{"id":131411,"date":"2026-08-25T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/131411\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:52:12","slug":"oscars-south-korea-picks-lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-as-best-international-feature-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/131411\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars: South Korea Picks Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ as Best International Feature Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSouth Korea has selected Lee Chang-dong\u2019s Possible Love, the revered auteur\u2019s first feature in eight years, as its submission for the best international<\/a> feature category at the 99th Academy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Korean Film Council (KOFIC) unveiled the choice on Tuesday. In a public statement, its 15-member selection committee praised the film\u2019s overall achievement, mise-en-sc\u00e8ne, Lee\u2019s characteristically deep humanism and the density of its portrait of class, love and desire. The panel also pointed unusually directly to its awards prospects, citing strong interest from North American media, Lee\u2019s previous feature Burning (2018) landing on the Oscar shortlist, and a Netflix<\/a> awards campaign that the committee said is also targeting the best picture category. Netflix has not yet commented publicly on its awards strategy for the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPossible Love will make its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival next month before heading to the Toronto International Film Festival for its North American debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film reunites Lee with two of his most accomplished earlier collaborators. Jeon Do-yeon, who won the Cannes best actress prize for Lee\u2019s Secret Sunshine in 2007, stars opposite Sul Kyung-gu, the lead of the director\u2019s early masterpieces Peppermint Candy and Oasis. Zo In-sung and Parasite star Cho Yeo-jeong round out the principal cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tPossible Love follows two married couples whose lives become intertwined after Ye-ji (Cho), an affluent documentary filmmaker chronicling laid-off workers, enters the orbit of Mi-ok (Jeon), her unemployed husband Ho-seok (Sul) and their young son. As Mi-ok agrees to be filmed, she grows closer to Ye-ji and finds herself uneasily drawn to Ye-ji\u2019s husband Sang-woo (Zo), sending reverberations through both couples\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

\n\tLee co-wrote the film with his Burning collaborator Oh Jung-mi. Pinehouse Film, which also backed Burning, produces alongside Anonymous Content and NOWFILM.<\/p>\n

\n\tLee has represented South Korea at the Oscars<\/a> before. Burning was the country\u2019s submission for the 2018 awards season and became the first Korean film to reach the category\u2019s shortlist, although it missed the final five. A year later, Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Parasite became South Korea\u2019s first nominee and winner in the category, while also making history as the first non-English-language film to win best picture.<\/p>\n

\n\tPossible Love opens theatrically in South Korea on Sept. 23, meeting the Academy\u2019s country-of-origin theatrical eligibility deadline of Sept. 30. The film will receive a limited U.S. theatrical release Oct. 23 before launching globally on Netflix Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 99th Academy Awards will be held March 14, 2027.<\/p>\n

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