Director Yoon Ga-eun, the owner of the new world, enters the Toronto Film Festival competition for the first time
Jul 23, 2025
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Director Yoon Ga-eun's prediction of a deeper and richer world, 「Master of the World」, which has shown excellent performance in saving delicate and subtle emotions, will be officially invited to the platform section, the competition section of the Toronto Film Festival, for the first time in Korean films, and will meet with the audience with a world premiere.
The platform section where the 'Master of the World' was invited is the only official competition section of the Toronto Film Festival established in 2015, named after the work of world-renowned Chinese master Jia Zhangke. About 10 films are selected and competed every year for the Platform Award, which illuminates films with excellent artistry and a clear vision of the director, and it is known that directors with both artistry and popularity, such as the Academy Award-winning "Moonlight" Barry Jenkins, "Lady Macbeth" William Oldroyd, and "Jackie" Pablo Larine, have served as a springboard for entering the world stage.
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In particular, it is the first time that a Korean film has been selected for the platform category since the division was established, and attention is being paid to the performance of director Yoon Ga-eun, who has been on par with prominent nominees.
In addition, 'Master of the World' will receive audience votes as a candidate for the entire feature film (People's Choice Award) and the International People's Choice Award, which was newly established this year. In particular, this time, new actor Seo Soo-bin, selected by director Yoon Ga-eun for his extraordinary eye for discovering jewel-like actors, will make a spectacular debut at the Toronto Film Festival through "Master of the World".
Director Yoon Ga-eun said, "It is a pleasure and honor to introduce the precious story that we have made with all our hearts with shining actors and crew to global audiences through the Toronto Film Festival. In particular, I hope you will pay attention to Seo Soo-bin, who met the audience for the first time through the 'Master of the World', and enjoy an exciting adventure to experience a new world along with the characters in the movie.
Director Yoon Ga-eun won the grand prize for the first time in Asian films at the International Short Film Festival of Chlermont-Ferrand, called the Cannes Film Festival of short films in 2012 with the short film "Guests", and swept the leading domestic and international film festivals, including the official invitation of the K+ section of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival "Us", the 37th Blue Dragon Film Award", and the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards Film Screening Award.
Afterwards, Bong Joon-ho's second feature 'My House' drew rave reviews from him as '3 generations of masters living and breathing child actors on the screen along with Abbas Kiarostami and Hirokazu Koreeda, who also praised Yoon Ga-eun as the only Korean director in the '20 Next Generation Directors to Watch in the World' selected along with the British film magazine 'Sight and Sound' as the 'One of the Most Exciting Korean Female Directors of the New Generation'
'Master of the World' is a story about an 18-year-old high school girl who doesn't know where to turn, and everyone's world begins to shake at the words she uttered in anger. Seo Soo-bin, Jang Hye-jin, Jungsik Kim, Kang Chae-yoon, Lee Jae-hee, and Kim Ye-chang appeared, and director Yoon Ga-eun of 'Us'Our House' took the megaphone. It will be released in the second half of this year.
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