By new wave female auteur yim soon—rye, a fictionalised account of the korean women's handball team. 2016's the truth beneath, directed by lee kyoung—mi, is a fast—paced thriller about a political scandal and kidnap. it was a big hit with korean critics, although it was co—written by park chan—wook, and unlike his erotic thriller the handmaiden, also from 2016, didn't get invited to major festivals. it's really interesting to think why that was. and i think partly that was because festival programmers and directors were not paying attention to films by women and films about women, an...