“Succession,” “Lessons in Chemistry,” “The Bear,” “Ted Lasso” and “American Born Chinese” are among the frontrunners as the Directors Guild of America has announced the 2024 nominees in television categories, including Dramatic Series; Comedy Series; Movies for Television and Limited Series; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials; Reality Program, as well as for children’s programs, commercials and documentary.
“Succession” led all series with four nominations, dominating the drama category with all but one entry. “Ted Lasso” and “The Bear” each took two comedy slots, while “Lessons in Chemistry” grabbed three of the five TV movie/limited nominations.
This year’s DGA Awards take place on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Here are this year’s nominees
Dramatic Series
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for 2023 are (in alphabetical order):
Peter Hoar — The Last of Us, “Long,...
“Succession” led all series with four nominations, dominating the drama category with all but one entry. “Ted Lasso” and “The Bear” each took two comedy slots, while “Lessons in Chemistry” grabbed three of the five TV movie/limited nominations.
This year’s DGA Awards take place on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Here are this year’s nominees
Dramatic Series
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for 2023 are (in alphabetical order):
Peter Hoar — The Last of Us, “Long,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the television and documentary nominations for its 76th annual DGA Awards, which will be handed out next month. See the full list below.
The helmers vying for Dramatic Series are Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) and several for different episodes of Succession: Becky Martin, Mark Mylod, Andrij Parekh and Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman. Up for Comedy Series are Erica Dunton (Ted Lasso), Bill Hader (Barry), Declan Lowney (Ted Lasso), Christopher Storer (The Bear) and Ramy Youssef (The Bear).
The DGA’s film nominees will be revealed Wednesday, and the guild’s trophies will be handed out on Saturday, February 10, at the Beverly Hilton.
Here are the television, documentary and commercials nominees for the 2024 DGA Awards:
Dramatic Series
Peter Hoar
The Last Of Us, “Long, Long Time”
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Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Cecil O’Connor First Assistant Director: Bethan Mowat
Becky Martin
Succession,...
The helmers vying for Dramatic Series are Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) and several for different episodes of Succession: Becky Martin, Mark Mylod, Andrij Parekh and Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman. Up for Comedy Series are Erica Dunton (Ted Lasso), Bill Hader (Barry), Declan Lowney (Ted Lasso), Christopher Storer (The Bear) and Ramy Youssef (The Bear).
The DGA’s film nominees will be revealed Wednesday, and the guild’s trophies will be handed out on Saturday, February 10, at the Beverly Hilton.
Here are the television, documentary and commercials nominees for the 2024 DGA Awards:
Dramatic Series
Peter Hoar
The Last Of Us, “Long, Long Time”
(HBO | Max)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Cecil O’Connor First Assistant Director: Bethan Mowat
Becky Martin
Succession,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
45 women will be able to take part in the scheme.
Netflix has teamed with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Afac) to launch Women In Film: Introduction to the Creative Process, a programme for emerging female talent, that aims to educate on the creative filmmaking process and different roles that can be played behind-the-camera.
It has been created for 45 emerging women filmmakers graduating from film studies and interested in film who reside in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
Participants will be introduced to scriptwriting and the creative process of filmmaking by established female filmmakers from the Arab region,...
Netflix has teamed with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Afac) to launch Women In Film: Introduction to the Creative Process, a programme for emerging female talent, that aims to educate on the creative filmmaking process and different roles that can be played behind-the-camera.
It has been created for 45 emerging women filmmakers graduating from film studies and interested in film who reside in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
Participants will be introduced to scriptwriting and the creative process of filmmaking by established female filmmakers from the Arab region,...
- 8/14/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Leading indie sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to “In Our Day” by idiosyncratic South Korean director Hong Sang-soo. The film is set as the closing title of the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes festival.
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. This is already his second feature this year. His earlier, “In Water” played in the Encounters section at Berlin in February
His films are known for their minimalist style, a focus on female characters, serial chance encounters and oblique references to the media industry. On paper, “In Our Day” fits exactly in that groove.
Finecut pitches the synopsis as: “A woman in her early 40s, is temporarily living at the home of a friend, who is raising a cat.
