The Glimmering 미명

LEE WEONYOUNG 이원영
2025 • Fiction • 65 min

Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Korean Cultural Center New York
(122 E 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016)

* Intro and Q&A with LEE WEONYOUNG

* Muju Film Festival(MJFF) Choice



Synopsis: A man who studies Mongolian history leads a simple but happy life with his wife. However, the day after the president declares martial law, he loses her in a tragic accident and, overcome by shock, loses his voice as well. One day, his wife returns to him as a spirit, and he must regain his voice in order to speak with her.


  • 14th Muju Film Festival - New Vision Award(Grand Prize) & Film Critics Award

  • 2nd Namdo Film Festival Season 2 Gwangyang - Best Film Award


◆ Born in South Korea in 1987, LEE WEONYOUNG is a filmmaker, writer, and scholar. He is the CEO of BurningTree Pictures and currently serves as a professor at the Korea University of Media Arts. He holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in Theater and Film from Hanyang University, as well as an M.F. A. from the Graduate School of Communication and Arts at Yonsei University.


In Collaboration with JEONJU International Film Festival (JIFF)

 
 

 
Taehyun Hwang