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The World Before

New Directors Competition

The World Before

Cheot Segye

direction Yoon Dan-bi

South Korea 2026 Fiction Cor 115 min.

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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 empty house, Jin finds small excuses to visit, and little by little, seeing him becomes part of her daily routine. As the summer unfolds, the island she thought she knew starts to feel unfamiliar, its known faces and places quietly shifting into something new. For the first time, Jin sees the island, and herself, differently. But summer, like everything else on the island, will not stay.

south korea international festivals women directors women-centered stories identity adolescence & youth relationships & sexuality

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direction

Yoon Dan-bi

screenplay

Yoon Dan-bi

cinematography

Lee Seong-eun

editing

Won Chang-jae

sound

Kim Won

music

Lee Min-hwi

production design

Kim Young-tak

cast

Sim Su-bin, Kim Eo-jin

production

Yoon Dan-bi

produced by

CHEONGGWA, Humanité Co.

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