South Korean film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion has had a busy week picking up plenty of deals THR report.
Finecut announced that the supernatural action film, directed by Park Hoon-jung, that grosed over $24m at the home box office, has been sold to Japan, Hong Kong &Macau, Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan and Poland.
The Witch: Part 1 had it’s international premiere this weekend at FIFF picking up the Silver Audience Award for best Action film. Kim Da-mi, who plays the lead, took home the Cheval Noir for best Actress.
Kim plays the role of a young girl who narrowly escapes a massacre at a research facility and loses all her memory. Years later, the teen finds herself on the run again from threatening strangers, and puts her supernatural abilities to use.
Park’s own production company Gold Moon Film produced the film with Peppermint & Company Co- Producing
