{"id":346556,"date":"2025-09-03T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=394879"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:16:30","slug":"the-new-film-by-park-chan-wook-is-the-one-selected-for-south-koreas-fight-on-its-way-to-the-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-new-film-by-park-chan-wook-is-the-one-selected-for-south-koreas-fight-on-its-way-to-the-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"The new film by Park Chan-wook is the one selected for South Korea&#039;s fight on its way to the Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The film &#8216;<strong>No Other Choice&#8217;, directed by Park Chan-wook, has been selected as South Korea&#8217;s representative in the Best International Feature Film category for the upcoming Academy Awards<\/strong>. This decision was confirmed by the Korean Film Council, which has highlighted the filmmaker&#8217;s talent, known for his distinctive visual style and narratives with many layers of complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The quality seal of its director could make it one of the selected ones<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;No Other Choice&#8217; had its much-anticipated premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it competed in the official section and received very favorable reviews<\/strong> from the specialized press. Critics have praised not only Chan-wook&#8217;s direction but also the acting and the script, which has raised audience expectations both in South Korea and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The distribution of the film in North America will be handled by Neon, a company known for its commitment to independent cinema and its ability to bring films to a wider audience. Neon has proven to be a key partner in the launch of acclaimed titles, and it is expected to do the same with &#8216;No Other Choice&#8217;. This provides an <strong>additional boost to the film, which will compete not only for its artistic quality but also for the backing of a solid distributor in the North American market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NO OTHER CHOICE Trailer (2025) Park Chan-wook\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOpe56MgZGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Park Chan-wook, <strong>winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for &#8216;Oldboy&#8217;, has returned to the international scene with this new work that, according to critics, could mark a milestone in his career.<\/strong> With his talent and the favorable reception in Venice, &#8216;No Other Choice&#8217; is positioned as a strong contender in the race for the Oscar, although, of course, the path to the ceremony is still full of surprises and notable competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film &#8216;No Other Choice&#8217;, directed by Park Chan-wook, has been selected as South Korea&#8217;s representative in the Best International Feature Film category for the upcoming Oscars. This decision was confirmed by the Korean Film Council, which has highlighted the filmmaker&#8217;s talent, known for his distinctive visual style and narratives with many layers of complexity. The quality stamp of its director could make it one of the selected ones. &#8216;No Other Choice&#8217; had its much-anticipated premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it competed in the official section and received very favorable reviews from the press [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":346557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[12337,14110,15520,15613,15614],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-346556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-corea-del-sur","tag-no-other-choice","tag-oscar-2","tag-oscars-2026","tag-park-chan-wook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346559,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346556\/revisions\/346559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346556"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=346556"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=346556"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=346556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}