The unique series ‘S-Line’, starring Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Da-hee, and Arin, which is themed on ‘relationships’, has been officially invited as the only Korean content to the feature-length film competition section of the 8th Cannes International Series Festival.

‘S-Line’ is a work that depicts a story that unfolds when a red line, aka the S-line, appears above people‘s heads, connecting people who have had sexual relations regardless of time or place. It is based on the webtoon of the same name by popular webtoonist Kkomabee, known for the Netflix series ‘Murderer o Trouble’.

The Cannes International Series Festival announced on the 1st (local time) that ‘S-Line’ has been officially invited to the feature-length film competition section. The Cannes Film Festival, now in its 8th year, is an international event that showcases excellent and original drama and series content from around the world, and will be held in Cannes, France from April 24 to 29.

‘S-Line’ has achieved the feat of being invited to the feature-length film competition section, where only 8 works were carefully selected from hundreds of works from around the world. This is only the third time that it has been invited to the feature-length film competition section, following the tvN drama ‘Mother’ in 2018 and the Tving original series ‘Body Price’ in 2023, and it is also significant in that it is the only Korean content among the Cannes Film Festival feature-length film competition sections this year. At the closing ceremony on the 29th, awards will be given out for a total of 9 categories, including Best Picture, Best Music, Best Screenplay, and Best Acting.

Meanwhile, ‘S-Line’, performed by Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Da-hee, and Arin, based on the original work’s unique worldview, was selected by the Korea Creative Content Agency for the ‘OTT Specialized Broadcast Video Content Production Support Project’, and is the second series content presented by Sidus, which has expanded its territory to dramas with the 2022 Tving Original ‘Internal Medicine Director Park’.

Sidus CEO Lee Han-dae said, “‘S-Line’ is a work that boldly challenged itself in the way of young filmmakers such as Director Ahn Joo-young after being captivated by the unique webtoon of writer Kkomabi for several years. I hope that ‘S-Line’ will become widely known overseas through this Cannes series, and that it will continue to be produced overseas in various ways,” he said in his invitation remarks.


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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