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Director Kim Sung Soo‘s historical drama “12.12: The Day,” South Korea‘s entry for the 2024 international feature Oscar race, chronicles a pivotal moment in the country’s history. The film depicts the military coup of Dec. 12, 1979, which led to an eight-year military junta.

Film fans who want to explore more works by cinematic trailblazer Kim Ki-young will soon have the opportunity to see one of his most controversial films: An Experience to Die For aka Be a Wicked Woman. The rarely screened film has recently been remastered and the 2K version will be screened in NY and online.

Kim Ki-young will be forever remembered for one of the undeniable Korean masterpieces, 1960s “The Housemaid”. Recently, however, and particularly after Youn Yuh-jung won the Oscar for “Minari”, much light was shed to some of his previous works, “Woman of Fire” and “Insect Woman”.

12:12 The Day had its Korean release in November of 2022 and by the end of December had grossed over $90 million in ticket sales, making it Korea’s biggest box office hit of the year. The film’s subject is familiar to Korean audiences as it details a pivotal day in the nation’s history.

North American digital distributor Echelon Studios has come on board “12:12 The Day” the highest grossing film from Korea last year. The film has been on theatrical release in North America, through 815 Pictures since last year and grossed over $1 million.

Hollywood based Echelon Studios has launched a new podcast that will bring film fans closer to the movies and moviemakers they love. The series, hosted by filmmaker Jesse Randall, will feature different guests each episode delving into the creation of independent film.

Kim Ki-Duk is considered by some critics to be South Korea’s finest independent filmmaker. During his two decades of filmmaking the director and screenwriter earned multiple domestic and international awards for his quirky and sometimes controversial films.

Echelon Studios has acquired award-winning feature films Address Unknown and Bad Guy from critically-acclaimed South Korean writer-director Kim Ki-Duk. Two of the filmmaker’s earlier works, both feature characteristically boundary-challenging shock elements.

Echelon Studios has acquired global rights to the multi-award-winning documentary “In Support of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Greek War of Independence”, from writer and director Eleftherios Kostans.

Echelon Studios’ latest release, the highly-anticipated The Gods 2: The Dark Side from acclaimed actor and director-screenwriter, Mykel Shannon Jenkins (The Paper Tigers), is available to stream for free from today.

Echelon Studios, an independent production, distribution, and licensing company, has strengthened its presence in the Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) arena with an impressive content catalogue.