SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s new film, “A Traveler’s Needs,” will compete in the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival next month, the event’s website showed Monday. The film by Hong was among the 19 full-length titles announced on the website to compete in the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Hong Sang-soo on Thursday (Korean time) won the grand jury prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival for his latest film, “The Novelist’s Film.” At the award ceremony streamed online, the director’s 27th feature was awarded the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court rejected award-winning director Hong Sang-soo’s request for divorce at a verdict hearing on Friday. The Seoul Family Court handed down the sentence after Hong applied for a divorce settlement in November 2016 and filed a divorce suit in December that year. “Hong and his wife’s marriage [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s latest film “The Day After” has been invited to two international film festivals, Toronto and New York, set to open next month, its local distributor said Wednesday. The 21st feature from Hong will be screened in the Masters’ section which introduces the latest from [...]
CANNES, France, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s latest film “The Day After” drew a warm and enthusiastic reception after its world premiere on Monday (local time) at the Cannes film festival competition. The 21st feature from Hong, about a married man’s infidelity drama, got four minutes of standing ovation at [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Award-winning Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo on Monday publicly admitted to being in a relationship with actress Kim Min-hee for the first time since media speculations on their relationship emerged last June. “I don’t know if this is the right place to unveil this, but we’re in love. We truly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - “Right Now, Wrong Then,” the latest Hong Sang-soo feature film, has drawn more than 70,000 movie-goers, data by an official market tracker showed Friday. The 17th feature film by the South Korean director broke the 70,000-mark on Thursday, according to data by the Korean Film Council, with the current tally [...]