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After a mysterious mold starts spreading across the surface of an abandoned mattress, a sentient creature begins to take shape from within. Feasting on its unsuspecting victims’ vertebrae while they rest, the creature grows stronger, finding nourishment not only in the bones and sinew it assimilates but also in the hopes, fears, and emotions of all those it encounters.
Hailed as both “innovative” and a “new kind of creature feature” (The Austin Chronicle), Syeyoung Park’s THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA, a festival favorite around the globe and winner of Best Director and Audience Awards at Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival and a Special Mention at Fantasia Fest, is a “melancholic, monstrous romantic horror” (Projected Figures) that is “as weird as it is unique” (Asian Movie Pulse).
SELECT FESTIVALS/AWARDS
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival, Korean Fantastic: Features (South Korea, 2022)–Best Director, Audience Award, Distribution Support Award
Fantasia Film Festival, Underground Section (Canada, 2022)–Special Mention
Sarajevo Film Festival, Kinoscope Section (Bosnia, 2022)
Sitges International Fantastic FF, Noves Visions — In Competition (Spain, 2022)
Film Fest Ghent, Focus on Korean Cinema (Belgium, 2022)
London Korean Film Festival (UK, 2022)
Leeds International Film Festival, Fanomenon (UK, 2022)
Singapore International Film Festival, Foreground (Singapore, 2022)
Torino International Film Festival, New Worlds (Italy, 2022)
Auteur Film Festival (Serbia, 2022)
Seoul Independent Film Festival (Korea, 2022)
Across Asia Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
Film Maudit 2.0 (USA, 2023)
Berlin Critics’ Week (Germany, 2023)
Fantaspoa International Film Festival (Brazil, 2023)
Sydney Film Festival (Australia, 2023)
THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA (2022)
Written & Directed by: Syeyoung Park
Cast: Jihyeon Park, Hyein Moon, Seokyoung Haam
Produced by: Syeyoung Park, Jiheyon Park
Cinematography by: Syeyoung Park
Genre: World Cinema/Horror
RT: 64 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85: 1
Sound: 2.0 Stereo
Language: Korean with English Subtitles
