The Jeonju International Film Festival favorite "Aloners" broke the ten thousand viewer mark in its first week, with a total of 10,517 admissions at the box office as of June 1st. The positive reception is a good start for the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) graduate and director Hong Sung-eun, who hails from the 34th class. She is but one of several women to have graduated from KAFA in recent years, signaling the improved participation of women in the program, A Boy and Sungreen, Aloners, Cart, Maggie, New Year Blues, Our Body, Sisters on the Road, The Naked Kitchen, Will You Be There, Boo Ji-young, Hong Ji-young, Hong Sung-eun, Yi Okseop