Showbox, one of South Korea’s leading studios, is launching sales of disaster comedy “Sinkhole” at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Market. Helmed by “The Tower” director Kim Ji-hoon, the film is the story of the events that follow the appearance of an urban sinkhole that swallows an entire apartment building.
It stars fashion model-turned-actor Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (“Fengshui”) and Lee Kwang-soo (“Tazza: One Eyed Jack”). Aiming for a 2020 release, “Sinkhole” started shooting in August and is currently in production.
Showbox is also handling international sales of “The Man Standing Next,” a film by “Inside Men” director Woo Min-ho. Based on the fact-based novel of the same title, “Man Standing Next” tells an untold story of Korean Central Intelligence Agency and its political maneuvering in the 1970s. With a star-studded cast that includes Lee Byung-hun (“Inside Men”), Lee Sung-min (“Spy Gone North”), and Kwak Do-won (“Steel Rain...
It stars fashion model-turned-actor Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun (“Fengshui”) and Lee Kwang-soo (“Tazza: One Eyed Jack”). Aiming for a 2020 release, “Sinkhole” started shooting in August and is currently in production.
Showbox is also handling international sales of “The Man Standing Next,” a film by “Inside Men” director Woo Min-ho. Based on the fact-based novel of the same title, “Man Standing Next” tells an untold story of Korean Central Intelligence Agency and its political maneuvering in the 1970s. With a star-studded cast that includes Lee Byung-hun (“Inside Men”), Lee Sung-min (“Spy Gone North”), and Kwak Do-won (“Steel Rain...
- 10/4/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Ordinary Person Review Ordinary Person (2015) Film Review from the 16th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, a movie directed by Kim Bong-Han, starring Hyeon Ju-Son, Sang-Ho Kim, Hyuk Jang, Dal-Hwan Jo, Seung-Hyeon Ji, Man-Sik Jeong, Yoon-So Choi, Ji-il Park, and Mi-ran Ra. Ordinary Person was a creeping political thriller, that may lull some viewers into not recognizing it as such, at first. [...]
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- 7/15/2017
- by Sam Joseph
- Film-Book
Qiao Liang’s drama wins top prize at Moscow fest.
Chinese director Qiao Liang’s Crested Ibis has been named the winner of the Golden George Prize for best film at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival (June 22-29).
The award was handed out at a gala ceremony in the Russian capital’s Rossiya Cinema on Thursday evening (June 29).
Having its world premiere in Moscow, the drama, which follows a Beijing journalist who goes back to his hometown to report on the sighting of a rare bird, also puts a spotlight on the living conditions of rural China and the dilemmas faced by humanity.
The main competition’s international jury was headed by Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi and also included Italian actress Ornella Muti, German funding consultant Brigitta Manthey and Catalan director Albert Serra.
They also awarded a special jury prize to veteran Russian director Rustam Khamdamov’s The Bottomless Bag, based on Ryunosuke...
Chinese director Qiao Liang’s Crested Ibis has been named the winner of the Golden George Prize for best film at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival (June 22-29).
The award was handed out at a gala ceremony in the Russian capital’s Rossiya Cinema on Thursday evening (June 29).
Having its world premiere in Moscow, the drama, which follows a Beijing journalist who goes back to his hometown to report on the sighting of a rare bird, also puts a spotlight on the living conditions of rural China and the dilemmas faced by humanity.
The main competition’s international jury was headed by Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi and also included Italian actress Ornella Muti, German funding consultant Brigitta Manthey and Catalan director Albert Serra.
They also awarded a special jury prize to veteran Russian director Rustam Khamdamov’s The Bottomless Bag, based on Ryunosuke...
- 6/30/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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