From The Hollywood Reporter · Patrick Brzeski · · 1m 10s
Netflix opens up Lee Chang-dong's back catalog
A Venice win for 'Possible Love' just put six of Korea's most admired dramas within reach of a global audience.
In brief
A Venice win for 'Possible Love' just put six of Korea's most admired dramas within reach of a global audience. Netflix is using awards momentum for 'Possible Love' to push Lee Chang-dong's entire filmography into international markets. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Netflix goes deep on a master
Netflix is giving viewers worldwide more of Korean director Lee Chang-dong's work as it builds the awards campaign for his new drama 'Possible Love'.
Venice handed it a prize
'Possible Love' won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, the launchpad for everything that followed.
The Monday announcement
The streamer said Monday it is expanding availability of all six of Lee's earlier features across a range of international markets.
Six films, two decades
The rollout covers 'Green Fish' (1997), 'Peppermint Candy' (1999), 'Oasis' (2002), 'Secret Sunshine' (2007), 'Poetry' (2010) and 'Burning' (2018).
Check your country
Availability and timing vary by country, so the six titles will not land everywhere at once.
A catalog as campaign
Releasing a director's full body of work alongside a contender is a straightforward awards play: give voters and critics the context for the new film.
The key point
Netflix is using awards momentum for 'Possible Love' to push Lee Chang-dong's entire filmography into international markets.
