EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based gross sales and manufacturing firm Myriad Footage has picked up worldwide rights to Korean romantic drama Run To You, directed by Lee Seunghoon, and can launch gross sales on the Asian Contents and Movie Market (ACFM) throughout Busan movie competition.
Produced by Korea’s Heyday Manufacturing, the movie stars Ha Seok-Jin (Radiant Office), Lee Sin-Younger (Crash Touchdown On You) and Dahyun, one in every of members of Okay-Pop lady group Twice.
The story revolves round a veteran sprinter (Ha Seok-jin), who’s getting one final alternative to re-kindle the love of his life, and a happy-go-lucky excessive schooler (Lee Sin-young) who pulls out all of the stops to win over the love of Ji Eun (Dahyun).
Additionally scripted by Lee, the movie marks his first narrative function after directing quick movie Pay attention To My Coronary heart and documentary A Not So Small Ball Launched By A Dwarf.
Heyday Manufacturing was based by veteran producers An HeeJin and Yu Sungkwon, who individually have credit on many mainstream Korean movies, together with Velocity Scandal, Sunny, Tazza-The Hidden Card, Swing Youngsters and Hello 5.
Heyday’s first movie, Physique Components (2023), co-produced with Odd Manufacturing, gained the Finest Image Award on the Bucheon Worldwide Unbelievable Movie Competition final yr. An HeeJin is govt producer on Run To You, which is Heyday’s second function.
An Heejin negotiated the deal for worldwide rights with Jaewoo Kim, Myriad Footage Vice President of Gross sales and Distribution.
Myriad VP, Gross sales & Distribution, Jaewoo Kim, mentioned: “It is a story in regards to the significance of by no means giving up whether or not it pertains to like or desires. If we hold working, love and desires have a manner of discovering us, even when they arrive in varieties we by no means anticipated.”
Heejin An, President of Heyday Manufacturing added: “Run To You is a narrative about individuals who run tirelessly towards their desires. Though they haven’t achieved their desires but, it tells us that their efforts up to now weren’t in useless. They expertise frustration and battle alongside the best way, however they overcome them and check out once more.”
