Kim Sae-byuk

This dreamy indie melds reality with fantasy as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.

Often ignored by her family, a 14-year-old finds her escape through roaming her neighborhood with her friend, experiencing all that life has to offer.

A comic tale of infidelity and mistaken identity from South Korean master auteur Hong Sangsoo. Bongwan’s marriage is on the rocks after his wife discovers the affair he’s been having with his ex-assistant. His new assistant, the sharp and sensitive Areum, is left to navigate the fallout of all the turnover in Bongwan’s life on her first day in the office.

Rightly named one of 2020’s best films, The Woman Who Ran finds the delightfully prolific Hong Sang-soo at his most bare and gentle. Kim Min-hee’s luminous presence fills the screen in this disarming minimalist gem, where wisdom emanates from small talk and men don’t seem to fit in a feminine world.

In a rural town, a recording tape linked to a string of eerie murders and strange sounds draws a group of people into a haunting search for truth.

A young girl who suffers from severe motion sickness finds the strength to enter a national contest that highlights her unusual ability.

A selection of the Cannes Film Festival, Hong Sangsoo again works his magic in this tale of an aging actress played by Lee Hyeyoung, meeting with a director in Seoul to stage a comeback film. With In Front of Your Face, Hong suggests that perhaps the most important things in this life are also the most immediate.

For his 22nd feature as director, Hong delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an old man tries to rekindle a flame with a younger woman, a narcissistic filmmaker works to put together his next project—all while Areum types. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what’s been written? As the dramas inside the café unfold, the plants outside grow taller.

After a tragic accident, a powerful fixer uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor — and take down her former employer.

While running a presidential candidate's ambitious campaign, ideological differences and a secret offer put a strategist at odds with his client.