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- News
‘The Land Of Morning Calm’, ‘MA – Cry Of Silence’ win top awards at Busan, 2025 date shift confirmed 2w4f2h
Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars 2’ and Tom Lin’s ‘Yen And Ai-Lee’ win Jiseok competition.
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Korean drama ‘The Final Semester’ wins three at Busan Vision Awards 3ty1h
Coming-of-age features ‘Fragment’ and ‘Waterdrop’ also take two apiece.
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‘Kingdom Of The Insomniacs’ wins top Busan Award at Asian Project Market 5d1o2d
Philippines-US co-production ‘Hum’ picked up two prizes.
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Asia’s buyers back in force at ACFM as Busan considers earlier date in 2025 (exclusive) 266mc
The market looks to report its biggest numbers in five years, even in the face of major budget cuts.
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Producers Guild of Korea launches ‘hotline’ to aid international co-productions 2o4q4a
The initiative is aimed at international producers seeking Korean co-production.
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Wong Kar-wai’s ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ wins two at Asia Contents Awards 6v511c
Further big winners include Netflix’s ‘Cigarette Girl’ and ‘Mask Girl’ as well as Taiwan’s ‘Imperfect Us’.
- Reviews
‘Waterdrop’: Busan Review 1m1n49
A bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut
- Reviews
‘The Land Of Morning Calm’: Busan Review 3r184x
The disappearance of a local fisherman sends ripples through his South Korean coastal community
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Showbox launches ‘Us And Them’ remake and ‘The Verdict’ at Busan ACFM (exclusive) g3a2y
The Chinese version of ‘Us And Them’ proved a box office hit when released in 2018.
- Features
Busan 2024: The buzz titles from South Korea 6b3k3y
Supernatural thrillers, romantic dramas and the latest from Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho are among the titles being showcased by Korean sellers at BIFF and the ACFM.
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Netflix unveils 2025 Korea film slate including first Korean-language animated feature 6v5g39
Directors of seven titles spoke at an event during Busan International Film Festival.
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K-Movie expands non-Korean slate with Thai animation ‘Synchronize’ (exclusive) 3k3x1f
Marks the second Thai feature boarded by the sales and production outfit.
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The film reunites the writers and stars of ‘Extreme Job’, the highest grossing Korean comedy feature to date.
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First look at Korean chiller ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’ (exclusive) 5l6o42
The anthology feature is directed by Hong Won-ki.
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CJ ENM commits to Korean film industry “despite growing uncertainty” 4f416y
Korea’s largest media and entertainment outfit will retain annual content investment of $750m (KRW1tn).
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Mohammad Rasoulof expresses “gratitude” over German Oscar entry for ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ 5d5w6v
The dissident Iranian filmmaker is in South Korea presiding over the main competition at Busan International Film Festival.
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Busan film festival opens with Kiyoshi Kurosawa honour, Lee Sun-kyun tribute 3e53y
Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho among those to honour the Japanese filmmaker.
- Reviews
‘Uprising’: Busan Review 3m421p
Busan opens with a sweeping Netflix period actioner co-written by Park Chan-wook
- Features
‘Uprising’ director Kim Sang-man talks working with Park Chan-wook and Netflix k4na
The period action drama stars Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min.
- Features
ACFM is launching its first Producer Hub this year – with hints of bigger changes to come.