Because I Hate Korea (South Korea)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Year: 2024
Duration: 107 mins
Director: Jang Kun-ja
eLanguage(s): Korean, English
Subtitles: English
Producer: YOUN HEE-YOUNG
Principal Cast: KO A-SUNG, JOO JONG-HYUK, KIM WOO-KYUM
Synopsis
“I decided to start over to find happiness.”
Why am I leaving Korea?
In three words, 'I Hate Korea.'
To sum it up further in four words, 'I can't live here.'
Kye-na decides to leave in pursuit of happiness now.
<Because I Hate Korea> tells the story of Kye-na (played by Ko A-sung), a woman in her late 20s who suddenly leaves her job, family, and boyfriend and moves to New Zealand in search of happiness.
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Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and overseen by Executive & Program Director Georges N. Chamchoum, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.