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Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani

What Does that Nature Say to You
Competition 2025
© Jeonwonsa Film Co.
Donghwa, a poet in his thirties, drives his girlfriend of three years, Junhee, from Seoul to her parents’ home outside Icheon. Seeing his surprise at the size of the house and its hilly gardens, Junhee suggests that he takes a quick look around. But in the driveway they meet Junhee’s father, who invites Donghwa to spend the day with the family: him, his wife, who is also a poet, and their two grown-up daughters. It is a deceptively lazy day, shot in a deliberately casual, lo-res style that mimics the genial soft-focus in which Donghwa sees the world when he is not wearing his glasses. The younger cohort visit a Buddhist temple by the river. Dad prepares a stew made from one of the chickens they keep in a coop on the grounds. And as the characters continually pair off to have one-to-one conversations, they test all sorts of bonds: sisterly, parental, marital, romantic, social and enviously professional. That evening, Donghwa gets drunk at dinner and drops his mask of polite deference, to the dismay of Junhee’s parents who have been assessing his suitability as a partner for their daughter, and to the delight of Junhee’s younger sister.

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by Hong Sangsoo (Director, Screenplay)
with Ha Seongguk, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Kang Soyi, Park Miso South Korea 2025 Korean 108' Colour World premiere

With

  • Ha Seongguk (Ha Donghwa)
  • Kwon Haehyo (Kim Oryeong)
  • Cho Yunhee (Choi Sunhee)
  • Kang Soyi (Kim Junhee)
  • Park Miso (Kim Neunghee)

Crew

Director Hong Sangsoo
Screenplay Hong Sangsoo
Cinematography Hong Sangsoo
Editing Hong Sangsoo
Music Hong Sangsoo
Sound Design Hong Sangsoo
Producer Hong Sangsoo

Produced by

Jeonwonsa Film Co.

Seoul, South Korea

World Sales

Finecut

Seoul, South Korea

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Grant Gee

© Shane O’Connor

The British documentary director is making his fiction feature debut with Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Before that, The Gold Machine completed his trilogy of documentaries which included Patience (After Sebald) and Innocence of Memories. He is also known for his music documentaries Joy Division and Meeting People is Easy, about the band Radiohead. He regularly collaborates with theatre director Katie Mitchell on projects for renowned European theatres and opera houses and is senior tutor on the Master of Fine Arts course in documentary filmmaking at University College London.

Filmography (Filmography (Selection))

1998 Meeting People Is Easy; documentary 2007 Joy Division; documentary 2015 Innocence of Memories; documentary 2022 The Gold Machine; documentary 2026 Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026