Reel Suspects To Launch Korean Music-Themed Psychological Thriller ‘Forte’ At EFM

Melanie Goodfellow

7 February 2025 at 12:12 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded Korean producer and director Kimbo Kim’s classical music-themed psychological thriller Forte for an EFM launch.

The movie revolves around young composer Yeonji (Chaeyoung Leem) who lands a dream job at the prestigious Forte Studio.

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Her joy over the position soon fades when she starts working at its isolated HQ due to the eerie atmosphere and odd behavior of her new colleagues.

Fiercely ambitious and competitive, she also discovers that her new boss only wants to use her as a ghostwriter rather than letting her shine in her own light.

A battle of wills develops that escalates into a matter of life and death.

South Korea-born Kim studied filmmaking in Seoul and Prague, before founding the production company 37th Degree in Seoul in 2014, which he expanded to U.S in 2015.

Forte marks his directorial debut after producing around a dozen shorts and Giovanni Fumu’s 2024 thriller Abroad about a young Korean man looking for his girlfriend who goes missing on a trip to Minnesota.

“We are extremely proud to work on Kimbo’s first feature film Forte. His camera uses all the codes of genre cinema to touch themes that reflect today’s contemporary society. The importance and omnipresence of classical music in Forte will not leave the audience indifferent,” said Reel Suspects CEO Matteo Lovadina.

Further titles on the company’s EFM slate include Guérin van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle’s Belgian drama On the Edge and Moonika Siimets’ Estonian sci-fi comedy The Black Hole.

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