Netflix Sets Cinema Release For Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love

Acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong is back with his first feature film in eight years, and it’s getting a cinema release. Netflix confirms that relationship drama Possible Love will receive a cinema release in Korea, the United States, and other territories—including the UK and Ireland—following its premiere at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.

The film follows two married couples: Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon) and her laid-off husband, Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu), and the documentary filmmaker Ye-ji (Cho Yeo-jeong) and her spouse, Sang-woo (Zo In-sung). Their paths cross when Ye-ji sets out to film a documentary about laid-off workers. As their lives become more intertwined, both couples must confront repressed emotions and hidden desires.

At Venice, Possible Love will premiere in competition, and it has also been selected for the Special Presentations section of Toronto. The film will then be released in Korean cinemas on September 23rd, followed by Australia on October 22nd, then the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Japan on October 23rd. It will be available to stream globally on Netflix from November 6th.

Read more about festival releases here.

A cinema run suggests Netflix will likely push Possible Love for the upcoming awards season, since that would qualify it for several categories at the 2027 Academy Awards, including Best International Feature.

Lee’s last feature film, Burning, won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. It also became the first Korean film to be shortlisted for an Oscar in the International Feature category. Some of his other credits include Oasis, which won Best Director at Venice in 2002, and Poetry, which was awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes in 2010.