Noise

Source: Finecut

‘Noise’

EXCLUSIVE: Arrow Film Distributors has acquired rights in North America, the UK and Ireland to South Korean horror-thriller Noise in a deal with Finecut.

The deal follows its recent release in Japan and the film is set to open in CIS this month, Spain in November and France in 2026. Arrow has yet to reveal when it plans to release the film but it is understood to be in 2026.

The feature directorial debut of Kim Soo-jin follows a woman with a hearing aid who becomes haunted by inexplicable sounds linked to her sister’s disappearance, attracting a malevolent presence. The film explores the unsettling issue of floor-to-ceiling noise in apartments – the recent rise of which has led to legal disputes in South Korea.

The cast is led by Lee Sun-bin (Mission: Possible), Kim Min-seok (Body Parts) and Ryu Kyung-soo (TV’s Itaewon Class).

The film performed strongly in Korea over the summer, grossing nearly $12m from more than 1.7 million admissions domestically – ranking ninth among Korean films released locally in 2025.

Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh negotiated the deal with Arrow Film Distributors director of acquisitions Selin Kilic.

The Seoul-based sales agent has closed deals on the film in Austria, Germany, MENA, Myanmar, Nepal, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey in addition to previously announced deals in Cambodia, CIS, France, Indonesia, Japan, Latin America, Malaysia and Brunei, Mongolia, Philippines, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Presented by KC Ventures and distributed in South Korea by BY4M Studio, Noise is the third production title from Finecut, which previously produced 2022 feature Christmas Carol and 12-episode series See You In My 19th Life, which debuted on TvN and Netflix in 2023.

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