was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in February and...

Six-year relationship forged on ‘Memorist’ ends as couple go separate ways Actors Yoo Seung-ho, 33, and Lim Se-joo, 35, have officially confirmed that they have “split” after dating for more than six years and will now go their separate ways.

Director “Zhang Yimou”, the Chinese cinema master serving as jury president for this year’s 31st Busan International Film Festival competition, has firmly stated his position on the controversy over historical distortion surrounding “Assassins”, a film that has recently stirred South Korea’s movie...

Legal settlement eases monopoly concerns and reshapes the media landscape The merger between 'Paramount Skydance' and 'Warner Bros. Discovery', which had signaled a seismic shift in the global film and television industry, has cleared its final hurdle.

Hollywood's iconic action star 'Tom Cruise' returns to the screen looking completely broken down. His new film 'Digger,' set for release on 'Oct. 3,' is a 'black comedy' about the downfall of a greedy oil tycoon who triggers a climate catastrophe.

Festival to be held across Busan for 10 days starting Oct. 6, with 14 competition entries and 64 industry programs 'A-list' festival becomes a hub for Asia's film industry The '31st Busan International Film Festival' , which has earned global recognition beyond Asia, will fill Busan with the...

Box-office titan of his era leaves behind a genre-spanning legacy Toshio Masuda, a director who helped lead Japan’s film industry through its golden age and worked across action, romance and animation, has died.

〈My First Action〉, a two-volume nonfiction essay vividly recounting the arduous debut journeys of 31 leading directors who have shaped South Korea's film industry, will be published Sept. 25. The book tells the stories of the anxious, fiercely competitive years these directors spent as aspiring...