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. This is already his second feature this year. His earlier, “In Water” played in the Encounters section at Berlin in February
His films are known for their minimalist style, a focus on female characters, serial chance encounters and oblique references to the media industry. On paper, “In Our Day” fits exactly in that groove.
Finecut pitches the synopsis as: “A woman in her early 40s, is temporarily living at the home of a friend, who is raising a cat.
- 4/18/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As The Novelist’s Film stays fresh and in water just begins screening, it might be easy to overlook Walk Up in the current constellation of Hong Sangsoo. Don’t be deterred: it’s a typically enlivening, zig-zag character study with a classic Hong twist that recontextualizes the seemingly mundane. Cinema Guild will begin rolling out Walk Up on March 24 at Film at Lincoln Center, and we’re thrilled to debut a surprisingly jaunty trailer with great keypad work.
As our TIFF review said, “There’s something very relaxing in the languid rhythms of Walk Up. Though ditching the lo-fi aesthetics of his two 2021 entries, Introduction and In Front of Your Face, there’s still not a ton to look at per se, yet the precision and attention to gestural detail remains. A boozy dinner table scene remains in a fixed position for what seems like ten-to-fifteen minutes––this critic...
As our TIFF review said, “There’s something very relaxing in the languid rhythms of Walk Up. Though ditching the lo-fi aesthetics of his two 2021 entries, Introduction and In Front of Your Face, there’s still not a ton to look at per se, yet the precision and attention to gestural detail remains. A boozy dinner table scene remains in a fixed position for what seems like ten-to-fifteen minutes––this critic...
- 3/1/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Finecut, the leading Korean independent film sales agent, is to represent international rights on “In Water,” the latest film by auteur Hong Sang-soo.
The film will have its world premiere in Berlin as part of the festival’s Encounters section. Its sales launch is set for the accompanying European Film Market.
This follows three successive years in which Hong has appeared in Berlin’s main competition, with: “The Woman Who Ran,” which earned Berlin’s silver bear for best director; 2021 title “Introduction” which won another silver bear, for best screenplay, at that year’s delayed festival; and “The Novelist’s Film” which won a Grand Jury Prize in 2022.
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. In addition to the four recent Berlin titles, his “In Front of Your Face...
The film will have its world premiere in Berlin as part of the festival’s Encounters section. Its sales launch is set for the accompanying European Film Market.
This follows three successive years in which Hong has appeared in Berlin’s main competition, with: “The Woman Who Ran,” which earned Berlin’s silver bear for best director; 2021 title “Introduction” which won another silver bear, for best screenplay, at that year’s delayed festival; and “The Novelist’s Film” which won a Grand Jury Prize in 2022.
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. In addition to the four recent Berlin titles, his “In Front of Your Face...
- 2/9/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
If one thing of late really sets Hong Sang-soo apart, it’s his unglamorous depiction of the film director. Appropriate to the small-scale of his corpus, these artists live far from the fantasy of 8½, but instead in the mundanity between projects. Hong’s avatar in Walk Up is Byungsoo (Hae-hyo Kwon), who’s visiting an apartment building owned by Ms. Kim (Lee Hyeyoung) with the company of his estranged daughter Jeong-su (Park Mi-so).
In making their way through the different parts of the building and not forgetting to down one bottle of white wine after another (instead of soju as usual) with his female partners, the vulnerability that comes out when buzzed—a central Hong theme—is very apparent. And so lots and lots of talking ensues to varying degrees of interest, a particular highlight being when Byungsoo notes a dream where God told him to move to Jeju and make films.
In making their way through the different parts of the building and not forgetting to down one bottle of white wine after another (instead of soju as usual) with his female partners, the vulnerability that comes out when buzzed—a central Hong theme—is very apparent. And so lots and lots of talking ensues to varying degrees of interest, a particular highlight being when Byungsoo notes a dream where God told him to move to Jeju and make films.
