It was also invited to the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival, which opened on November 11. It is the largest genre film festival in North America.
Among Korean films, "Witch" (director Park Hoon-jung and 2018) won the Best Actress Award in the competition category of Schwaalnoir and "Busan" (director Yeon Sang-ho and 2016). "The Lion" will be screened on August 1, the closing day.
It is a story of a martial arts champion (Park Seo-joon) who has lost his father, meeting the Kuma priest (Ahn Sung-ki) and confronting strong evil. It is a new film directed by Kim Joo-hwan (38), who directed the movie "Guidance Dog" (2016) and "Youth Police" (2017), and will be starring Park Seo-joon (31), Ahn Sung-ki (67) and Woo Do-hwan (27).