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Nyepi
Feature · Horror · 2026
Written by Soo Jin Lee
Festivals
30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN 2026) — Official Selection, B-Xtreme.
No eating, no lights, no moving — Bali's Day of Silence. When travelers break its taboos, the island answers.
Synopsis
Tae-pyeong, Yoon-chae and their friends travel to Bali. Their local guide, Nova, tells them about Nyepi, the sacred Day of Silence, when eating, pleasure, travel and even turning on a light are forbidden. But after Tae-pyeong breaks a mysterious urn, strange events follow one after another, and the group is drawn, against their will, into breaking the taboos of Nyepi.
Characters
Tae-pyeong (Kwon Da-ham)
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Yoon-chae (Choi Tae-eun)
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Nova (Lee Jung-hoon, local guide)
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Dana (Kim Woo-rin)
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Sinta (Della Dartyan)
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Wayan (Sujiwo Tejo)
About the Writer
Soo Jin Lee
Director of Development, Uncut Gem
Screenwriter · Film Director
Assistant Professor, Stellar Arts Institute, Dongseo University
Ph.D. in Film & Video Production (Screenwriting), Dongguk University
Wrote or adapted 30+ features, TV dramas and microdramas
<Hope> adaptation · <Nyepi> screenplay · <Wife's Resignation> writer
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