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Sat, June 3, 2023 | 16:41

'Jurassic World Dominion' sets new opening day score during pandemic

'Jurassic World Dominion' sets new opening day score during pandemic

The sci-fi action adventure film "Jurassic World Dominion" has set the best opening-day record in Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, box office data showed Thursday.

2022-06-02 10:20

Movie theater attendance nears pre-pandemic level in May: data

Movie theater attendance nears pre-pandemic level in May: data

Korean film attendance numbers nearly shot back up to the pre-pandemic level in May, data showed Wednesday, with a couple of big hits leading the charge.

2022-06-01 13:56

Song Kang-ho was 'starting point' of 'Broker': director Kore-eda

Song Kang-ho was 'starting point' of 'Broker': director Kore-eda

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda shared that actor Song Kang-ho, who won Korea's first Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, was the “starting point” of his first fully Korean film, “Broker.” The film centers on a group of crooks who form an unconventional family through a “baby box” where people abandon their unwanted infants anonymously. “I decided the star...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-05-31 20:16

Policy shift needed in film industry for more culturally diverse movies

Policy shift needed in film industry for more culturally diverse movies

In the late 1990s, Korea saw the “Renaissance” of its film industry, which was the combined result of the government's full attention and support under the slogan of “support without interference,” the production of innovative and quality movies backed by big conglomerates' advancement in the industry, and the emergence of highly competent directors, producers and actors. Mul...

2022-05-31 15:14

Cannes-winning actor Song Kang-ho returns home to hero's welcome

Cannes-winning actor Song Kang-ho returns home to hero's welcome

Song Kang-ho received a hero's welcome in Korea on Monday after winning the country's first Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

2022-05-30 16:17

Korean films make splash at Cannes Film Festival

Song Kang-ho makes history as 1st Korean male Best Actor winner at Cannes

Song Kang-ho makes history as 1st Korean male Best Actor winner at Cannes

Actor Song Kang-ho, who won global recognition with director Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film “Parasite” in 2019, has become the first male actor from Korea to win the Best Actor award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. The 55-year-old actor notched the accolade at the closing ceremony of this year's festival held on Saturday (local time) for his role in “Broker” directed by ...

Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-05-29 16:06

Korean films make splash at Cannes Film Festival

Auteur Park Chan-wook proves Korean cinema's global appeal again

Auteur Park Chan-wook proves Korean cinema's global appeal again

Six years after the erotic psychological thriller “The Handmaiden” with a feminist edge premiered at Cannes Film Festival in France, filmmaker Park Chan-wook has returned with the romance noir “Decision to Leave” that earned him the Best Director prize on Saturday (local time). With his latest win, he became the second Korean auteur ever to clinch the honor at Cannes, after I...

Park Han-sol | 2022-05-29 15:31

Korean films make splash at Cannes Film Festival

Yoon congratulates Cannes-winning director Park, actor Song

Yoon congratulates Cannes-winning director Park, actor Song

President Yoon Suk-yeol congratulated director Park Chan-wook and actor Song Kang-ho, Sunday, on winning the Best Director and the Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival, saying the prizes confirmed the competitiveness of the Korean movie industry.

2022-05-29 11:42

Korean films make splash at Cannes Film Festival

Director Park Chan-wook says films made for big screen should be watched in theaters

Director Park Chan-wook says films made for big screen should be watched in theaters

Korean auteur Park Chan-wook said during a press conference in Cannes, France, Saturday (local time) that the future of cinema was tightly connected with that of movie theaters, which bring an incomparable cinematic experience.

2022-05-29 09:54

Song Kang-ho named Best Actor at Cannes for 'Broker'

Song Kang-ho named Best Actor at Cannes for 'Broker'

Actor Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Saturday, for his performance in the drama "Broker," becoming the first South Korean male actor to win an acting prize at the prestigious festival.

2022-05-29 06:32

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