The 29th Busan International Film Festival's double award winner raises expectations for release by unveiling its main poster and main trailer.

Inspired by its double win at the Busan International Film Festival, has generated buzz by being invited to film festivals around the world, including the Seoul Independent Film Festival and the Asian Film Festival, and has unveiled its main poster and main trailer that heighten viewing desire.

tells the story of 13-year-old Suyeon, who wants to find a perfect family, and 7-year-old Seonyul, who wishes to be loved in a perfect family.

The unveiled main poster of captures sharp images of the film's protagonists, Suyeon and Seonyul, attracting attention. Although they are only 13 and 7 years old, their innocent looks are replaced with precarious gazes looking somewhere else, heightening curiosity about the story of Suyeon and Seonyul. Furthermore, the tagline 'To be chosen as family' and 'To be loved by family' makes viewers imagine their situations, evoking a sense of sympathy.

The main trailer, also released, depicts 13-year-old Suyeon, who is looking for a family to adopt her, and 7-year-old Seonyul, who seems to have been adopted into a perfect family, meeting each other and the efforts of Suyeon, who needs a protector, to become family with Seonyul's family, evoking a sense of emotional weight. Moreover, we see Seonyul's unsettling demeanor behind the happy scenes with her new family, further increasing curiosity about 'the small world of children protecting themselves.'

Meanwhile, is the feature debut of director Choi Jong-ryong, who won the Jury Special Award at the 9th Chungmuro Short Independent Film Festival with the short film (2019). It generated considerable attention after winning two awards, the CGK Cinematography Award and the Chorokbaem Media Award, at the 29th Busan International Film Festival held in October 2024. Director Choi stated, 'I wanted to make a film different from those where children are the protagonists.' He noted that the idea of 'a child searching for a protector' emerged, viewing children not as subjects needing care but as individuals growing to become autonomous human beings.

Director Choi Jong-ryong completed with a delicate perspective, depicting how the abandoned child Suyeon autonomously seeks her family and the story of her meeting Seonyul, who seems to live in a perfect family after being adopted, leaving behind keywords like 'protection' and 'care'. Starting with its double award at the 29th Busan International Film Festival, it continues to receive recognition and invitations at various film festivals, including the 50th Seoul Independent Film Festival's New Choices, the 22nd Asian Film Festival's Newcomers, the 17th Austin Asian American Film Festival's competitive sector, the 3rd Bishkek International Film Festival's competitive sector, the 18th Women's Rights Film Festival's competitive sector, the 20th Busan International Children's and Youth Film Festival's Vicky Youth Plus selection, and an invitation from the 24th Dallas Asian Film Festival, drawing more attention to its future trajectory.

The world of children we will face in 2025, , which unveiled its main poster and main trailer, will be released on August 6.

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