A little good news for the Korean film industry at the end of a tough year. Two Korean movies appeared on the International Watch List, an unofficial survey of 50 Hollywood film industry executives and their assistants. They were asked to vote for up to five international features and five short films released in 2008, “to highlight new filmmaking talent from abroad, to inspire creativity and spread the word about the international favorites of the year.”

No surprised which two films made the list, as they were the most successful two Korean films last year — Na Hong-jin’s THE CHASER (which tied for third with eight votes) and Kim Jee-woon’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (four votes).


I wonder how long that International Watch List has been compiled. Would be interesting to see what films appeared on it in past years.

(Thanks to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily).