Registrations for the 2026 edition of the Directors’ Fortnight are now closed.

58th Edition May 13-23, 2026

Born in 1962 in Seoul, Im Sang-soo majored in Sociology at Yonsei University. Im’s father was a leading film critic in the 1980s . In 1989, Im Sang-soo went on to study film at the Korean film Academy. That same year he worked as an assistant director on Park Jongwon’s Kuro Ariran (1989), then for Im Kwontaek on The General’s Son I & II.