Is this a regular cinema release?

No, it is screening as part of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.

The World Before (HKAFF)

Name: The World Before (HKAFF)
Released: 2026-10-06
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Sim Su-bin, Kim Eo-jin

浮光幻愛 (HKAFF)

Released: 06 Oct 2026
Runtime: 115 min
Original title: 첫세계
Language: ko

The verdict

There are not yet enough audience votes to give this a reliable score. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. 115 minutes.

What it is about

Seven years after Moving On at 16th HKAFF, her acclaimed debut and winner of the New Talent Award, Yoon Dan-bi returns with a tender coming-of-age story set on a remote Korean island. Seventeen-year-old Jin has never known another world. When childhood friend Dujae returns for his grandmother's funeral, she begins finding small reasons to see him. What starts as the ease of childhood gradually gives way to first love. With rare sensitivity to adolescence, Yoon captures how a first flicker of affection ripples outward, gathering into a wave of feeling that sweeps everything else away. First love, first heartbreak, first glimpse of the world beyond.

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What to expect

Yoon Dan-bi’s second feature returns to the terrain she mapped so precisely in Moving On: the quiet, almost imperceptible shift from childhood to something else. Set on a remote Korean island, the movie follows Jin, a 17-year-old who has never left, as she re-encounters Dujae, a childhood friend back for a funeral. The movie screens as part of HKAFF, running 115 minutes in Korean with English subtitles. No Hong Kong rating is listed. This is a festival-only engagement, so anyone who misses it will have to wait for a wider release that may never come.

Trailer

Cast

Sim Su-bin Jin
Kim Eo-jin Park Dujae

Crew

Director Yoon Dan-bi
Writer Yoon Dan-bi
Original Music Composer Lee Min-hwi
Director of Photography Lee Seong-eun
Editor Won Chang-jae
Executive Producer Suzuko Hatanaka
Executive Producer Song Young-shin
Producer Yoon Dan-bi

Common questions

How long is the movie?: 115 minutes.
What language is it in, and are there subtitles?: Korean, with English subtitles.
Is there a Hong Kong rating?: No rating is listed.
Is this a regular cinema release?: No, it is screening as part of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.