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“Abroad” is a Korean movie released in 2023, categorized as Mystery, Thriller and Suspense.

Summary: It’s terrifying to be a stranger in a strange land when the one you love the most disappears.

She Left Me? That’s not Possible!

In “Abroad”, Taemin and his girlfriend, Min-ji, are South Korean tourists who arrive at an airport in Northern Minnesota, USA, very late at night. Unlike major international airports throughout the United States that still have activity any hour of the day, i.e. people moving in and out, this airport had almost nobody! Min-ji had planned out the entire vacation for them. They came to see the Northern Lights.

The vacation did not begin smoothly. Taemin did not feel well and had go to the restroom. Min-ji waited patiently for him and then they both went to the rental car counter together to pick up the car she had reserved for them.

On Friday, July 7th, the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival announced the winners of this year's feature competition section during the closing ceremony at the 500 plus seats Main Theater inside Bucheon City Hall. The ceremony was followed by the screening of the festival's closing film “Sana” by Japanese horror master Shimizu Takashi, a world premiere.

Bucheon Choice: Features

Best of Bucheon Krw – 20,000,000

Sorcery by Christopher Murray

Best Director Choice – Krw 5,000,000

Superposition by Karoline Lyngbye

Jury's Choice – Krw 5,000,000

The Artifice Girl by Franklin Ritch

Audience Award

The Artifice Girl by Franklin Ritch

Korean Fantastic: Features

Best Korean Fantastic Film – 20,000,000

Iron Mask by Kim Sung Hwan

Film Review: Iron Mask (2023) by Kim Sung-hwan

Korean Fantastic Best Director – Krw 5,000,000

Risk Society by Kim Byung Jun

Film Review: Risk Society (2023) by Kim Byung-jun

Korean Fantastic Actors:

Jung E-seo in Her Hobby

Jang Seongbeom in Abroad

Korean Fantastic Audience Award

Abroad by Giovanni Fumu...

The festival’s closing film was the world premiere of Takashi Shimizu’s ‘Sana’.

Christopher Murray’s witchcraft and revenge thriller Sorcery won the top prize at the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) tonight (July 7) in South Korea.

Onstage at the closing ceremony at Bucheon City Hall, the Chilean filmmaker dedicated the Best of Bucheon award for his folk horror film “to the people from the island where the film was shot – that is Chiloe - because it’s a story that is based on their story,” noting “the people from the island also participated in the film...

The great Choi Min-sik was on hand to take early headlines at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan).

Described somewhat blandly as “a highly reliable performer” by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), Choi is not only the star of Korea’s top grossing film of all time “The Admiral: Roaring Currents,” he continues to be available for work of all different levels. He appears in no less than ten titles that played at the festival this week.

The festival also does reliable — in its own way – as it plays up to its “stay strange” mantra, cooperates with other festivals of a similar fantasy leaning and sidesteps the political infighting that currently bedevil Korea’s best-known festivals.

The selection runs from a documentary about Korean reunification to Anurag Kashyap’s “Kennedy,” a crime drama in which former adult movie star Sunny Leone gets to show that she has evolved into a versatile and confident actor.

A Korean couple travel to Minnesota in search of the Northern Lights, only to come across eerier sights in the taut and engaging mystery Abroad. This debut feature film from Italian-born ad director Giovanni Fumu offers a smoother cultural cocktail than most east-west co-productions (Abroad is a US-Korea production). The cultural differences still ring out loud and clear, but here they are very much in harmony with a story about a couple disembarking in a strange and foreign land. Boyfriend Taemin (Jang Seong-beom) and girlfriend Minji (Lim Young-joo) have just arrived in America after a rough flight. Grumpy and recovering from airsickness, Taemin isn't being a terribly helpful partner and it's up to Minji to figure how they can get to their Airbnb. They manage...

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