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Koo Hye-seon, Won Bin and Lee Min-ho join forces for 'Good Downloader Campaign'

Source | 2009/11/02 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Top starts such as Koo Hye-seon, Lee Min-ho, Im Soo-jeong and Won Bin team up to promote legal download. Following declaration ceremony of 'Good Downloader Campaign' held during Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), an event titled, 'Good Downloader Supporters Day', takes place with10 stars in support of the initiative proposed by the campaign at Myung-dong Avenuel, Lotte Cinema on Nov. 10.

Divided into 4 teams, under the leadership of actor Ahn Seong-gi, chairman of the Good Downloader Committee, a total of 10 leading directors and actors and actresses join the event. They include director Jang Jin of 'Good Morning President' and Koo Hye-seon of 'The Madonna', director Bong Joon-ho and actor Won Bin of 'Mother - 2009', director Park Chan-wook and actress IOm Soo-jeong of 'I`m a Cyborg, but That`s OK', and director Park Gwang-choon and actor Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-ho and Park Bo-yeong of 'Our School ET'.

Especially, those star supporters charged no fee for their participation...| More

High expectation on 'Good Downloader' campaign

Source | 2009/10/19 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actor Ahn Seong-gi and Park Joong-hoon became co-chairman of 'Good Downloader' campaign committee. They teamed up with Korea's popular actors and actresses who promote the campaign against illegal download. 12 stars have already joined forces for the campaign without performance fee. They include Song Kang-ho, Jang Dong-gun, Jeong Woo-seong, Ha Ji-won, Kim Ha-neul, Um Jung-hwa and Sin Min-ah. They go every corner wearing a T-shirt saying 'I'm a Good Downloader'.

What is noticeable in this campaign is that it is not arm-twisting and negative movement arguing 'Let's crack down on illegal copying!' Rather, it is a positive one, encouraging legal download. This positive campaign began after realizing that existing tactics failed to change users' practices amid a situation where illegal download is increasing on the internet.

According to the Korean Film Council, 65.3% of the surveyed answered that it is illegal to download a movie free of charge in 2005, 56.6% in 2006, 4...| More

Kim Ok-bin Named Best Actress at Sitges Film Fest

Source | 2009/10/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Actress Kim Ok-bin shared the award for Best Actress with Spain's Elena Anaya at the 42nd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Spain.

The 23-year-old won the award, the festival announced Sunday, for her role in Park Chan-wook's "Thirst". Kim shared the award with Anaya for her role in "Hierro", a psychological thriller.

"Thirst", a thriller that won the jury prize at Cannes this year, is about a priest-turned-vampire (Song Kang-ho) struggling with his desire for blood and sex. Kim received critical acclaim for her portraying a femme fatale who seduces the bloodsucking priest.

In 2005, South Korea's Lee Young-ae won the award for "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance", also directed by Park.

Kim debuted through an online beauty contest hosted by Internet portal site Naver in 2004. Her filmography includes the comic period film "The Accidental Gangster and Mistaken Courtesan" and teen sex comedy "Dasepo Naughty Girls" ("Dasepo Girl" - 2006)...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] "A Little Pond" finally screened!

Source | 2009/09/20 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Last year, actor Park Kwang-jeong has passed away leaving his last film, "A Little Pond". This film will be premiered at the 17th Pusan International Film Festival for the first time after 7 years of its finish.

This film is about the Korean War era when American Soldiers have killed innocent people at the No Gun Ri massacre.

In 2001, this even has been publicized and in 2003, this film has been produced.

This film also stars Moon Seong-geun, Lee Dae-yeon, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, and Moon So-ri. This film worked on for so long ...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Good Downloader Campaign

Source | 2009/09/08 | 0 comments | Permalink |

All the top stars have come together for this commercial!

They are promoting paid downloads, in other words no illegal downloading!

The stars are Kim Tae-hee, Kim Joo-hyeok, Kim Ha-neul, Park Joong-hoon, Song Kang-ho, Sin Min-ah, An Seong-ki, Uhm Jung-hwa, Jang Dong-gun...| More