LONDON, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Handmaiden” by South Korean director Park Chan-wook has picked up the trophy for the best non-English film at the 71st British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). The Korean erotic thriller received the award at the 2018 BAFTA Awards ceremony held at Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday (local [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Jungle Book,” an American film, topped the South Korean box office for the second straight weekend, data showed Monday. Disney’s adventure drama amassed 619,178 viewers on June 17-19, bringing its domestic total to 1.7 million, according to computerized box office figures from the Korean Film Council.’ Based on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Distributing rights for South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming movie “The Handmaiden” have been sold in 116 countries even before its completion, the film’s distributor said Wednesday. It’s the second time a South Korean movie has been sold to more than 100 countries prior to release, CJ Entertainment said, [...]