'Spiritwalker' invited to Spain's Sitges film festival

A poster for the film “Spiritwalker” / Courtesy of ABO Entertainment

By Kwak Yeon-soo

Director Yoon Jae-keun's fantasy action film “Spiritwalker” has been invited to the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, the film's distributor said Friday.

It has been invited to the Panorama Fantastic Section of the 53rd edition of the festival, which will take place in the coastal town of Sitges, Spain, from Oct. 8 to 18.

Starring Yoon Kye-sang, Lim Ji-yeon and Park Yong-woo, “Spiritwalker” is about a man who wakes up with no memory in a different body every 12 hours and has to make it back to his own body.

Helmed by producers of “The Outlaws” and “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil,” the film has been sold to more than a dozen overseas markets, including Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the Middle East.

Sitges is considered one of the top three fantasy genre film festivals in the world, along with Portugal's Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival and the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival of Belgium. It specializes in film genres such as science fiction, fantasy and horror, with an emphasis on innovative storytelling and creativity.

Yeon Sang-ho's zombie blockbuster “Peninsula” and Cho Kyung-hun's horror-thriller animation “Beauty Water” have also been invited to this year's event.

Meanwhile, “Spiritwalker” will hit theaters in Korea in before the end of 2020.