Seoul-based Finecut has secured distribution offers in additional than six territories for highschool drama movie Victory, forward of the movie’s Korean launch on August 14.
Victory has been acquired by 815 Photos (North America), Sky Movies Leisure (Taiwan), Lumix Media (Vietnam), PT Prima Cinema Multimedia (Indonesia), Home of M (Thailand), Emphasis Video Leisure (Inflight) and Westec Media Restricted (Cambodia).
The movie acquired its world premiere because the opening movie on the New York Asian Movie Pageant and stars Lee Hye-ri (Reply 1988) of Ok-pop group Woman’s Day and Park Se-wan (Life Is Lovely).
It tells the story of a highschool dance duo (performed by Lee and Park), who encourage individuals of their village with their cheerleading efficiency. In addition they quickly discover themselves cheering on an underdog college soccer crew on a distant island.
Directed by Park Beom-su (Single in Seoul, Purple Carpet), the solid additionally contains Cho A-ram (from JTBC’s top-rated Physician Cha) and Lee Jung-ha (from Disney+’s breakout hit Shifting).
Cho performs a former member of a Seoul cheerleading squad who strikes to the village, whereas Lee takes on the position because the goalkeeper of a faculty soccer crew that all the time loses.
Victory will launch theatrically in North America and Vietnam on August 16, adopted by Indonesia, Taiwan, Cambodia, and Thailand from late August to September.
Produced by Seoul-based Annapurna Movies, headed by Lee Anna, Victory is offered by MINDMARK, a cultural content material IP firm beneath the Shinsegae Group, which has financed and distributed movies like A Regular Household, Love Reset, Honey Candy, and Decibel.
Finecut has additionally boarded Hong Sang-soo‘s By The Stream, which can premiere within the competitors part on the Locarno Movie Pageant on August 16, in addition to within the Centrepiece part on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Additionally on Finecut’s slate is horror-thriller Noise, which follows a lady with a listening to support haunted by inexplicable sounds that appeal to a malevolent presence linked to her sister’s disappearance. The movie could have its market screening at Toronto Trade Choose and its world premiere at Sitges Movie Pageant.
