SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Director Damien Chazelle’s La La Land has once again proved the love that Koreans have for musical films, with over 2 million tickets sold as of Tuesday afternoon; that is 16 days faster than Begin Again, which was the last musical film to attract more than 2 million moviegoers [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – “A musical film is not just a film genre.” “It’s a blend of performing arts and visual arts, taking music and film into one,” said creative director Kim Hong-jun during a press conference for the first ‘Chungmuro International Musical Film Festival (CHIMFF 2016)’ held at Chungmu Art Hall in Jung [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Begin Again” is getting to become the top-grossing film in South Korea except North American market, hitting record highs in “diversity films,” a Korean phrase used to describe nonblockbuster foreign titles as well as local and imported indie and art house films. The musical film reached a 1,647,9251,140 won (US$15,777,167) [...]