Acemaker Movieworks, the young Korean studio behind 2023 hit “Noryang: Deadly Sea” and “A Man of Reason,” is using the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market to launch crime drama “Troll Factory,” its next big budget movie.
Film’s plot revolves around an investigative journalist who, while probing a story about the manipulation of public sentiment, uncovers the existence of a so-called “troll factory” and is confronted with an unbelievable truth.
The movie is in post-production and recently set March 27 for its theatrical release in Korea. Acemaker is unveiling first images now.
The movie is directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, whose debut feature, 2015 crime film “Alice in Earnestland,” won the Grand Prize at the leading Korean film festival in Jeonju, the best new talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and the Directors’ Cut award at the Director’s Cut Film Festival. It was also invited to the Stockholm film festival.
Film’s plot revolves around an investigative journalist who, while probing a story about the manipulation of public sentiment, uncovers the existence of a so-called “troll factory” and is confronted with an unbelievable truth.
The movie is in post-production and recently set March 27 for its theatrical release in Korea. Acemaker is unveiling first images now.
The movie is directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, whose debut feature, 2015 crime film “Alice in Earnestland,” won the Grand Prize at the leading Korean film festival in Jeonju, the best new talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and the Directors’ Cut award at the Director’s Cut Film Festival. It was also invited to the Stockholm film festival.
- 2/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The crime drama is directed by Ahn Gooc-jin of ‘Alice In Earnestland’.
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks is launching sales ahead of Cannes on Comment Army (working title), an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name.
Directed by Ahn Gooc-jin (Alice In Earnestland), the crime drama stars Son Sukku from the Disney+ series Big Bet and last year’s leading box office title in Korea, The Roundup. The cast also includes Kim Sung-Cheol (The Night Owl), Kim Dong-Hwi (In Our Prime) and Hong Kyung (Netflix’s Dp).
The film follows a reporter who, while investigating an online public sentiment manipulation story,...
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks is launching sales ahead of Cannes on Comment Army (working title), an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name.
Directed by Ahn Gooc-jin (Alice In Earnestland), the crime drama stars Son Sukku from the Disney+ series Big Bet and last year’s leading box office title in Korea, The Roundup. The cast also includes Kim Sung-Cheol (The Night Owl), Kim Dong-Hwi (In Our Prime) and Hong Kyung (Netflix’s Dp).
The film follows a reporter who, while investigating an online public sentiment manipulation story,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The Chinese Dream (the equivalent of the American Dream) seems to entail moving from the country to the urban centers and making a life there. For the scores of Chinese people who follow this direction, however, things are not always rosy and life in the big cities can easily turn into something much worse than they expected. Liu Yulin's second feature focuses on a number of characters that face similar issues in the megalopolis, as their lives are eventually interconnected.
“In Our Prime” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Yitian delivers weather and traffic information on the radio. She is also a single mom raising her son in the big city, although she prides herself for having managed to move from the town she was born in. Her life, however, is complicated on a number of levels. Ma Huai, her ex-husband has remarried and his new...
“In Our Prime” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Yitian delivers weather and traffic information on the radio. She is also a single mom raising her son in the big city, although she prides herself for having managed to move from the town she was born in. Her life, however, is complicated on a number of levels. Ma Huai, her ex-husband has remarried and his new...
- 3/12/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Liu Yulin was born in Beijing. She graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2014, her first short film “Door God” was selected in more than fifty festivals. Her first feature “Someone to Talk To” was selected for several major festivals. “In Our Prime” is her second feature film. She then shoot a romantic comedy, “Just for Meeting You”, which will be on Chinese screens in 2023.
On the occasion of “In Our Prime” screening in Fica Vesoul, we speak with her about studying in New York, the men and women in the film, expectations, her upcoming works, and many other topics.
How did your studies in New York change you as a filmmaker, shape you as a filmmaker?
Because I have really loved films since I was very little. Because my original major is not about film, it's about TV and broadcasting. That was my major in college in Beijing.
On the occasion of “In Our Prime” screening in Fica Vesoul, we speak with her about studying in New York, the men and women in the film, expectations, her upcoming works, and many other topics.
How did your studies in New York change you as a filmmaker, shape you as a filmmaker?
Because I have really loved films since I was very little. Because my original major is not about film, it's about TV and broadcasting. That was my major in college in Beijing.
- 3/11/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Vesoul Unveils Asian Lineup
The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema has unveiled its 85-title lineup for the edition that starts later this month. Elements include a 10-film competition section, a 10-film documentary film section, a tribute to the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu; a thematic section “Asian Diaspora Cinema” offering a panorama of works by directors from Asian countries living in exile; and a Philippines cinema sidebar.
Fiction films in competition include: Azerbaijan’s “Cold as Marble,” by Asif Rustamov; China’s “In Our Prime,” by Liu Yulin; Korea’s “A Letter from Kyoto,” by Kim Min-ju; India’s: “Behind Veils,” by Praveen Morshhale; Iran’s “No End,” by Nader Saievar; Mongolia’s “The Sales Girl,” by Sengedorj Janchivdorj; The Philippines’s “Feast,” by Brillante Mendoza; Singapore’s “#LookAtMe,” by Ken Kwek; and Vietnam’s “Memento Mori: Earth,” by Marcus Vu Manh Cuong. The president of the jury is Lee Yong-kwan,...
The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema has unveiled its 85-title lineup for the edition that starts later this month. Elements include a 10-film competition section, a 10-film documentary film section, a tribute to the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu; a thematic section “Asian Diaspora Cinema” offering a panorama of works by directors from Asian countries living in exile; and a Philippines cinema sidebar.
