Vietnamese Horror Bloodline: The Curse Within Heads to Busan Market
A Vietnamese ghost story is about to meet the world market.
Mockingbird Pictures will introduce supernatural horror film Bloodline: The Curse Within to international buyers at the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the sales market linked to the Busan International Film Festival, as reported by Variety. Mockingbird holds the worldwide distribution rights, which means it is the company that sells the film to cinemas and other platforms outside Vietnam. The plan is simple. Meet buyers. Sell territory by territory.
The film will open in theatres across Vietnam on Dec. 25. That date is Christmas Day. It is known locally as Huyet Thong. It is directed by Dinh Duc Thien and produced by K8 Studio and Hoang Gia, with the director leading the creative work and the producers organising the financing and production.
The story centres on a pediatric heart surgeon whose daughter falls prey to a vengeful ghost. That is the full plot released so far. No further story details, footage notes or running time have been disclosed.
Quach Ngoc Ngoan leads the cast. He plays the central role around which the story turns. He is joined by co-stars Quang Tuan and Lan Phuong, whose parts have not been detailed.
On the business side, Phong Duong, business director of Mockingbird Pictures, serves as co-executive producer on the film. The title usually covers financing and sales strategy rather than day-to-day shooting. It signals Mockingbird's close involvement beyond distribution.
Mockingbird is an established supplier to Vietnamese cinemas. It handles upwards of 60 theatrical releases and more than 100 titles for post-theatrical windows each year, according to Variety. Theatrical means cinemas. Post-theatrical windows is trade language for what follows, including streaming, television and home viewing.
For buyers at Busan, ACFM is a shop floor. Finished films and coming titles are presented to distributors from different countries. Each distributor buys rights for its own territory. Those deals decide where a film plays abroad, on what platform, and when.
For audiences, the order is clear. Vietnam first. The rest of the world depends on what sells in Busan.
