The actor Lee highlighted that he put a lot of effort into creating those humorous scenes in the movie. “The film is featuring a realistic story, but since it is also a popcorn movie, we tried to add humor and entertaining elements to it,” Lee said. “When creating the script, I worked with the director and we talked about a lot of humorous scenes while also reflecting reality. We made changes so...

“When making this film, I focused on listening to different stories and sharing the stories persuasively,“ the director added. The director also briefly talked about his feelings about the film being premiered at Jeonju International Film Festival. “After the premiere in Jeonju, and during the second official screening event in Jeonju, I felt overwhelmed. Now that we are having a press conferen...

Even for veteran director Hirokazu Koreeda, who won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018 for “Shoplifters,” directing a movie in a foreign country was a challenge. During a press conference at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on Tuesday, the Japanese director said he got a lot of help from “Parasite” star Song Kang-ho while filming his movie, “Broker.” “Before shooting the film, I had a meeti...

I Want to See Your Parent’s Face (Korea) Opened April 27 Drama Directed by Kim Ji-hoon An eighth grade boy, who attends a prestigious middle school, dies by suicide and leaves a note with the names of the four students who bullied him. The parents of the four students are summoned to the school. In the process of finding out what happened to the boy who died, the parents of the alleged offen...

“Seung-woo” also won the Agora Award, which is given by fellow filmmakers. The Netpec Award, which is given to the best Asian film, went to “The Boys Club” by Chen Yihwen. The audience award this year went to “At the Feet of My Mother” directed by Vincent Sparreboom and “Mast” by Korean actor-turned-director Lee Ju-seung.

Created in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival takes place every year at the beginning of June. It is considered one of the big four international animated film festivals along with the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival in Canada, the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan and the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films in Croatia. This year’s Annecy Fest...

“It’s her (Gomez’s) birthday today. So she’s just turned 16. She was 14 when we started this. She’s just brilliant,” he said. “And she’s such a fresh lovely human being, very enthusiastic and has all the requisite energy to fill the boots of this quite iconic recent character in the comics.” Cumberbatch also pointed out that Gomez’s character brings representation to mainstream media. ”It’s a v...

“I found out that ‘Missing’ was being screened at the Busan International Film Festival, so I tried watching it there, but could not because I had to film ‘Hellbound.’ The director (Katayama) sent me a link for the movie via Facebook so I could enjoy it,” Yeon said. “The film has the mood of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Bong Joon-ho’s films, as well as Shohei Imamura’s ‘Vengeance Is Mine.’” Yeon also ta...

In March last year, his Korean fans had put up an advertisement featuring a happy birthday message to Min at Samseong subway station in Seoul. “I was shocked, very shocked. I didn’t know that people were watching ‘Umbrella Academy’ in Korea. So when the second season started coming out, I started getting a lot of messages from Korean fans. And I was very surprised, but obviously very thankful,” ...

The WHO accepted the director’s idea of premiering the film in advance at the Jeonju IFF, so the film could be included in the section, according to Lee. Lee’s new short film features a kid who is taking care of a mother who is suffering from depression. The director said, “I hope that audiences can connect with the kid in the movie and the film can make the audience‘s hearts beat along with the...

“After Yang” is a film about a family -- father Jake, mother Kyra, their adopted daughter Mika, and Yang, an android who is a cultural techno-sapien, a type of robot used to teach adopted children about their heritage. The 23rd edition of Jeonju IFF will run through May 7 at five theaters in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. A total of 217 films -- 123 foreign films and 94 Korean films -- from 56 c...

“It was actually a very bonding experience. By the time we filmed the dance, we felt like a real family,” Min said. The American actor also talked about a moment that he could personally resonate with his character Yang. “There is that beautiful scene with Yang and Jake about tea, and he says ‘I wish tea meant something more to me than just facts about tea. I wish it was real and I wish I have ...

The production team of “You Quiz on the Block” on Wednesday defended its decision to cast President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol in the tvN talk show, after it came under criticism for politicizing the beloved comedy program. “Faced with an unexpected result, we agonized, reflected on our actions, and were in pain. Like everyone else, we worked week by week with sincerity. So we can speak with pride,” th...

The 39th Busan International Short Film Festival kicked off Wednesday at the Busan Cinema Center for a six-day run through Monday. Under the theme of “Expanding Cinema,” the festival aims to focus on showing the variability and infinite potential of short films, according to the film fest organizer. The selected films will be screened at two theaters: Busan Cinema Center and BNK Busan Bank Art...