The World of Love
The third feature from Yoon Ga-eun, described by Bong Joon-ho as one of the three masters of directing child actors alongside Abbas Kiarostami and Hirokazu Kore-eda, The World of Love is a film of complex light and shadow. Lee Jooin (Seo Su-bin) is an exuberant high-schooler, who enjoys gossiping, taekwondo and community volunteering. When a classmate starts a petition regarding a child sex offender’s prison release, it resurfaces painful memories for Jooin. Waves of anger and hurt begin to permeate her life and relationships. One of the top Korean films of 2025, selected for Toronto and BFI London, The World of Love achieves a remarkable balance of humour and pathos in its delicate handling of a traumatic subject.
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YOON Ga-eun pursued a degree in History and Religious Studies at Sogang University before earning her MFA in Film, TV & Multimedia from the Korea National University of Arts. Her short film GUEST (2011) was the first Asian film to win the Grand Prix in the International Competition section at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Her feature debut, THE WORLD OF US (2016), premiered at Berlin International Film Festival and won numerous awards. THE WORLD OF LOVE (2025) is her third feature, premiered and competed in the Platform section of Toronto International Film Festival.
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