Director Yoon Ga-eun got a job again..The judge's award at the Pingyao Film Festival

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Oct 01, 2025

Director Yoon Ga-eun got a job again..The judge's award at the Pingyao Film Festival



The movie Master of the World (directed by Yu Ga-eun, produced by Semoshi and Ball Media) won two awards at the 9th Pingyao International Film Festival, proving that it is a work that the world is paying attention to.

Director Yoon Ga-eun's new film 『The Master of the World』, which is set to be released in Korea on the 22nd, swept the Roberto Rossellini Awards and the audience at the 9th Pingyao International Film Festival, which closed yesterday, making it the festival's biggest topic.

After being invited to the platform section, the competition section of the Toronto International Film Festival, in September for the first and only Korean film, the world premiere was held, and the Asian premiere was successful at the Pingyao Film Festival founded by world-renowned master Jia Zhangke, drawing enthusiastic responses from overseas movie fans.




In particular, the Pingyao Film Festival demonstrated the potential of Korean films by winning two awards, including the Roberto Rossellini Award, which is selected among 11 works in the Crouching Tigers section, an international rookie competition, and the People's Choice Awards, which selects the best films in each section.

Director Yoon Ga-eun got a job again..The judge's award at the Pingyao Film Festival
Jia Zhangke, founder of the Pingyao International Film Festival, congratulates director Yun Ga-eun on his award. I'm really happy that 'The Master of the World' drew a good response from China, and I hope that many wonderful Korean movies such as 'The Master of the World' will be known to China by this occasion, adding to the meaning of the award.

On top of that, the audience who watched the `Master of the World' at the Pingyao International Film Festival is the most impressive film of the year on the Chinese film review site Douvan" "Intense reverberation like a cliff!" "Intense movies from Korea overwhelm other works." Yoon Ga-eun, who has become deeper and richer, has left a favorable impression on the world of film by director Yoon Ga-eun, raising expectations for the `master of the world' that draws sympathy regardless of nationality.




Director Yoon Ga-eun said, `I'm really happy and honored to be able to experience meeting new audiences in a beautiful city that I wouldn't have been in if I hadn't made the movie. I will work harder to make a movie knowing that I will find new owners in another worldHe expressed his excitement for the overseas audience he will meet at various international film festivals in the future and the audience he will meet after opening in Korea on the 22nd.

'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 on the 22nd.





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