Feb 10 2009, Screendaily

 Sponge teams with CJ CGV to release indie titles

  Jean Noh in Seoul

Korean importer/producer Sponge Entertainment has announced a deal with leading exhibitor CJ CGV to screen a slate of Sponge’s upcoming local independent films.

The films will be screened under the CGV Movie Collage label, an arthouse/independent cinema brand at CGV multiplexes. . . . .

The new slate includes Hong Sang-soo’s highly-anticipated Jal Aljido Mot Hamyeonsuh (original title), romantic film Oishi Man, directed by J.J. Kim (Hers); Pusan festival entry Sister’s On The Road starring Gong Hyo-jin and Shin Min-ah, and smuggler drama Boat, starring Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser) and Tsumabuki Satoshi (Pandemic).

The Sponge slate will also go to screens in Sponge’s own Spongehouse cinemas as well as others. . . . .