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Anthology Chiller ‘Horror Stories’ Opens Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Despite a recent typhoon, 3,000 people turn out for the launch of the annual celebration of genre movies.
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Busan Film Festival, China’s Zonbo Sign MOU to Form New Distributor
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival and Chinese distribution company Zonbo Media signed a memorandum of understanding Saturday to strengthen their collaboration in film production and distribution.
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Colin Firth Eyeing Role in Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker’
UPDATED: A source says the Oscar-winning actor is "optimistic" about taking a role opposite Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska.
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Slew of Overseas Distribution Deals for Korean Films
Korean war movie "71-Into the Fire" closed additional deals for U.S. and Australia through its U.K. distributor Showbox Media Group, a Seoul-based sales company Finecut said. Atlantic bought for Scandinavian rights and Hwa Yea Multimedia bought for Malaysia.
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Korean Movie Habit: About Once Per Month
A new Korean Film Council survey shows that Koreans go to the cinema on average once per month, with some young Koreans going as often as 19 times per year.
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‘Bedevilled’ Murder Thriller Goes to Distrib Films (Berlin)
"Bedevilled," the latest murder thriller from Jang Chul-soo, which recently won the Grand Prix at the Gerardmer Fantastic Film Festival, was sold to France’s Distrib Films, a Seoul-based sales company Finecut announced Friday.
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South Korean Hostage Drama to Get Film Adaptation
The film version of the successful rescue of 21 hostages from a hijacked freighter will start shooting in Sept.
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Korean Director Bong Joins Sundance Jury
'Mother' and 'The Host' director Bong Joon-ho has joined the five-member jury for this year's Sundance Film Festival.
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South Korea Grants TV Licenses to Newspaper Owners
South Korea began the new year by licensing four newspaper publishers and one news agency to operate cable television stations, after a political battle to ensure a broad spectrum of operators would receive approval.
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AXN Creates Korea JV to Add Korean Content
AXN announced a new joint venture with Korea's CU Media, to add original Korean content to its current offerings of subtitled U.S. shows including "CSI" and "Law & Order."
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Kim Dong-ho Named Honorary Pusan Director
Kim Dong-ho, the founding director of Pusan International Film Festival who announced his resignation at this year’s event, was appointed as the festival’s honorary director in a general meeting of the festival committee held Wednesday.
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Splash Licenses ‘SNTV’ to Korea’s FashionN
Entertainment and celebrity news content provider Splash News has licensed "SNTV: Splash News TV" to T-cast Channels’ FashionN in Korea, Splash CEO Gary Morgan announced Friday.
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