THE VILLAINESS to Kick Off Fantasia Film Festival

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The 21st edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, one of the largest genre film celebrations in North America, will kick off on July 13th with JUNG Byung-gil’s stylish action-thriller The Villainess, which recently impressed audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, where it featured in the Midnight Screenings last month.

Featuring KIM Ok-vin of PARK Chan-wook’s Thirst (2009), the third film by Confession of Murder (2012) director JUNG tells the story of an assassin who goes on a brutal quest for revenge. SHIN Ha-kyun of Save the Green Planet (2003) co-stars.

Getting its international festival premiere in Montreal will be the timeslip thriller A Day from debut director JO Seon-ho. KIM Myung-min (Pandora, 2016) stars as a doctor who relives his daughter’s death in car accident over and over again and tries to put a stop to it.

Also among Fantasia’s first wave of announcements is the bowling drama SPLIT from first time director CHOI Kook-hee which will have its Canadian premiere. The film stars YOO Ji-tae of Old Boy (2003) as a washed up bowling star who takes a young, autistic prodigy under his wing.

Korean films have been a big draw in Montreal over the years. Last year’s top prize, the Cheval Noir Award, went to YEON Sang-ho’s zombie feature TRAIN TO BUSAN.

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