Viki’s first original series DRAMAWORLD is set to become exclusively available on the global site powered by fans on Sunday 17 April, worldwide excluding China and South Korea. The 10-episode web comedy-drama is set in Los Angeles and South Korea, written in both English and Korean, and aimed at the fast-growing global fan base of […]
Earlier this month, fans may have noticed a picture of Super Junior’s Si-won posted on his Instagram, showing the star’s head bleeding. The short-lived upload will have left you wondering whether he had actually been hurt for real or if that was a spoiler for an upcoming episode of his latest Korean drama series, She Was Pretty, […]
On October 6, the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) unveiled the full programme of its annual London Korean Film Festival, which is celebrating its 10th year anniversary (interestingly, as old as the Seoul Drama Awards!). The screenings will take place in ten venues across London, an impressive increase on last year, even more so as its usual location […]
After DramaFever’s dive into original series with Heirs and Tomorrow Cantabile, we were waiting for competitor Viki to make a move. And it did, as on September 16th it revealed “Dramaworld“, a 10-episode comedy-drama set in Los Angeles and Seoul, to be coproduced with Jetavana Entertainment (China), EnterMedia Contents (the company behind a few of the U.S. […]
On Friday 2 January, EXO’s Se-hun, Su-ho, Xiu-min and Kai landed at London Heathrow Airport and made their way through a hysterical crowd of fans. But, despite being Kpop stars, the reason they came to London was not a concert, but a vacation reality TV show called ‘One Fine Day‘ for the MBC Music cable […]
The trailer for Chinese epic feature film Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan as well as Hollywood actors Adrian Brody and John Cusack, has been published on YouTube by online magazine CHECK, on December 25. JoyN’Contents will distribute the film in South Korea, but it is yet to be confirmed if it will be released in […]
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 […]
This will come as a short notice, but maybe not for many of you who actively follow our social media accounts. Tomorrow, Thursday 13 Novembre, the London Korean Film Festival will host a special event at the Odeon West End, in Leicester Square. Two members of the popular Korean band Super Junior, Lee Dong-hae & […]
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 […]
Most films and guests of the London Korean Film Festival had been announced earlier last month. After several weeks of patience, we can now confirm the final schedule. Notable additions include Lee Chang-dong’s award-winning film Poetry and patchwork documentary Bitter Sweet Seoul by Park Chan-kyung and Park Chan-wook with submissions from all over the world. […]