Category: Korea
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Death Grip Distribution Rights Sold to India, Germany Plans to Make Deal
Last we heard from our sales agent Wonderphil, a company in India has purchased the rights to distribute Death Grip in India. Will it be subtitled? Will it be dubbed? Will we have to shoot a pickup of a dance number for the ending? No telling, but in any case, Death Grip will be released…
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Notes from The Funds Book – Hong Kong vs. South Korean Government Funding
Here are some interesting bits taken from The Funds Book from the Cannes Film Market. It outlines all the major government-provided film funds, budgets, and basic criteria. I compared Hong Kong and South Korea, not based on market share (since that would be an unfair comparison), but based on their criteria. Check out Hong Kong…
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An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 4
Day 4 – Saturday May 19 Today was much more relaxed. I slept in until 7:10am for a change and spent the first two hours writing. Rebecca and I ate some of the fine, bagged 2€ madelines from the supermarket and set off to catch all the booths we may have missed. What we found…
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“The Kick” and a video timeline of glorified TKD/Hapkido
The Kick, a new Korean-Thai co-op from the studio behind Ong Bak. The stunts look phenomenal. Real-contact tricking. If you like Thai-style and TKD then you’ll be in heaven. But below the video I’ve also done up a small video history of glorified Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. Consider it a little homage to Korea.…