Midnight Cinema
Exhuma / 파묘
Director's bio
Jang Jae-hyun
Jang Jae-hyun, born in 1981, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Sungkyunkwan University and the Korea National University of Arts. Jang gained recognition with his short film "12th Assistant Deacon" (2014), which won awards at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival and the Jeonju International Film Festival. His debut feature film, "The Priests" (2015), was a hit with over 5.4 million admissions. Jang's other notable works include "Svaha: The Sixth Finger" (2019) and "Exhuma" (2024), which earned him the Best Director award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards.
Synopsis
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family’s ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Details of Cast
Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Do-hyun
Details of Crew
DoP Lee Mo-gae, Editor Jung Byung-jin, Music Kim Tae-seong
Producer Details
Writer Details
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Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- World Cinema (63)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
