Further winners included ‘Posthouse’ from the Philippines.
Brazilian director Renata Pinheiro’s fantasy horror Carrion has claimed the top Bucheon Award at the 15th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market, which runs parallel to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea.
The revenge thriller, based on a graphic novel by Brazilian writer and artist Shiko, follows a woman was kidnapped by a gang of outlaws and makes a pact with an otherworldly entity to seek vengeance.
Scoll down for full list of winners
The project, produced by Andre Pereira for Rio-based Lupa Filmes, received a cash prize of KRW20 million.
Brazilian director Renata Pinheiro’s fantasy horror Carrion has claimed the top Bucheon Award at the 15th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market, which runs parallel to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea.
The revenge thriller, based on a graphic novel by Brazilian writer and artist Shiko, follows a woman was kidnapped by a gang of outlaws and makes a pact with an otherworldly entity to seek vengeance.
Scoll down for full list of winners
The project, produced by Andre Pereira for Rio-based Lupa Filmes, received a cash prize of KRW20 million.
- 7/12/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Written by the director of “Priests” , directed by Lim Dae-wong of “To Sir, With Love”, featuring Yunjin Kim in her first role after 2014, and with a concept very close to that of J-horror, “House of the Disappeared” had all the collateral to become a blockbuster, which I am sure it will, eventually. Let us take a closer look at it though.
“House of the Disappeared” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The story shows its nature immediately, as in the first scene we witness a terrified Mi-hee watching her son disappear into a door drawn by a tremendous, invisible force, while her husband, Cheol-joong is laying injured in the basement, dying. The next scene has Mi-hee arrested by the police, as the sole perpetrator of the ordeal. 25 years later, an aged Mi-hee returns to the house, in a last attempt to realize what happen. Soon,...
“House of the Disappeared” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The story shows its nature immediately, as in the first scene we witness a terrified Mi-hee watching her son disappear into a door drawn by a tremendous, invisible force, while her husband, Cheol-joong is laying injured in the basement, dying. The next scene has Mi-hee arrested by the police, as the sole perpetrator of the ordeal. 25 years later, an aged Mi-hee returns to the house, in a last attempt to realize what happen. Soon,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Time to call your cable or satellite provider and add the Sundance Channel to your lineup as the network is launching a new season of its late-night destination Asia Extreme™ on August 7, showcasing the sharpest of cutting-edge Asian genre fare every Saturday night at midnight.
You'll note that a few of the offerings aren't strictly horror fare, but we're including everything since just about all of them offer gore and violence, even if the supernatural/horror elements aren't quite there.
From the Press Release:
The 2010 season of Asia Extreme includes the U.S. television premieres of five films from South Korea: The Restless, Shadows in the Palace, Tazza: The High Rollers, Voice, and The Wig. The new season of Asia Extreme premieres on August 7 at 12:00 midnight Et/Pt.
In addition to their on-air presentations, the five premieres will be among the thirteen Asia Extreme titles available free from August...
You'll note that a few of the offerings aren't strictly horror fare, but we're including everything since just about all of them offer gore and violence, even if the supernatural/horror elements aren't quite there.
From the Press Release:
The 2010 season of Asia Extreme includes the U.S. television premieres of five films from South Korea: The Restless, Shadows in the Palace, Tazza: The High Rollers, Voice, and The Wig. The new season of Asia Extreme premieres on August 7 at 12:00 midnight Et/Pt.
In addition to their on-air presentations, the five premieres will be among the thirteen Asia Extreme titles available free from August...
- 8/4/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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