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September 17, 2026

Nowhere to Lay My Eyes

Experimental filmmaker Sanghee (Kim Min-hee) arrives from Seoul to a windswept Jeju Island to visit her mother and meet her new stepfather (Kwon Hae-hyo). The two have grown increasingly distant, so the presence of Sanghee’s responsible, matter-of-fact brother and fawning stepsister offer some re...

September 17, 2026

Possible Love

Master filmmaker Lee Chang-dong (Burning, Poetry) returns to the Festival with a bold, searing exploration of class divisions, labor, exploitation, and artistic ethics. After a local factory shuts down and a subsequent union strike is violently quashed, laid-off Mi-ok and his wife Ho-seok are try...

April 22, 2026

Short Vacation

Four middle school girls are given an assignment as they break for summer vacation: photograph the end of the world. Initially perplexed, the four friends take their cameras aboard a train with the intent to ride it to the end of the line. When they arrive, though, they realize the tracks continu...

A woman grins widely as she leans back over a row of seats to hold a man's face. He looks back stoically.

May 5, 2025

Love in the Big City

Roommates Jae-hee, whose devil-may-care attitude and sharp tongue make her the target of vicious gossip, and Heung-soo, who lives in fear of being outed, are both looking for love. The two find strength in their unlikely friendship, but—together or apart—can they survive the emotional whirlwind o...

April 27, 2024

Next Sohee

Sohee, an overachieving high schooler, is optimistic about her future. After accepting an internship at a call center, she’s thrown into a chaotic world of grueling hours, crippling expectations, and low pay. Under mounting pressure, she takes her own life. Police detective Yoo-Jin begins an all-...

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