Fiction films in competition include: Azerbaijan’s “Cold as Marble,” by Asif Rustamov; China’s “In Our Prime,” by Liu Yulin; Korea’s “A Letter from Kyoto,” by Kim Min-ju; India’s: “Behind Veils,” by Praveen Morshhale; Iran’s “No End,” by Nader Saievar; Mongolia’s “The Sales Girl,” by Sengedorj Janchivdorj; The Philippines’s “Feast,” by Brillante Mendoza; Singapore’s “#LookAtMe,” by Ken Kwek; and Vietnam’s “Memento Mori: Earth,” by Marcus Vu Manh Cuong. The president of the jury is Lee Yong-kwan,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The last time Choi Min-sik played a post-separation North Korean, it was in “Shiri”, one of the biggest Korean blockbuster action films of all time and one that heralded the coming of the Korean New Wave. In that, he played a North Korean commander sent to the South to cause havoc. Twenty-three years later, he plays another North Korean in the South in “In Our Prime”, a feature that couldn’t be further removed from the 1999 classic.
Despite hailing from a different, poorer social background, Han Ji-woo goes to an elite school, one where children of the rich attend and which is famous for getting its students into Ivy league colleges, by any means necessary. Shunned by his classmates, except for the lovely Bo-ram, his time there is further soured by the fact that he is very bad at mathematics. His homeroom and math teacher recommends that he transfer out,...
Despite hailing from a different, poorer social background, Han Ji-woo goes to an elite school, one where children of the rich attend and which is famous for getting its students into Ivy league colleges, by any means necessary. Shunned by his classmates, except for the lovely Bo-ram, his time there is further soured by the fact that he is very bad at mathematics. His homeroom and math teacher recommends that he transfer out,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The release of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “Ambulance” gave Hollywood a rare one-two-three at the South Korean box office over the weekend. But neither newcomer managed to earn 1 million in another deeply depressed session.
“Sonic 2” earned 843,000 over the weekend and 979,000 over its opening five days, according to data from Kobis, the theatrical tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
“Ambulance” earned 450,000 between Friday and Sunday and a total of 674,000 over its five days since release on Wednesday. That was good enough for third place.
Between the two newcomers, previous chart-topper “Morbius” took second place with a weekend score of 537,000. That was a 68 tumble from its opening weekend. After 12 days in Korean theaters “Morbius” has a cumulative total of 3.40 million.
The Korean government is expected to soon relax many of the anti-covid restrictions that it currently has in place and move to treat the disease as endemic.
“Sonic 2” earned 843,000 over the weekend and 979,000 over its opening five days, according to data from Kobis, the theatrical tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
“Ambulance” earned 450,000 between Friday and Sunday and a total of 674,000 over its five days since release on Wednesday. That was good enough for third place.
Between the two newcomers, previous chart-topper “Morbius” took second place with a weekend score of 537,000. That was a 68 tumble from its opening weekend. After 12 days in Korean theaters “Morbius” has a cumulative total of 3.40 million.
The Korean government is expected to soon relax many of the anti-covid restrictions that it currently has in place and move to treat the disease as endemic.
- 4/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Six new films were released in South Korea in the past week, including Sony’s Marvel franchise title “Morbius,” but none were able to relieve the current malaise afflicting the Korean theatrical industry.
“Morbius” was released on Wednesday and ran off with more than half of the nationwide business, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). The film earned 1.71 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend with a 58 market share that it derived from nearly 1,700 screens. Over the five days since its opening, it managed 2.48 million.
The previous week’s top title, Korean-produced “Hot Blooded” earned 420,000 in its second weekend, for a cumulative total of 2.59 million after 12 days.
Another previous chart topper, “In Our Prime” took third place with 194,000, giving a cumulative total of nearly 4 million since its March 9 release.
Coronavirus continues to stalk Korean society and cinemagoing appears to be among the worst hit sectors.
“Morbius” was released on Wednesday and ran off with more than half of the nationwide business, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). The film earned 1.71 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend with a 58 market share that it derived from nearly 1,700 screens. Over the five days since its opening, it managed 2.48 million.
The previous week’s top title, Korean-produced “Hot Blooded” earned 420,000 in its second weekend, for a cumulative total of 2.59 million after 12 days.
Another previous chart topper, “In Our Prime” took third place with 194,000, giving a cumulative total of nearly 4 million since its March 9 release.
Coronavirus continues to stalk Korean society and cinemagoing appears to be among the worst hit sectors.
- 4/4/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Roland Emmerich’s space action film “Moonfall” landed in South Korea at the top of the box office chart. But the country’s continuing Covid problems mean that “Moonfall” and all other titles operated at a desperately low orbit.
As the biggest new release of the week Moonfall pushed aside Korean-made “In Our Prime,” the previous weekend’s winner. Its opening score, however, was the lowest for any top-ranking film this year.
“Moonfall” scored just $880,000 over the weekend for distributor Noori Pictures, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days from its Wednesday release, the film managed $1.17 million.
“In Our Prime” dropped 32% week on week to come second with $750,000 over the weekend, giving it a 12-day cumulative of $3.04 million.
“The Batman” dropped from second to third position, earning $471,000 over the weekend. Since its March 1 debut, the superhero film has amassed $7.06 million.
As the biggest new release of the week Moonfall pushed aside Korean-made “In Our Prime,” the previous weekend’s winner. Its opening score, however, was the lowest for any top-ranking film this year.
“Moonfall” scored just $880,000 over the weekend for distributor Noori Pictures, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days from its Wednesday release, the film managed $1.17 million.
“In Our Prime” dropped 32% week on week to come second with $750,000 over the weekend, giving it a 12-day cumulative of $3.04 million.
“The Batman” dropped from second to third position, earning $471,000 over the weekend. Since its March 1 debut, the superhero film has amassed $7.06 million.
- 3/21/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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