- 9/18/2022
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
In A Little Love Package, Vienna’s institutions, people, buildings, and overlapping epochs make for a stiff drink: a bright, effervescent, lightly intoxicating film easily downed in one. The director is Gastón Solnicki, a nicely ruminative Buenos Aires filmmaker whose make-it-up-as-you-go approach allows his films to meander. Solnicki’s work has a playful spirit: it’s episodic both in form and content, though never amorphous; and he moves between narrative, documentary, still imagery, and immersive sound with seamless élan. Forged in lockdown, Love Package is a breezy collage of meteorites and cigarettes; cheese and boiled eggs, and how best to make them. But at heart it’s about how eras end, what they leave behind, and how new ones begin.
Solnicki’s previous film, Introduction to the Dark, was his first based in Vienna; it opened with images of the Prater amusement park, where Harry Lime once tallied the merits of Switzerland.
Solnicki’s previous film, Introduction to the Dark, was his first based in Vienna; it opened with images of the Prater amusement park, where Harry Lime once tallied the merits of Switzerland.
- 8/19/2022
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
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Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and publicity campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.
*Best Drama Series*
Projected Order of Finish
Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
Severance (Apple TV+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Ozark (Netflix)
Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)
*Best Comedy Series*
Projected Order of Finish
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)
Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/HBO...
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and publicity campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.
*Best Drama Series*
Projected Order of Finish
Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
Severance (Apple TV+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Ozark (Netflix)
Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)
*Best Comedy Series*
Projected Order of Finish
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)
Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/HBO...
- 8/17/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three things in life are certain: death, taxes and a Hong Sang-soo film screening and, since the last years at least, winning at the Berlin International Film Festival. After taking it easy for a couple years, making only one feature in that timeframe which also screened and won at the Berlinale, Hong Sang-soo returned back to winning ways last year with two releases, “Introduction” and “In Front of Your Face”. The former won him a Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at Berlinale, whereas “In Front of Your Face”, showing a much more pensive side to the 61-year-old director, is generally considered his best work in recent years and one of the best in his oeuvre. This year, he returned to the German festival with “The Novelist’s Film”, winning himself his fourth Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize there.
It is by now a moot point to say that a new Hong...
It is by now a moot point to say that a new Hong...
- 6/3/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Sales also secured of upcoming horror ‘Contorted’ and Im Sang-soo’s ‘Heaven: To The Land Of Happiness’.
Korean sales agency Finecut has closed a raft of deals on three titles led by Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film, which won the Berlinale’s Silver Bear grand jury prize yesterday.
The feature “racked up multiple deals as soon as it was announced as a Competition film at the 72nd Berlinale,” according to Finecut, selling to France (Arizona Films Distribution), Greece and Cyprus (Ama Films), Japan (Mimosa Films) and Spain (L’Atalante Cinema). A US deal with Cinema Guild was revealed last night.
Korean sales agency Finecut has closed a raft of deals on three titles led by Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film, which won the Berlinale’s Silver Bear grand jury prize yesterday.
The feature “racked up multiple deals as soon as it was announced as a Competition film at the 72nd Berlinale,” according to Finecut, selling to France (Arizona Films Distribution), Greece and Cyprus (Ama Films), Japan (Mimosa Films) and Spain (L’Atalante Cinema). A US deal with Cinema Guild was revealed last night.
- 2/17/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Hong Sang-soo’s Third Successive Berlin Competition Title ‘The Novelist’s Film’ Picked up by Finecut
Leading indie sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to “The Novelist’s Film.” The picture marks the third year in a row that South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has had a film selected for competition in Berlin.
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. Although his works divide critics, he appears to have been recently rehabilitated among selectors (and juries) at the major European festivals.
Hong’s 2020 “The Woman Who Ran” earned Berlin’s silver bear for best director. His 2021 film “Introduction” won another silver bear, for best screenplay, at last year’s delayed festival. His other film from last year, “In Front of Your Face” played in competition in the July 2021 edition of the Cannes festival, but came away empty-handed.
His...
Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. Although his works divide critics, he appears to have been recently rehabilitated among selectors (and juries) at the major European festivals.
Hong’s 2020 “The Woman Who Ran” earned Berlin’s silver bear for best director. His 2021 film “Introduction” won another silver bear, for best screenplay, at last year’s delayed festival. His other film from last year, “In Front of Your Face” played in competition in the July 2021 edition of the Cannes festival, but came away empty-handed.
His...
- 1/19/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Payal Kapadia’s “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” which won the Golden Eye award for best documentary at Cannes.
