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Marking its 30th anniversary this year, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival will be held from July 2 to July 12 around Bucheon City Hall. As South Korea’s only fantastic genre film festival, BIFAN again presents works armed with genre playfulness and a bold experimental spirit.

※ This interview with Jung Hoyeon of 〈HOPE〉 continues from Part 1. Director Na Hong-jin is reputed not to compromise on set. What was it like to experience his filming process firsthand. As a relatively new actor, I felt his unwillingness to compromise was a blessing.

Few actors have had a debut as striking as Jung Ho-yeon’s. Jung moved from top-tier modeling into acting and made a notable acting debut with 〈Squid Game〉. Now she is about to make her film debut in 〈Hope〉. Directed by Na Hong-jin, the filmmaker behind hits such as 〈The Chaser〉, 〈The Yellow Sea〉,...

Where the gaze of a master lingers, the 35th aesthetics blooming in Jeju Director ‘Hong Sang-soo’, who has quietly carved a path through the trajectory of Korean auteur cinema, has once again received a call from Switzerland’s Locarno.

The die has been cast, the curtain-raiser to a “cinematic universe” beyond entertainment ENA’s mega hit that reshaped the landscape of South Korean travel variety shows returns. The killer content from TEO , produced under the leadership of producer Kim Tae-ho, “Jigumabul World Travel” will land on...

A Thousand-Year-Old Buddhist Temple Where Starlight and Fireflies Pour Down, Becoming the Mecca of ‘Outdoor Musical’ If you’re tired of the usual indoor venues, turn your attention to a mountain temple where the breath of a thousand years lingers.

A Meeting of Masters Set to Rattle the Landscape of South Korean Film A massive forum for a renaissance in South Korean cinema finally lifts the veil. For Na Hong-jin’s SF blockbuster 'Hope', the director’s long-awaited return after a decade of silence since 'The Wailing', world-renowned masters...

The Curtain Rises on a Fantasy Romance Beyond Borders, as a Global Idol Meets Japan’s Top Star ‘Sana,’ from Twice , a group reigning at the very top of the K-pop world, is finally stepping in as the lead of a major motion picture.

※The interview with 〈Hope〉 director Na Hong-jin continues from Part 1. ※This interview contains spoilers and interpretations of the ending. Before the film was finished, you said that the actors who play the aliens—including Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander—are the protagonists.

Comedy film ‘The Taste of Prison,’ which depicts a fun food reformation story in which a star chef, suddenly thrown into rock bottom and assigned to work in a prison kitchen, and inmates awaken their souls by making dishes with recipes and ingredients beyond imagination has confirmed the casting of...