Director Byun Young-joo first gained global recognition at major international film festivals with her acclaimed documentary trilogy on the victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, known as “comfort women”: The Murmuring (1995), Habitual Sadness (1997) and My Own Breathing (1999). She went on to direct feature films including Ador (2002) and Flying Boys (2004), and won the Best Director Award at the Baeksang Awards for Helpless (2012). In 2023, she directed TV drama Black Out (2023), followed by the completion of filming for The Mantis: Original Sin (2025), set to be released in 2025.
From Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
