The upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will screen South Korea’s Oscar submission <The Front Line> in its Awards Buzz section. The section will feature 40 of the 63 official submissions the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category. The 2012 PSIFF will run Jan. 5 – 16.
Directed by JANG Hun and starring SHIN Ha-kyun, <The Front Line> is set during the Korean War on a hotly contested patch of mountain. Well Go USA picked up the film’s North American rights from international sales company Showbox/Mediaplex earlier this year.