SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cannes-winning film “Parasite” by renowned auteur Bong Joon-ho has been selected as South Korea’s entry to the best international feature film category at the upcoming Academy Awards. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said Thursday that it picked Bong’s black comedy film to compete for an Oscar nomination for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — “Parasite,” the winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will hit several other international film festivals in 2019, the movie’s management agency said Thursday. CJ ENM said “Parasite” and director Bong Joon-ho have been invited to three more international film festivals — the Munich International [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the previous globally acclaimed film “Snowpiercer,” director Bong Joon-ho’s latest, Cannes-winning “Parasite” is presumed to become his second flick to be dramatized in the United States. Winning the top Palme d’Or prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the film was sold to film distributors in 192 foreign [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — “Parasite,” the winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will be screened with English subtitles at South Korean cinemas for foreign audiences starting this week, operators said Monday. CGV, the country’s largest multiplex operator, owned by retail giant CJ Group, will screen the black comedy [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho, the director of “Parasite,” has said foreigners may find it difficult to fully understand the film because of its details and nuances that are specific to Koreans. But the film provoked laughter from the audience all the way through its running time when it premiered at this [...]
CANNES, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Bong Joon-ho grabbed the highest honor at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his black comedy movie “Parasite.” Bong became the first South Korean director to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Before him, Park Chan-wook was awarded the Grand Prix, the second-highest prize [...]