Fresh off his triple win at the Busan International Film Festival , director Park Ri-woong is setting his sights on a much larger canvas with “ Gilddong ,” an epic about a rebel leader who uses Korea’s first Hangul novel to rally the people against the monarchy.

The project, being pitched at this year’s Asian Project Market , represents a significant scale-up for Park, whose intimate drama “The Land of Morning Calm” swept BIFF 2024 with the New Currents Award, KB New Currents Audience Award, and Netpac Award.

Set in the mid-Joseon period, “Gilddong” follows Hong Gildong as he leads the Hwalbindang in a raid on the jochang, a storage facility where tributes for Ming China are collected. Thrown into crisis, King Gwanghae summons Heo Gyun based on clues left behind and questions him

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