Hole & Lee's, Invited to Cannes Film Festival Short Film Section

7 Korean Films to Cannes This Year

Two short films have been invited to this year's Cannes Film Festival. With this, the number of Korean films screened at Cannes this year totals seven.

On the 25th (local time), the 76th Cannes Film Festival Secretariat announced that 'HOLE' and 'THE LEE FAMILIES' have been invited to the 'La Cinef' section, a part of the Cinefoundation program.

76th Cannes Film Festival Poster
[Photo by Cannes Film Festival Secretariat]

La Cinef is a competitive section inviting short films made by film school students from around the world, renamed from the Cinefoundation program.

In 2009, director Cho Sung-hee of 'Space Sweepers' won third prize in the Cinefoundation section at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival with 'House of Hummingbird,' and in 2019, director Yeon Je-kwang's 'Ryeong-hee' and in 2020, director Kim Min-joo's 'Coming of Age Ceremony' were consistently invited. In 2021, director Yoon Dae-won’s 'Cicada' won second prize.

This year, two Korean films are competing. 'HOLE' is a short film made by Hwang Hye-in, a graduate of the Korean Academy of Film Arts. It tells the story of a social worker who visits a sibling's house during an outside work assignment, discovers a large manhole in the room, and is invited by the children to enter it.

'THE LEE FAMILIES' is a 25-minute short film directed by Seo Jeong-mi of the Korea National University of Arts.

This year at the Cannes Film Festival, seven Korean films have been invited, including 'Cobweb' (director Kim Ji-woon), 'Hwaran' (director Kim Chang-hoon), 'Our Day' (director Hong Sang-soo), 'Our Day' (director Kim Tae-gon), and 'Sleep' (director Yoo Jae-sun), along with two short films.

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