Kapadia’s debut film, “A Night of Knowing Nothing” world premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. It also won the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto, as well as the Emerging Cinematic Vision Award at Camden fest; and also played at the New York Film Festival.
The documentary is set in contemporary India, at the local film and television institute, where a student writes love letters to her estranged lover. The doc also delivers a snapshot of the drastic changes taking place within the school and across the country as young people take the streets to protest against discrimination.
Represented in international markets by Square Eyes, “A Night of Knowing Nothing” mixes reality with fiction and includes archival footage of student protests to draw...
Kapadia’s debut film, “A Night of Knowing Nothing” world premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. It also won the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto, as well as the Emerging Cinematic Vision Award at Camden fest; and also played at the New York Film Festival.
The documentary is set in contemporary India, at the local film and television institute, where a student writes love letters to her estranged lover. The doc also delivers a snapshot of the drastic changes taking place within the school and across the country as young people take the streets to protest against discrimination.
Represented in international markets by Square Eyes, “A Night of Knowing Nothing” mixes reality with fiction and includes archival footage of student protests to draw...
- 10/18/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Kim Hongsun is directing the film which is currently shooting in Korea and the Philippines.
South Korean sales agency Finecut is launching international sales on Project Wolf Hunting at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm). The film is directed by Kim Hongsun, known for stylised genre films such as Metamorphosis (2019), The Chase (2017) and The Con Artist (2014).
His new film is about a cargo ship that embarks on a special mission known as ’Project Wolf Hunting’ to transport the most atrocious convicts from Manila to Busan. When prisoners start a riot onboard, the 1,630-mile journey quickly devolves into a floating, self-contained...
South Korean sales agency Finecut is launching international sales on Project Wolf Hunting at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm). The film is directed by Kim Hongsun, known for stylised genre films such as Metamorphosis (2019), The Chase (2017) and The Con Artist (2014).
His new film is about a cargo ship that embarks on a special mission known as ’Project Wolf Hunting’ to transport the most atrocious convicts from Manila to Busan. When prisoners start a riot onboard, the 1,630-mile journey quickly devolves into a floating, self-contained...
- 10/8/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Leading Korean film sales agent Finecut has taken international rights to stylish genre actioner “Project Wolf Hunting.” The company will launch it at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market which starts at the weekend.
Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force.
Kim is known for delivering stylized genre films including “Metamorphosis” (2019), “The Chase” (2017), and “The Con Artist” (2014). For “Project Wolf Hunting” he has assembled a cast of Korean rising stars including Seo In-guk (“Pipeline” and TV’s “Doom At Your Service”) and Jang Dong-yoon (TV’s “Search” and “The Tale of Nokdu”) as two protagonists, alongside veteran actors Choi Guyhwa and Sung Dong-il in leading roles.
Currently shooting in Korea and The Philippines,...
Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force.
Kim is known for delivering stylized genre films including “Metamorphosis” (2019), “The Chase” (2017), and “The Con Artist” (2014). For “Project Wolf Hunting” he has assembled a cast of Korean rising stars including Seo In-guk (“Pipeline” and TV’s “Doom At Your Service”) and Jang Dong-yoon (TV’s “Search” and “The Tale of Nokdu”) as two protagonists, alongside veteran actors Choi Guyhwa and Sung Dong-il in leading roles.
Currently shooting in Korea and The Philippines,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The New York Film Festival has rounded out its lineup with a main slate of 32 films, adding buzzy festival titles such as Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta,” Palme D’Or winner “Titane” and Rebecca Hall’s Sundance darling “Passing.”
“Benedetta” is one of the new titles making its North American premiere at NYFF, as well as two films by South Korea’s Hong Sangsoo including “Introduction” and “In Front Of Your Face.” Sangsoo is making his 16th and 17th appearance at the festival with his two films. Other North American premieres include Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II,” “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?” from director Alexandre Koberidze.
They join the previously announced world premiere of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” as the opening night film, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” as the centerpiece and the North American premiere of “Parallel Mothers” from Pedro Almodóvar...
