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Director Neo Sora and actors Kurihara Hayato and Hidaka Yukito will visit South Korea later this month as 〈Happy End〉 returns to theaters to mark the first anniversary of its South Korean release.Distributor Jinjin and Andamiro said on the 2nd that 〈Happy End〉 will return to theaters June 24 to...

Internet abyss legends swallow the screen in a visual revolutionThe overwhelming mise-en-scène of 'The Backrooms', which perfectly captures an unknown dread. A city creepypasta that once roamed the digital ecosystem has finally shattered the hard box-office barrier of Hollywood.

It started with Yeon Sang-ho. Koo Kyo-hwan was already a star of the independent film scene, an idol of sorts for outsiders. But if you trace the origins of how he came to appear in so many commercial projects, you arrive at Yeon’s 〈Peninsula〉.

A 7-Year Return, Star Wars’ Savior ‘Jon Favreau’ Revives on the ScreenThe iconic ‘Star Wars’ franchise in the realm of science fiction returns to the big screen for the first time in a full seven years since ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ in 2019.

‘The 24th Directors Cut Awards,’ which Korean film directors select and present themselves, was held in grand style at Edeuls on May 19 at 6:00 p. m. , hosted by directors Jang Hang-jun, Bong Man-dae, and Kim Cho-hee.

The Korea Film Archive (Director Mo Eun-young, hereafter “Korea Film Archive”) will host the new special exhibition 〈Title Exhibition (展) – Text, Typography, and Moving Images〉(hereafter “Title Exhibition (展)”) at the Korea Film Museum (located in Sangam-dong) starting Friday, the 8th.

‘The 24th Directors’ Cut Awards,’ held on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:00 p. m. , will honor film and drama series directed by DGK Regular and Associate Member directors that were announced between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026.

The 27th Jeonju International Film Festival , a festival for independent and alternative cinema from around the world, concludes its eight-day journey by announcing the winners in major categories. This year, the festival simultaneously showcased the strength of Argentine cinema and the rising...

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.

There are stories we try to bury—but we shouldn’t. And there is a director who makes sure to pull such stories back up, rekindling the public’s memory. The director for 〈My Name Is〉, releasing on April 15, is Director Jeong Ji-young.