Lee Min-hwi

The World Before (2026)

Jin has never left the island where she was born, with no road to the mainland, where the sea sets the rhythm of everyday life and everyone is bound to one another. When Dujae, her childhood friend, returns for his grandmother's funeral and stays on in her ...

Green Concrete (2026)

Should the trees in the city always disappear whenever reconstruction takes place? The project, which began with memories and records, leads to meeting various people from different fields to explore practical ways to preserve trees. The film follows the w ...

Pavane (2026)

Three lonely strangers meet at their department store jobs and find solace in each other's company while they explore connection and the nature of love. ...

My Missing Aunt (2025)

On a wintery night, Juyeon receives a call from her father. In his drunken voice, he leaves strange remarks, "Don't become like your aunt who committed suicide." Stunned by the family secret, she starts chasing the traces of her aunt, who resembles her str ...

The World of Love (2025)

Jooin, a 17-year-old student confused by love, unleashes chaos with some words spoken in a moment of anger. Anonymous notes questioning her actions begin to arrive, altering her quiet life. ...

Red Nails (2025)

Hong-i, who suffers from debt, brings her mother Seo-hee, who is in a nursing home, to pay off her debt. ...

Merely Known as Something Else (2025)

Merely Known as Something Else tells the story of a man who disappeared one day and the three women entangled with him for different reasons, presented with meticulous emotion and a unique format. ...

Edhi Alice: Reverse (2024)

Edhi Alice: REVERSE begins from the perspective of Edhi, who is about to undergo gender confirmation surgery, and transitions into the journey of another protagonist, Alice, as she comes to terms with her body. The narrative of transition expands beyond a ...

Heavy as a Bubble (2023)

Seo-joon follows his dream of becoming a chef by cooking for Mi-young, who is unwell. As he takes care of her, Mi-young's weight drops, which begins to weigh on Seo-joon more and more. ...

206: Unearthed (2023)

After the dissolution of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was launched as a South Korean government organization in 2005, civic groups and bereaved families wishing to complete the mission the government had failed to accomplish form a joint ...

Archaeology of Love (2023)

Young-sil and Insik become lovers eight hours after meeting. Insik is certain that Young-sil is a free spirit. Anxious Insik makes Young-sil promise that their love will be forever, whatever happens. Young-sil tries to keep the promise, even after their br ...

On the Sand House (2023)

Ahead of the age of 30, the second daughter, Jin-young, who is still preparing for employment, a blunt father who is more comfortable resting in a folding chair in factory than at home, and the mother is the only one who ties this incommunicative father an ...

The Apartment with Two Women (2022)

Su-kyung lives with her daughter Yi-jung. They don't quite get along, though. Su-kyung is too hot tempered, while Yi-jung is slow and passive. After having a fight one day, Su-kyung runs over Yi-jung, who thinks she did it on purpose. Their clash ends up i ...

The Highway Family (2022)

Depicts the process of meeting a family who lives a homeless life like camping along a highway rest area, and a couple who accidentally hold hands and the process of the birth of a new family. The story of a family wandering the streets with the hope that ...

#Aftermetoo (2022)

Three years since Korean society was first rocked by the MeToo movement, how much has changed? As the title suggests, #AfterMeToo tackles the activism and resistance that remained after the initial Me Too fever cooled. This anthology documentary ties toget ...

Vestige (2022)

Part I : A middle-aged woman gets off a bus at Muju Terminal. She passes through the town and walks into a forest. She starts to search for the vestiges of her life from beyond the grave. Part II : A young woman, Minjae, returns to her hometown of Muju and ...

Coming to You (2021)

Nabi, a veteran fire officer, accepts the coming out from her child Hangyeol, "I want to remove my breasts." Meanwhile, Vivian, a flight crew, receives a letter from her son Yejoon, "Mom, I'm gay." Hangyeol and Yejoon confide in their struggles even before ...

Snowball (2021)

To 18-year old Kang-yi, her friends So-young and Ah-ram are everything. Wanting to go somewhere foreign, she runs away from home with them, only to find a strange side of themselves and the balance of their friendship also tips in a weird way. Although the ...

Yellow Ribbon (2021)

Ellie's Eye (2020)

Jeamin Cha's new essay-film examines the complex relationship between mental health, new technologies, ethics, and efficiency through the use of original and found material. Its namesake, Ellie, is a virtual avatar developed by the University of Southern C ...

The Thread (2020)

Myeongseon is a veteran who has been earning a living doing sewing work at Changsin-dong sewing alley. Watching famous actors featuring in K-dramas wearing designer products that she custom-made is her greatest joy. However, work is decreasing and her clos ...

Untold (2020)

Recording Nguyen Thi Thanh, the only survivor of Phong Nhi Phong Nhat massacre, where civilians were killed during the Vietnam War. Having lost all of her family at the age of eight and survived by herself, she is an open witness to the massacre of Vietnam ...

Tiny Light (2020)

Jinmu starts to record things he should remember with a camera after hearing that he could lose his memory due to the prearranged brain surgery. Memories of family and his forgotten father comes to Jinmu's mind as he takes records of his life. ...

Junha's Planet (2019)

Junha is one of the most difficult children at the school. His autism causes him to attack his classmates and even teachers without warning. Each outburst further isolates Junha from his community as his teachers and peers struggle to find a way to live "w ...

A Haunting Hitchhike (2019)

Sixteen year-old girl Jeong-ae receives a letter from her mother, who left home long ago. Jeong-ae is living with her father in the redevelopment area of Seoul. He was diagnosed with an end-stage cancer and is waiting for his death while giving up treatmen ...

Family in the Bubble (2018)

My parents were real estate developers and dealers in the 1980s. They achieved the 'middle class dream' thanks to the development boom. However, the Asian financial crisis swept everything away. ...

Do Cabbages Grow in Africa? (2018)

At the end of the year, 3 siblings make kimchi wearing their mom's old clothes. ...

Viral Lingua (2018)

Playing on a word-of-mouth strategy of viral marketing, Viral Lingua explores language as a vessel that transmits and mutates political ideology. The film is propelled by a performer who lip-syncs to melodramatic songs, immersed in otherworldly make-ups an ...

Hyeon's Quartet (2017)

There are four people who want to become an actor. Their names are Hun, Eun, Jun, and Kyung. After watching the play [QUARTET]. They decide to participate in an acting workshop. They are trained by Mirae, the renowned actor of the [QUARTET]. Through the wo ...

Pascha (2015)

Is it acceptable for a forty-something woman to be in a relationship with 17-year-old boy? The idea of love between two people with such an age gap and the social exclusion that it can bring is the subject of Pascha. Gaeul is a 40-year-old screenwriter wh ...

A Midsummer's Fantasia (2015)

Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan. ...

School Battle (2016)

For unknown reasons, 5 high school students are locked in school. There, they hear sirens and gunshots. They are scared... the radio..."this is real... this is real... state of national emergency is declared"... can they make it? ...