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Locarno award winner ‘Touched’ inks South Korea, Japan deal (exclusive) 1q316z
Claudia Rorarius’ film follows an illicit relationship between a care home worker and a resident.
- Features
The risky journey behind North Korea documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’ 2i5b20
Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia charts two attempts at defection from North Korea and the underground network that provides vital help.
- Features
‘Past Lives’ lead Greta Lee on nearly missing out on the role of a lifetime 6d575m
Greta Lee landed a sensational career break in Celine Song’s Past Lives, playing a woman shifting between Korean and American identities
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News‘Mariupolis’ producer Uljana Kim to receive co-production prize at European Film Awards 33636h
Lithuanian-based producer Uljana Kim’s credits include Mantas Kvedaravičius’ ‘Mairupolis’ documentaries
- Reviews
‘House Of The Seasons’: Busan Review 3t4p1d
A family drama set around a tofu factory is an engaging addition to the ‘Korean Cinema Today’ strand at Busan
- Reviews
‘Heritage’: Busan Review 48476q
Three lives intersect in a welfare office in Korea in Lee Jong-su’s droll, dry debut
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Features“We have to do right by our subjects”: ‘Beyond Utopia’ filmmakers on their duty to North Korean defectors 4m1e1s
Madeleine Gavin’s documentary has its international premiere this evening at H:DOX.
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FeaturesFilmart 2023: Korea buzz titles 176jm
Korean sales agents have returned to Hong Kong with titles spanning horror fantasy, mystery and romantic drama.
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How South Korea’s Plus M is investing $600m in films and series to meet global demand 1kz5b
President and CEO of Plus M and SLL Jeongin Hong talks to Screen.
- Features
Berlin 2023: Korea hot projects 1n6l7
Koreans are back in Berlin with titles ranging from auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest to superhero films, animation and debut features from rising talent.
- News
Dogwoof snaps up Sundance documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’ (exclusive) 2w4vd
The documentary feature won the US documentary audience award at Sundance.
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Globalgate sets Korean content alliance with Maum Capital Group l5w
The local-content company’s William Pfeiffer will head Maum s.
- Reviews
‘Beyond Utopia’: Sundance Review 12o5b
The desperate stories of North Koreans trying to defect - and the South Korean pastor who helps them
- Features
In conversation: Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on finally collaborating for ‘Decision To Leave’ f3sm
The Korean pair talk about the film’s emphasis on dignity, disorientation and the vital power of humour.
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Korea’s Showbox seals raft of deals on Don Lee’s ‘Men Of Plastic’ (exclusive) 491f5y
Comedy drama sold to North America and a raft of Asian territories.
- Features
Emmys spotlight: ‘Squid Game’ production team on creating the show’s unforgettable visuals 5a354i
‘Squid Game’ production designer Chae Kyoung-sun, editor Nam Na-young and cinematographer Lee Hyung-deok speak to Screen.
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Emmys spotlight: ‘Squid Game’, ‘Hellbound’ creators on the global rise of Korean content 59116h
Streaming has propelled Korean film and TV around the globe.
- News
Korea’s Cinema Dal wins blacklist case against government, KOFIC 4h4v1i
The company distributed documentaries critical of the government such as ’The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol’.
- News
Picturehouse acquires Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ for UK and Ireland (exclusive) 4y5n2y
Broker is the first Korean-language film from the Japanese director.
- Features
Park Chan-wook on why his Cannes title ‘Decision To Leave’ is “a different kind of police film” 2l2c3f
The feature came together while Park was in London working on BBC series The Little Drummer Girl.
