| Mother KIM Hye-ja crowned internationally again (Source) |
2009/12/04 |
KIM Hye-ja triumphed again, this time she won the best actress award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). APSA bestowed her the honor for her performance in BONG Joon-ho's "Mother - 2009", the film which was showered with critical acclaim at Festival de Cannes.
"A Brand New Life" won APSA's best children's feature film's award. The tale of an adoptee girl is directed by Korean-French adoptee Ounie Lecomte and is produced by LEE Chang-dong. (Director of "Peppermint Candy", "Oasis", and "Secret Sunshine")
Director BAEK Seung-bin received the NETPAC award for "Members of the Funeral". Multi-awarded YANG Ik-joonepicked up another honor in the form of a high commendation for his acting in "Breathless", the film he also wrote, directed, and produced.
KIM was recently crowned best actress by China's major film awards institute China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival as well. Busan Critic's best actress award also went to KIM for her debut feature film role.
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| YOON Jung-hee's comeback in LEE Chang-dong film (Source) |
2009/08/31 |
60s iconic actress YOON Jung-hee will return to acting after more than fifteen years. Internationally renowned director LEE Chang-dong cast her as the lead of his upcoming film "Poetry". YOON will play a poetry writing grandmother who works as a housemaid to support her grandson.
LEE started shooting his fifth film on 25 August. The three month shoot will take place in Korea's Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces. "Poetry" is scheduled to meet Korean audiences in May 2010.
LEE's previous film was "Secret Sunshine" which earned JEON Do-yeon the best actress award at Festival de Cannes in 2007. MOON So-ri won the best actress nod in 2002 at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in LEE's "Oasis".
YOON starred in numerous box office hits in the 60s like "Sorrowful Youth" (1967), and she was last seen as an actress in "Manmubang" (1994). She won the Grand Bell best actress award for her performance in "Manmubang".
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| HONG Sang-soo casts MOON So-ri (Source) |
2009/06/12 |
2002 Venice Film Festival's Best actress winner MOON So-ri will challenge herself this time with a leading role in director HONG Sang-soo's next project. Details about HONG's film are sparse. The celebrated indie director is known for improvisation, writing and rewriting while filming.
KIM Sang-kyeong has been cast in the male leading role. It will be KIM's third film with HONG after "On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate" in 2002, and "Tale of Cinema" in 2005. KIM also worked with directors like BONG Joon-ho ("Memories of Murder") and KIM Ji-hoon ("May 18").
HONG's latest feature film "Like You Know it All" was invited by Festival de Cannes. HONG's films are conveted by film festivals around the world. He garnered acclaim from his first films "The Day a Pig Fell into a Well" and "The Power of Kangwon Province" on.
MOON So-ri is well known for her acting skills which attracted LIM Soon-rye ("Forever the Moment") and KIM Tae-yong ("Family Ties" - "The Birth of a Fa... |More
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| Korean Filmmakers to Appear at Cannes (Source) |
2009/04/24 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Top Korean movie directors have been invited to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival running from May 13 to 24.
The festival delegation announced the list of this year's competitors and jury members Thursday through the festival's official Web site ― they included Koreans Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho and Lee Chang-dong.
According to the list, Park's "Thirst" will vie for the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films at the event. This is the second time that one of Park's films has been nominated, the first being "Old Boy" in 2004. The movie won the Grand Prix at Cannes that year. The thriller "Thirst" tells the story of a priest who becomes a vampire and falls in love with his friend's wife. It's slated for release here on April 30.
"I've worked on experimental works, even in the past, when people worried about the local movie industry, and I'm happy that my hard work has been recognized", Park said.
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| CJ Ent. Makes Waves at HK FILMART (Source) |
2009/04/16 |
The film sales arm of Korean major CJ Entertainment did brisk business at the Hong Kong FIILMART, closing deals on a slew of titles including pre-sales for its big-budget disaster film "Haeundae" going to Indonesia's VSG for rights over Malaysia, Singapore and home territory.
The Busan-set CGI driven film about a tsunami that hits the popular Korean beach resort of Haeundae, boasts a top cast of SEOL Kyeong-gu ("Oasis"), HA Ji-won ("Duelist"), PARK Joong-hoon ("Radio Star"), and UHM Jung-hwa ("Princess Aurora"). JK Youn (Yoon Je-kyoon - "Miracle on 1st Street") directs with Hollywood master Hans Ulrich (Star Wars 4 & 5, The Day After Tomorrow) supervising CGI.
"Haeundae" also sold to Indo Overseas along with KIM Ji-woon western "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" for India. CJ also sold KANG Woo-seok thriller "Public Enemy Returns" to Palisades Tartan for the US and UK, and JEON Yoon-soo's erotic period drama "Portrait of a Beauty" to UniArt for Japan. CJ also signed an agreemen... |More
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