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  Bittersweet Life: Korean cinema's secret popularity in the UK
  2011/12/07, Source,
  International distribution expert and analyst and former Screen International journalist Robert Mitchell looks at the gulf between artistic and business successes of Korean cinema in the UK. Ask any cine-literate film-goer, critic, blogger or tweeter in the UK about Korean cinema and you'll be greeted with an enthusiastic response. They will talk of the Hallyu period of the past decade, a wealth of some of the most creative and interesting film-making in the world. They will speak with passion about Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Bong Joon-ho. International festivals like Cannes play a major role in building this awareness. "The route to the international market is through festivals", says Danny PERKINS, CEO of StudioCanal UK, which released Bong's "The Host" and Kim's "3-Iron" amongst other Korean titles. "If a director's film features in one of the bigger festivals it can put them and their work permanently on the map",...More

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  The 2nd Korean Film SpotLight at FanTasia 2011
  2011/07/08, Source,
  This year, Fantasia's Korean spotlight section welcomes five feature films by talented, promising first-time directors. "Bleak Night" (North American premiere) (Rotterdam competition, FIPRESCI), by promising next-generation director Yoon Sung hyun, is a potent and troubling coming-of-age tale reflecting on contemporary adolescence in Korea,...More

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  KOFIC attends 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival
  2011/06/10, Source,
  by PARK Hee-sung  /  Jun 10, 2011 Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman KIM Eui-suk) opens Korean Film Center at 2011 SIFF Film Mart (June 13-15) to promote Korean films and support international sales for Korean films and Korean post-production company's advancing to the Chinese market.     2011 Shanghai Film Mart KOFIC opens Korean Film Center at 2011 SIFF Film Mart to intensively promote Korean films, support sales business, and build a network by attending Shanghai International Film Festival and CO-FPC,...More

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  Two Korean films programmed at this year's 3rd Terracotta Festival, 5th - 8th May in London, UK
  2011/04/27, Source,
  We are proud to introduce in our Korean selection a mix of tense thriller and romantic comedy with impressive cartoons segments to the audience in the UK.   "Man of Vendetta" (파괴된 사나이), Friday 8th May 19.35. A thriller directed by Woo Min-ho about Pastor Ju Young-su (Kim Myeong-min), a man of rock solid faith whose life is shattered when his 5-year-old daughter is kidnapped,...More