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July Jung’s ‘Dora’ to World Premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

The noncompetitive showcase frames the film as a contemporary riff on Freud’s Dora case.

Overview

  • July Jung’s third feature, officially invited Tuesday, will have its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight next month alongside the May 13–23 Cannes festival.
  • Directors’ Fortnight artistic director Julien Rejl described the film as a very free, contemporary adaptation of Freud’s 1900 Dora case study.
  • The cast pairs K-pop–turned–actor Kim Do-yeon, who won Blue Dragon best new actress last year, with Japan’s Sakura Ando in her first Korean production.
  • Press materials describe the project as a FranceSouth KoreaLuxembourg co-production, a setup that often helps festival positioning and distribution.
  • This marks Jung’s third Cannes invite across three features, and the Fortnight is a noncompetitive showcase launched in 1969.