This winter, the human drama film "Shinui Akdan" (director Kim Hyeong-hyeop, produced by StudioTarget Co., Ltd.) that will move every generation's heart is holding a "sing-along" special screening to engage with audiences on Christmas Eve.
"Shinui Akdan," which opens on Dec. 31, announced that on the evening of Dec. 24 (Wed) it will hold a sing-along special screening at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Seoul. The event was planned so that audiences can vividly experience the thrills and emotions that "music," the film's main subject, gives.
A "sing-along screening" is an audience participation event where audience members can sing along with the songs that play during the film. "Shinui Akdan" fills the screen with familiar CCM hits for people of all ages, such as "Walking through the wilderness," "Grace," "To cast off the yoke of suffering," "Way Maker," and "Living hope (Lord Jesus, my solid rock)," within its unique setting in which a North Korean security officer organizes a fake praise group. It even includes Lim Young-woong's "Love always runs away" (originally by Lee Moon-se). Audiences are expected to sing along to the desperate yet beautiful harmonies of the characters and feel the film's powerful emotions multiplied.
Especially since this preview is held on the special date of Christmas Eve, prospective viewers hoping to make special memories with family, lovers and friends during the year-end and New Year season are applying in droves. Individual viewings as well as group viewing applications from corporations, schools and churches are following, and according to the organizers, inquiries have flooded in immediately after preview applications opened, resulting in high competition.
A representative of the film's production company said the strong response to this special advance screening has led them to positively consider scheduling more "sing-along special screenings" that audiences can enjoy together after the official release.
"Shinui Akdan" starts from the outrageous premise that a North Korean security officer organizes a fake praise group to earn foreign currency, and it blends the process of the fake becoming real with laughter and tears. This sing-along screening is set to offer audiences a "pre-Christmas" gift-like time as they become absorbed in the characters' emotional arcs and sing along.
Meanwhile, "Shinui Akdan," which has been generating buzz by forecasting a "sing-along" craze even before its release, opens nationwide on Dec. 31.
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