EST N8 Adds Fantasia-Bound Korean Action Film ‘Mash Ville’ to Cannes Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Los Angeles- and Bangkok-based sales firm EST N8 has bulked up its Cannes Market film sales slate with a trio of completed Asian titles. “Mash Ville” stars Jeon Sin-hwan (“The Housemaid,” “Time Renegades”) and Park Jong-hwan (“Concrete Utopia,” “Hell Is Other People”) and weaves together the lives of pseudo-religious believers and eight strangers in a rural area.
When their paths cross they must fight for survival. “Mash Ville” is directed by Korea’s Hwang Wook, known for his award-winning work on “Live Hard” at the 2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, as well as “Ugly Man” and “Dog: Dog Eat Dog,” which was selected as a support film by the Korean Film Council.
Filipino romantic drama “Where Is the Lie?,” directed by Quark Henares (“Keka,” “Rakenrol”) centers around a trans woman who has a fickle relationship with a man she matches with on a dating app.
After he ghosts her on the day of their supposed meetup, she becomes trapped in a web of deceit, lies and catfishing. The film (aka “Marupok AF”) was scripted by Henares and John Paul Bedia (“Invisible,” “The Chanters”) and adapted from a 19-page Twitter thread about a relationship gone wrong.
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