Lee Seongmin X Lee Heejun 'Handsome Guys' is not over yet..Chesse → Invited to Starasbourg Film Festival

Aug 09, 2024

Lee Seongmin X Lee Heejun 'Handsome Guys' is not over yet..Chesse → Invited to Starasbourg Film Festival



The comedy film 『Handsome Guys" (directed by Nam Dong-hyeop, produced by Hive MediaCorp) draws attention to its global move by announcing the invitation to a series of leading international film festivals.

The first film festival to announce the invitation is the 57th Ciches Film Festival, which will be held from October 3 to October 13. Since its launch in 1968 as the week of fantasy and horror films, the Chesses Film Festival has established itself as the world's largest genre film festival. 'Handsome Guys' has been invited to the Panorama section of the competition section, where works with outstanding original approaches and genre strengths rise.

Ángel Salah Corby, executive chairman of the Chesses Film Festival, on 'Handsome Guys' a work that stands out for its brilliant and delightful development. The harmony and combination of various genres, which are added to the original work and evil spirit settings, is excellent. He praised the genre charm of the movie.



In addition, he was invited to the room service section of the 18th Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, which is growing into a film festival favored by genre films. The festival runs from Sept. 10 to Sept. 16, with Evrim Usoi programmer "Handsome Guys" being a highly entertaining film. It proved that the remake could be even better than the original"Handsome Guys" has a variety of charms that go beyond the original.

The 17th Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, which will be held from September 20 to September 29, announced the official invitation by being named in the international Fantastic Film Competition category. Chairman Daniel Cohen said 'Handsome Guys' was selected from more than 800 films received this year. "We are very happy to share 'Handsome Guys' with the festival's audience, which provides a unique viewing experience with the perfect combination of comedy, suspense, mystery and horror," he said.



The last is the 43rd Molins Horror Film Festival, which runs from November 8 to November 17 this year. Mikel Pastor, programmer at the Molins Horror Film Festival, the oldest horror film festival founded in Barcelona in 1973, is confident that "Handsome Guys" will fit the festival's direction and fit the program perfectly. I believe horror fans who are visiting the festival will also love the movie."

Starting with the Chesses Film Festival, 'Handsome Guys', which delivered the news of the invitation to the relay of the leading international film festival, is expected to fascinate audiences around the world with its colorful charm that captivated domestic audiences.



'Handsome Guys' is a story about a secret sealed in a basement waking up on the day two men move into a new house dreaming of a rural life. It stars Lee Sung-min, Lee Hee-joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Park Ji-hwan and Lee Kyu-hyung, and is director Nam Dong-hyeop's first feature directorial debut.



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