This year’s London Korean Film Festival welcomed an impressive number of high profile directors, producers and actors from across the large spectrum of the Korean film industry. The opening ceremony had a large number of guests, including actor Kang Dong-won, producer Lee Jun-dong and director Yoon Jong-bin. But the closing ceremony, which is usually more […]
Korean-American actress Arden Cho was confirmed last minute to attend the MCM London Comic Con. We were lucky enough to catch-up with her for a few minutes. DaehanDrama: You grew up in Texas and studied in Minnesota. We could expect, without meaning to be rude, that you are “white-washed”. However, you still performed in Korean […]
On Friday 10 October, we met with director Kim Seong-hoon, whose latest feature film, action-thriller A Hard Day, was receiving two screenings at the London BFI Film Festival (October 12 and 16). The film will also be screened at the London Korean Film Festival on November 9 and Leeds International Film Festival on November 14. […]
There were 21 East Asian films at this year’s London BFI Film Festival, a very limited representation within the overall selection of 248 films (8.5%). Leading the selection was China, Japan and South Korea. Several films were entered under both China and Hong-Kong, suggesting how interconnected the two film industries have become. As the Chinese […]
Seo Young-ju: Seo is one the rising stars among child actors in South Korea. Starting at age 10, he quickly made his way through films and dramas. His first feature film appearance was in period action-romance A Frozen Flower in 2008 and his first TV drama was Hero, playing the younger version of Lee Jun-ki’s […]
To open its new cycle of cinema, this year dedicated to the professionals of the Korean film industry, the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), has screened several films that received the contribution of Park Hoon-jung either as a writer or a director. Tomorrow, Thursday March 27, he will be in London to interact with the […]