EVOKATIVE Acquires HANSEL AND GRETEL!
September 12, 2008
A mysterious South-Korean forest is the new destination taken by Evokative Films. We are enchanted to announce our acquisition of the South-Korean dark fantasy HANSEL AND GRETEL. Written by Pil-Sung Yim (ANTARTIC JOURNAL), the films starts Jeong-myeong Cheon and the young actors Sim Eun-kyung, Yeong-Nam Jang and Ji-hee Jin. A stellar crew contributed to the films, including Production Designer Seong-hie Ryu (THE HOST, A BITTERSWEET LIFE, OLDBOY, MEMORIES OF MURDER), Cinematographer Ji-yong Kim (A BITTERSWEET LIFE) and Composer Byung-woo Lee (THE HOST, A TALE OF TWO SISTERS).
When Eun-soo crashes his car on a country road, he meets a young girl who leads him to her beautiful house in the middle of the forest, where he is welcomed by her parents and two young siblings, who appear to be the picture of the perfect family. The morning after, when he tries to get back to his car, the forest seems never-ending and inevitably leads back to the house. Soon Eun-soo realizes he’s trapped in the kids’ gloomy fairy-tale alternate reality, a world no other adult has managed to escape alive before him.
HANSEL AND GRETEL started its festival career at the Cannes Film Market in May and at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in July, where it won a special mention from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals Jury. It will be the closing film of the Dragons and Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival (where the director will be in attendance to present its film) and will be part of the programming of the upcoming Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival. Its participation to other films festivals will be confirmed shortly.
When Eun-soo crashes his car on a country road, he meets a young girl who leads him to her beautiful house in the middle of the forest, where he is welcomed by her parents and two young siblings, who appear to be the picture of the perfect family. The morning after, when he tries to get back to his car, the forest seems never-ending and inevitably leads back to the house. Soon Eun-soo realizes he’s trapped in the kids’ gloomy fairy-tale alternate reality, a world no other adult has managed to escape alive before him.
HANSEL AND GRETEL started its festival career at the Cannes Film Market in May and at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in July, where it won a special mention from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals Jury. It will be the closing film of the Dragons and Tigers section of the Vancouver International Film Festival (where the director will be in attendance to present its film) and will be part of the programming of the upcoming Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival. Its participation to other films festivals will be confirmed shortly.
This acquisition got us a nice little round of international press coverage. Here’s a little round-up.
In the Variety:Evokative acquires ‘Hansel’ - Canadian distrib gains rights to Korean film
In the Variety Asia Online: Evokative start for Korea’s “Hansel”
In the Screen daily: Fine Cut’s Hansel And Gretel heads to Canada
In Twitchfilm: 헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) Coming to Canada!
And in the Qui Fait Quoi: Evokative Films poursuit ses acquisitions à Toronto (no link available)
In the Variety Asia Online: Evokative start for Korea’s “Hansel”
In the Screen daily: Fine Cut’s Hansel And Gretel heads to Canada
In Twitchfilm: 헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) Coming to Canada!
And in the Qui Fait Quoi: Evokative Films poursuit ses acquisitions à Toronto (no link available)
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