Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee Chang-dong’s presents an even slower burn than his previous, 2018 master work Burning. One year after fellow South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook brought his portrait of a working man navigating a world of layoffs with No Other Choice, the Lido saw a deep dive into class, labor, desire and emotional exploitation with the Silver Lion winning Possible Love. After premieres at Venice, TIFF and NYFF, this will be showcased at the BFI London Film Fest before launching theatrically October 23rd and then November 6th via Netflix. At a press conference for the film at the 2026 Venice Film Festival I had the chance to ask the master filmmaker the following question: