A scene from Lee Chang-dong's award-winning 2007 film Secret Sunshine, which will be screened during the upcoming Korea Film Festival in China. (File photo: mtime.com)

South Korea and China have announced a deal to boost both countries' film industries.

Launched by Korean Film Council (KOFIC) chairman Kang Han-sup, the program involves two events. One is the South Korea-China Business Campus, which runs from November 13 to 17 in South Korea and will focus on the process of sharing films as well as co-production opportunities.

The second involves the Korea Film Festival, which will be held in three major Chinese cities -- Beijing (November 14-19), Shanghai (November 16-21) and Kunming (November 25-28). The fest will unspool 12 films, kicking off with The Happy Life by Lee Joon-ik.

Other pictures to screen include Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine, Chung Yoon-chul's A Man Who Was a Superman, Chang Yoon-hyun's Hwang Jin Yi, Hur Jin-ho's Christmas in August and Im Kwon-taek's Beyond the Years.

(Variety.com via CRIENGLISH.com November 13, 2008)