A total of five Korean dramas have been invited for screenings at the 2025 Cannes Short Series festival. Established in 2018, Canneseries showcases outstanding TV series from around the world through four official sections — Competition, Short Form Competition, Documentary Series Competition and Out of Competition — as well as the Rendez-Vous section. Of the five dramas, only one has been released in Korea. The others appear to have no distributor or release date. It shows again how large the backlog of completed k-dramas is and how hard it has been for producers to get their inventory sold and shown.

Starring Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Da-hee and Arin, “The S-Line” is the South Korean drama depicts a world where people who have had sexual relationships are connected by a visible red line, which can only be seen by those wearing special glasses. Based on the webtoon of the same name, the six-episode series will have its world premiere at the eighth edition of the annual festival in Cannes, which opened this week. “This Korean series with an extremely far-fetched concept plunges us into a supernatural atmosphere and confronts us with the consequences of losing intimacy and our secret gardens,” according to Canneseries’ website. This series is the only one in the competition category.

Four other Korean dramas premieres are, including MBC’s 2024 show “Doubt” and still-to-be released shows “Hunter With a Scalpel,” “Nursery Rhymes Ghost Stories/Children’s Ghost Story,” and ‘Fairy’s Fasting” are the other dramas at the festival.