Myung Films

{{Short description|South Korean film production and distribution company}}

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Myung Film Co., Ltd. ({{Korean|hangul=명필름}}) is a South Korean film production and distribution company. It has produced and distributed many films since 2002.

History

The company was established in South Korea by Shim Jae-myung, and has distributed films throughout South Korea since its founding in September 1995.{{cite news|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1HL7QAOOZC|title=심재명 명필름 대표, "리더는 공감 능력이 가장 중요"|date=28 October 2013|access-date=28 April 2014|work={{ill|The Seoul Economic Daily|ko|서울경제}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014092028/http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/industry/201310/e20131028175459120180.htm|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Myung Films|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/company.jsp?companyCd=20100545|website=Korean Film Council|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701094118/https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/company.jsp?companyCd=20100545|archive-date=1 July 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Chung|first=Joo-won|title=Myung Films fuels Korean movie industry|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/428035|website=The Korea Herald|date=26 March 2015|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701054845/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150326000942|archive-date=1 July 2018|url-status=live}}

In 2004, it merged with Kang Je-gyu Films, forming a joint-venture distribution label, MK Pictures.{{cite web|author=Lynn Kim|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2010071414565595426|title=Myung Films, MK Pictures to merge into one brand|date=14 July 2010|access-date=24 March 2023|website=Asiae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308225423/https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2010071414565595426|archive-date=8 March 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Nigel D'Sa|url=https://www.hancinema.net/mk-pictures-to-relaunch-as-myung-films-24458.html|title=MK Pictures to relaunch as Myung Films|date=29 July 2010|access-date=24 March 2023|work=koreanfilm.or.kr|via=HanCinema|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112131511/https://www.hancinema.net/mk-pictures-to-relaunch-as-myung-films-24458.html|archive-date=12 November 2011|url-status=live}}

Productions

The institute's first feature film In Between Seasons (2016) was directed by first-time director Lee Dong-eun who graduated from its first Film Directing major graduating class. In Between Seasons was screened in the New Currents section at the 21st Busan International Film Festival where it won the KNN Award. Lee went on to make his second feature, the critically acclaimed Mothers (2017) which won the NETPAC Award at the 2018 Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema.{{cite web|last=Weatherspoon|first=Christopher|title=In Between Seasons|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/newfilm.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601011&seq=301&mode=VIEW|website=Korean Film Council|date=20 February 2018|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430013232/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/newfilm.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601011&seq=301&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=In+Between+Seasons|archive-date=30 April 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=LEE Dong-eun's Sophomore Drama with LIM Soo-jung Awarded in France|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=4706&mode=VIEW|website=Korean Film Council|date=19 February 2018|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520083041/https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=4706&mode=VIEW|archive-date=20 May 2019|url-status=live}}

Releases

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.myungfilm.com/}}

Category:Film distributors of South Korea

Category:Film production companies of South Korea

Category:Mass media companies established in 1995

Category:Companies based in Seoul

Category:South Korean companies established in 1995