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Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm Award “Fatima, the Season She Loved” Releases May 13!

Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm Award “Fatima, the Season She Loved” Releases May 13!

〈Carol〉 〈Portrait of a Burning Woman〉 〈Monster〉 and other major works have newly added their names to the Queer Palm lineup, a distinguished line of LGBTQIA+ films that have been showcased at Cannes.
The Queer Palm Award is an LGBTQIA+ film prize that has been independently run during the Cannes Film Festival since 2010. It honors the best LGBTQIA+ film among the official selections and the competing films shown in the parallel sections, awarding one feature-length and one short each year.
Lee Sang-ho, Yoo Sung-sung, Moon So-ri, and Lee Seong-min—‘A Training Ground for Masterful Actors and a Towering Presence in the Theater World’: Director Lee Sang-woo Passes Away

Lee Sang-ho, Yoo Sung-sung, Moon So-ri, and Lee Seong-min—‘A Training Ground for Masterful Actors and a Towering Presence in the Theater World’: Director Lee Sang-woo Passes Away

In 2009, director of the feature film ‘Small Pond,’ and director of ‘Chilsu and Mansu,’ Lee Sang-woo, a former professor at Korea National University of Arts, has died at age 75
By founding the theater company Yeonwoo Mudae and Chaimu, the director Lee Sang-woo, a former professor at the College of Theatre at Korea National University of Arts, died on the 26th from illness. He was 75.The late man, a graduate of Seoul National University’s Department of Aesthetics, began...
After 'Salmokji,' Ready for a Ghost Tour? Korean Horror Films Set at Real-Life Haunted Spots

After 'Salmokji,' Ready for a Ghost Tour? Korean Horror Films Set at Real-Life Haunted Spots

〈A Man Living with the King〉's Yeongwol was followed by Yesan for 〈Salmokji〉. The film 〈Salmokji〉, which has already surpassed twice its break-even point, takes its motif from the 'Salmokji legend,' which is set at the Salmokji reservoir in Gwangsim-myeon, Yesan, Chungnam.
Is That a Goomba? Game-Based Films That Successfully Reinvented Themselves from Bywords for Flops

Is That a Goomba? Game-Based Films That Successfully Reinvented Themselves from Bywords for Flops

It feels like a lifetime has passed. Gone are the days when "video game adaptations" fought over 0.5 or 1-star ratings; now we live in an era where they can reliably deliver a decent average. Even Mario once went through a period when it was the epitome of a "worst movie," a reputation even fans...
[Exclusive Interview] This Time, It’s a K-Dessert Variety Show! A Meet-Up With the Five Muses of “Bite me Sweet” ① Im Seong-gyun

[Exclusive Interview] This Time, It’s a K-Dessert Variety Show! A Meet-Up With the Five Muses of “Bite me Sweet” ① Im Seong-gyun

〈Bamis〉 is a K-dessert variety show where five famous female pastry chefs from across Southeast Asia and five rising Korean male celebrities form teams in pairs of two. They create creative desserts using K-style ingredients.
This time, it’s all about K-desserts. 〈Bite me Sweet〉(Bite Me Sweet, hereafter 〈Bamis〉) is a variety show where five famous female pastry chefs from across Southeast Asia and five rising Korean male celebrities team up in pairs of two to create creative desserts using K-style ingredients.
A Robot That Looks Like a Dead Son... Hirokazu Kore-eda’s New Film ‘The Sheep in the Box’ to Release in June

A Robot That Looks Like a Dead Son... Hirokazu Kore-eda’s New Film ‘The Sheep in the Box’ to Release in June

Selected for the Competition Section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. A special story of a humanoid family inspired by ‘The Little Prince,’ starring Haruka Ayase
The Master Returns: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s New Film ‘The Sheep in the Box’Global master ‘Hirokazu Kore-eda’ returns with a new family film ‘The Sheep in the Box’, set in the near future. Combining the pain of loss with the sci-fi concept of ‘humanoids’, the film has been invited to the Competition...
Steven Spielberg Reveals Hidden Story Behind Epic “Interstellar”: “It Was Originally My Directing Project”

Steven Spielberg Reveals Hidden Story Behind Epic “Interstellar”: “It Was Originally My Directing Project”

Hollywood Maestro Steven Spielberg, in a recent interview, candidly discussed the early planning process of “Interstellar” Stepping away because the direction of Jonathan Nolan’s script didn’t match his vision… the next day, Christopher Nolan took the director’s chair Spielberg praised the younger master, saying, “A much better film was born in director Nolan’s hands,” and he didn’t hold back
Steven Spielberg has spilled a behind-the-scenes story about 〈Interstellar〉. With his next project 〈Disclosure Day〉 currently preparing for release, Steven Spielberg, in a recent interview, revealed that 〈Interstellar〉 was originally his own project.
‘Hope’ by Na Hong-jin Enters Cannes Competition…Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Colony’ and Jun Ji-hyun’s Return Film Invited to the Non-Competition Midnight Screening

‘Hope’ by Na Hong-jin Enters Cannes Competition…Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Colony’ and Jun Ji-hyun’s Return Film Invited to the Non-Competition Midnight Screening

Korean Films Set Sights on the Palme d’Or for the First Time in Four Years…Park Chan-wook First to Serve as Jury Chair, and Jun Ji-hyun’s Return Project Added to the Good News
A Glorious Comeback for Korean Cinema, Taking Over the 79th ‘Cannes Film Festival’Korea’s film industry sent a triumphant signal at the 79th ‘Cannes Film Festival’, marking a spectacular return. It erased last year’s painful slump—when not a single invited title made it—in the ‘Competition...
[Interview] “Plants Can Be Erotic, Too” ‘Friend of Silence’ Director Ildikó Enyedi

[Interview] “Plants Can Be Erotic, Too” ‘Friend of Silence’ Director Ildikó Enyedi

With her latest work, Hungarian-born director Ildikó Enyedi, 〈Friend of Silence〉, is drawing attention as the second film in which Tony Leung has appeared outside the Chinese-language sphere since 〈A City of Sadness and Flower of Shanghai〉 (2021).
[Chua-Young’s Music Box] ‘Project Hail Mary’—A Story of Humanity’s Trembling at the Brink of the End, and ‘Sign of the Times’

[Chua-Young’s Music Box] ‘Project Hail Mary’—A Story of Humanity’s Trembling at the Brink of the End, and ‘Sign of the Times’

Eve Stratt (Sandra Hüller), the executive in charge of Project ‘Hail Mary,’ which leads the effort to overcome the crisis facing the world, says goodbye by singing at the final party before sending her team out into the vastness of space.