“Benedetta” is one of the new titles making its North American premiere at NYFF, as well as two films by South Korea’s Hong Sangsoo including “Introduction” and “In Front Of Your Face.” Sangsoo is making his 16th and 17th appearance at the festival with his two films. Other North American premieres include Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II,” “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?” from director Alexandre Koberidze.
They join the previously announced world premiere of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” as the opening night film, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” as the centerpiece and the North American premiere of “Parallel Mothers” from Pedro Almodóvar...
- 8/10/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s “In Front of Your Face” is assured of a release in the U.S. following a rights deal between sales agent Finecut and distributor the Cinema Guild.
“In Front of Your Face” will have its world premiere in competition in Cannes and plays late on the second week of the festival. But, with this counting as Hong’s 11th appearance in Cannes, buyers consider him to be a known quantity and several from key territories have been quick to jump in.
The film also sold to Providence Filmes for Brazil, Mimosa Films for Japan, Av-jet International for Taiwan and to New Wave Films for the U.K. and Ireland.
Hong, who is known for a minimalist style, a focus on female characters and oblique references to the media industry, unwraps a tale of a middle-aged woman who visits her sister in a high-rise apartment in Seoul.
“In Front of Your Face” will have its world premiere in competition in Cannes and plays late on the second week of the festival. But, with this counting as Hong’s 11th appearance in Cannes, buyers consider him to be a known quantity and several from key territories have been quick to jump in.
The film also sold to Providence Filmes for Brazil, Mimosa Films for Japan, Av-jet International for Taiwan and to New Wave Films for the U.K. and Ireland.
Hong, who is known for a minimalist style, a focus on female characters and oblique references to the media industry, unwraps a tale of a middle-aged woman who visits her sister in a high-rise apartment in Seoul.
- 7/7/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As industry guests enjoy the Berlinale from home this year, eagle-eyed viewers will take pleasure in spotting a familiar location in the latest film from South Korean auteur and festival-regular Hong Sang-soo. If we can’t stroll around Potsdamer Platz this year, at least the characters in “Introduction“ can share a moment there.
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At 66 minutes long, and like many of the director’s other works, the film is an exercise in frugality.
Continue reading ‘Introduction’: A Smaller, Quieter Addition To Hong Sang-soo’s Already Intimate & Delicate Touch [Berlin Review] at The Playlist.
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At 66 minutes long, and like many of the director’s other works, the film is an exercise in frugality.
Continue reading ‘Introduction’: A Smaller, Quieter Addition To Hong Sang-soo’s Already Intimate & Delicate Touch [Berlin Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/4/2021
- by Caitlin Quinlan
- The Playlist
Cinema Guild has taken U.S. rights to Introduction, Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature that was selected in this year’s competition program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The movie, Hong Sangsoo’s 25th as a director, follows Youngho (Shin Seokho): he goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient; he surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design; he goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
The film will screen at further festivals this year before receiving a theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Youngjoo Suh, CEO of Finecut.
The movie, Hong Sangsoo’s 25th as a director, follows Youngho (Shin Seokho): he goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient; he surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design; he goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
The film will screen at further festivals this year before receiving a theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Youngjoo Suh, CEO of Finecut.
- 3/3/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema Guild has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Introduction, the new film from acclaimed South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo (The Woman Who Ran) that premiered in competition this week at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Hong’s latest minimalist drama is set in Korea and Berlin. It follows the relationship between Youngho (Shin Seokho) and his girlfriend Juwon (Park Miso) over several years, told through seemingly mundane moments and encounters. Shot in black-and-white, Introduction is Hong’s 25th feature.
“From the very beginning, director Hong has been a maker of highly personal films, but with Introduction, he seems to be ...
Hong’s latest minimalist drama is set in Korea and Berlin. It follows the relationship between Youngho (Shin Seokho) and his girlfriend Juwon (Park Miso) over several years, told through seemingly mundane moments and encounters. Shot in black-and-white, Introduction is Hong’s 25th feature.
“From the very beginning, director Hong has been a maker of highly personal films, but with Introduction, he seems to be ...
