All Korea articles
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NewsLocarno award winner ‘Touched’ inks South Korea, Japan deal (exclusive)
Claudia Rorarius’ film follows an illicit relationship between a care home worker and a resident.
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FeaturesThe risky journey behind North Korea documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’
Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia charts two attempts at defection from North Korea and the underground network that provides vital help.
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Features‘Past Lives’ lead Greta Lee on nearly missing out on the role of a lifetime
Greta Lee landed a sensational career break in Celine Song’s Past Lives, playing a woman shifting between Korean and American identities
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News‘Mariupolis’ producer Uljana Kim to receive co-production prize at European Film Awards
Lithuanian-based producer Uljana Kim’s credits include Mantas Kvedaravičius’ ‘Mairupolis’ documentaries
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Reviews‘House Of The Seasons’: Busan Review
A family drama set around a tofu factory is an engaging addition to the ‘Korean Cinema Today’ strand at Busan
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Reviews‘Heritage’: Busan Review
Three lives intersect in a welfare office in Korea in Lee Jong-su’s droll, dry debut
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Features“We have to do right by our subjects”: ‘Beyond Utopia’ filmmakers on their duty to North Korean defectors
Madeleine Gavin’s documentary has its international premiere this evening at CPH:DOX.
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FeaturesFilmart 2023: Korea buzz titles
Korean sales agents have returned to Hong Kong with titles spanning horror fantasy, mystery and romantic drama.
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FeaturesHow South Korea’s Plus M is investing $600m in films and series to meet global demand
President and CEO of Plus M and affiliate SLL Jeongin Hong talks to Screen.
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FeaturesBerlin 2023: Korea hot projects
Koreans are back in Berlin with titles ranging from auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest to superhero films, animation and debut features from rising talent.
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NewsDogwoof snaps up Sundance documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’ (exclusive)
The documentary feature won the US documentary audience award at Sundance.
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NewsGlobalgate sets Korean content alliance with Maum Capital Group
The local-content company’s William Pfeiffer will head Maum affiliates.
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Reviews‘Beyond Utopia’: Sundance Review
The desperate stories of North Koreans trying to defect - and the South Korean pastor who helps them
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FeaturesIn conversation: Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on finally collaborating for ‘Decision To Leave’
The Korean pair talk about the film’s emphasis on dignity, disorientation and the vital power of humour.
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NewsKorea’s Showbox seals raft of deals on Don Lee’s ‘Men Of Plastic’ (exclusive)
Comedy drama sold to North America and a raft of Asian territories.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: ‘Squid Game’ production team on creating the show’s unforgettable visuals
‘Squid Game’ production designer Chae Kyoung-sun, editor Nam Na-young and cinematographer Lee Hyung-deok speak to Screen.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: ‘Squid Game’, ‘Hellbound’ creators on the global rise of Korean content
Streaming has propelled Korean film and TV around the globe.
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NewsKorea’s Cinema Dal wins blacklist case against government, KOFIC
The company distributed documentaries critical of the government such as ’The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol’.
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NewsPicturehouse acquires Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Broker is the first Korean-language film from the Japanese director.
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FeaturesPark Chan-wook on why his Cannes title ‘Decision To Leave’ is “a different kind of police film”
The feature came together while Park was in London working on BBC series The Little Drummer Girl.