Korean sales agent Core Studio has picked up worldwide sales rights for Singaporean writer-director Roy Lim's horror film Untold Beauty from Rebel Production Pte Ltd.

France's Wild Side Films acquired French-speaking territories for the film at last year's Asian Film Market, making it the first ever pre-sale of a Singaporean indie film to a major territory.

The horror love story revolves around a young Chinese embalmer who is emotionless in the face of death until he has to confront the haunting of his loved one.

Lim, a longtime producer and distributor, is making his directorial debut with Untold Beauty. The film has an estimated budget of $1m and is scheduled to go into production this spring.

Core Studio's slate also includes first-time director Kim Tae-gyun's upcoming film Sword And Flower, based on the local bestselling novel Bang-gakbon Salin Sagun.

Other films include black comedy hit-man film No Mercy For The Rude, which The Weinstein Company picked up at last year's Asian Film Market, and Zig Zag Love, a romantic comedy set for release in the middle of this year.

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