Yoon Ga-eun's independent film 'The Master of the World' has received a warm reception at a local event in Beijing, despite not having an official release in China.
According to MBC on the 26th, 2,400 people attended a Q&A session with the director at the Korean Cultural Center in Beijing. The auditorium has a capacity of 200 seats, and the event, which was hosted by Peking University, sold out 1,800 reservations within 30 minutes.
On October 21 last year, 'The Master of the World' was sold to the Chinese distributor Light Films Limited, marking a rare instance of a Korean film securing distribution in China before its release. The film premiered in South Korean theaters the following day. It previously won the Roberto Rossellini Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Pingyao International Film Festival.
This year, it was invited to the Panorama section of the 16th Beijing International Film Festival in March, but the screening was canceled ahead of the April opening. The reason for the cancellation has not been disclosed. In June, it was invited to the Asian Collection section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Since the THAAD conflict in 2016, only one Korean film, 'Oh! My Gran,' has been officially released in China. The release date for 'The Master of the World' in China remains unknown.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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