Cinema Guild has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Introduction, the new film from acclaimed South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo (The Woman Who Ran) that premiered in competition this week at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Hong’s latest minimalist drama is set in Korea and Berlin. It follows the relationship between Youngho (Shin Seokho) and his girlfriend Juwon (Park Miso) over several years, told through seemingly mundane moments and encounters. Shot in black-and-white, Introduction is Hong’s 25th feature.
“From the very beginning, director Hong has been a maker of highly personal films, but with Introduction, he seems to be ...
Hong’s latest minimalist drama is set in Korea and Berlin. It follows the relationship between Youngho (Shin Seokho) and his girlfriend Juwon (Park Miso) over several years, told through seemingly mundane moments and encounters. Shot in black-and-white, Introduction is Hong’s 25th feature.
“From the very beginning, director Hong has been a maker of highly personal films, but with Introduction, he seems to be ...
Both films scored a mixture of threes and fours.
Hong Sangsoo’s Introduction and Maria Speth’s Mr Bachmann And His Class share the lead on the latest Screen jury grid, as a further five titles take their spots.
Prolific Korean director Hong’s Introduction was the most consistent scorer to date, receiving five marks of three (good) plus two fours (excellent) from Sight & Sound’s Nick James and Mathieu Macheret of Le Monde/ Cahiers Du Cinéma. It has a 3.3 score with one mark still to come.
Hong’s fifth Berlinale Competition entry is told in three parts, showing a young man visiting his father,...
Hong Sangsoo’s Introduction and Maria Speth’s Mr Bachmann And His Class share the lead on the latest Screen jury grid, as a further five titles take their spots.
Prolific Korean director Hong’s Introduction was the most consistent scorer to date, receiving five marks of three (good) plus two fours (excellent) from Sight & Sound’s Nick James and Mathieu Macheret of Le Monde/ Cahiers Du Cinéma. It has a 3.3 score with one mark still to come.
Hong’s fifth Berlinale Competition entry is told in three parts, showing a young man visiting his father,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Like cracking a window in a stuffy room, it sometimes feels as if Hong Sangsoo’s films are where festival lineups go when they need to breathe. The 2021 Berlin Film Festival takes a quick, deep lungful with “Introduction,” an airy 66-minute sampler of everything the Korean director’s fans admire, which is coincidentally everything his detractors dislike. But despite the familiarly strange, gossamer-spiderweb pattern of glancing encounters and dropped connections, “Introduction” is not as featherweight as it might first appear. And contrary to its title, it’s an expansion pack rather than an entry-level starter kit for the Hong Cinematic Universe.
The filmmaker however needs no introducing to the Berlinale. He’s been in competition here four times before, most recently last year, when the delightful “The Woman Who Ran” brought him the Silver Bear for best director. The black-and-white “Introduction,” on which he acts for the first time as his own cinematographer,...
The filmmaker however needs no introducing to the Berlinale. He’s been in competition here four times before, most recently last year, when the delightful “The Woman Who Ran” brought him the Silver Bear for best director. The black-and-white “Introduction,” on which he acts for the first time as his own cinematographer,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, has set his team for his upcoming current affairs series on Apple.
Former CBS Evening News producer Brinda Adhikari has been set as showrunner and exec producer. Adhikari was most recently senior broadcast producer of the CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell. She spent five years at CBS News and prior to that, spent 11 years at ABC News, working in roles including supervising producer of World News Tonight with David Muir.
Chelsea Devantez, who has written on series including Peacock’s Girls5Eva and Comedy Central’s The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, is head writer. She got her first break in TV when Stewart read her packet for his scrapped HBO series.
Finally, Lorrie Baranek, who has worked on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman and The Break with Michelle Wolf, is executive in charge of production.
The untitled series,...
Former CBS Evening News producer Brinda Adhikari has been set as showrunner and exec producer. Adhikari was most recently senior broadcast producer of the CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell. She spent five years at CBS News and prior to that, spent 11 years at ABC News, working in roles including supervising producer of World News Tonight with David Muir.
Chelsea Devantez, who has written on series including Peacock’s Girls5Eva and Comedy Central’s The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, is head writer. She got her first break in TV when Stewart read her packet for his scrapped HBO series.
Finally, Lorrie Baranek, who has worked on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman and The Break with Michelle Wolf, is executive in charge of production.
The untitled series,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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