[HanCinema's News] "Door Lock" Wins Best Thriller Award At Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
By William Schwartz | Published on
On February 21st the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) announced the winners of their various competitions. Among them was "Door Lock", from director Lee Kwon and starring Kong Hyo-jin, which won in the best thriller category.
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"Door Lock" faced competition from fellow Korean films "Believer", "No Mercy - 2019", and "Take Point" in the thriller category, but came out ahead of both it and other foreign competition. Those four films, along with "No Mercy - 2019", "Unstoppable", and "The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion" were also all nominated for the Spamflix Asian Film Award, but they lost to the Japanese film 'Mimicky Freaks'. "Take Point" also competed in the Critics Competition, but lost to Thai film 'The Pool'.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Door Lock" is directed by Lee Kwon, and features Kong Hyo-jin, Kim Ye-won, Kim Sung-oh, Jo Bok-rae, Lee Ga-sub, Han Ji-eun. Release date in Korea: 2018/12/05.
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.