Photo courtesy of Film Movement.
Source: Film Movement, press release
Special Thanks to Michael Krause
Photo courtesy of Film Movement.
Film Movement is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a DVD of Park Kang's Terrifying SEIRE (세이레, 2021). Heralding the arrival of a fresh new voice in Korean genre cinema, SEIRE was an Official Selection in the Fantasia New Flesh Competition, was nominated for Best Film and captured the New Currents FIPRESCI Prize at the Busan International Film Festival, and also received a nomination for a Golden Eye Best International Feature at the 2022 Zurich Film Festival.
In Korean folk traditions, "seire" is the twenty-one days after a baby is born in which they're uniquely vulnerable to bad luck, curses - even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks in a baby's life, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows every one of them. Father Woo-jin is reluctantly willing to play along, but when he attends an ex-girlfriend's funeral, he unwittingly opens the door to to dark supernatural dangers. Plagued by terrible nightmares, the skeptical Woo-jin gradually begins to understand the seire custom, as he is forced to unravel the mystery of what is haunting him and his family.
SEIRE debuts on DVD (SLP: $29.95) and Digital August 11, 2023 from Film Movement. The film has a runtime of approximately 102 minutes.
SEIRE is also available for pre-order from https://www.amazon.com/.
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION
Prize:
A. There are three (3) prizes, with each prize consisting of one (1) SEIRE DVD.
B. Prizes will be shipped to the contest winners so entrants must include a valid mailing address. This contest is only open to participants in the United States and Canada.
C. In the event that a winner chooses not to (or cannot) accept a prize, he or she forfeits all claim to that prize.
D. One entry per person. Prizes are non-transferable. No substitution of prizes allowed.
Duration of contests:
A. The “SEIRE” contest runs from August 4 until 11:59pm on August18, 2023.
How to enter:
A. Submit your name, email address, and mailing address for the random drawing.
B. Be sure to write “SEIRE” in the subject header of your email entry. SciFi Japan often runs multiple contests at the same time, so any entries without “SEIRE” in the subject header will be discarded.
C. Contest entrants may receive an email newsletter from SciFi Japan.
Determination of winners:
A. Only contestants who have submitted the requested information will be entered in the final drawing. The first three randomly drawn eligible entries will be judged the winners for this contest.
B. SciFi Japan is not responsible for typographical, electronic or other errors in Internet operation affecting the offering, outcome, administration of the contest or the announcement of prizes. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
C. The decision of Film Movement and SciFi Japan is final. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the SciFi Japan judges, which are final and binding in all respects.
D. Following the drawing, winners will be notified via email.
“SEIRE” CONTEST
Just email the following info to “SEIRE” at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and you’re in the contest. Good luck!
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