July Jung made her directorial debut with A Girl at My Door (2014), which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and drew international attention, going on to win the Best New Director at both the Buil Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards, among others. Her second feature, Next Sohee (2022), screened as the closing film of Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival and earned wide critical acclaim, winning the Best Director and the Best New Actress Award at the Buil Film Awards, and the Best Screenplay award at the Baeksang Arts Awards. Her third feature, Dora (2026), was selected for Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and is currently awaiting its theatrical release in Korea. With all three of her films having screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Jung became the first South Korean female director to achieve this distinction.
