SARYEONI PICTURES
Narrative
&
Documentary
Hong, Juhyun
🏆 Baeksang Arts Award · Best Educational Program (2013)
🏆 KBS Best Program Award · Hangeul Day Special (2012)
🏆 KBS Excellent Production Team Award (2013, 2016)
🏆 PD of the Month Award, 185th (2015)
🏆 KCC Special Award for Excellence in Broadcasting Language (2018)
Saryeoni Pictures
✱ Originality of concept — Turning what everyone knows into what no one has seen before. That is what makes or breaks a project.
✱ Power of narrative — Tension, emotion, healing, and humour through story structure. How a story is told defines its meaning.
Saryeoni Pictures finds stories of humour and emotion within human relationships, society, history, culture, and nature.
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Film
Films by Saryeoni Pictures — acclaimed at festivals and embraced by audiences. All rights are held by Saryeoni Pictures. Inquiries regarding international distribution and co-production are welcome.
Not Dying Like ThatFeature
Not Dying Like That
The sister who nursed their mother disappears, leaving the son in charge. The mother collapses and is put on a ventilator — alive, but not living. The doctor says removing it requires family consent. The sister won't pick up the phone. The hospital bills pile up. The son must find a way to let his mother die.
🏆 Nice International Film Festival 2024 · Official Selection
Dandelion, One True LoveFeature
Dandelion, One True Love
Directed by the producer who developed Extreme Job (17M tickets). Starring Shin Hye-jeong of idol group AOA.
On the perfect wedding day, a letter arrives in the bridal waiting room:
“The man you're marrying today? He slept with me last night.”
Did You See the Red Land?Feature
빨간나라를 보았니
People who run in elections they know they will lose. Why do they run when the odds are impossible? In Gyeongbuk — the 'heart of conservatism' — Democratic Party candidates stepped up in races from the 2022 local elections through the 2024 general election.
“Not everyone who runs for class president expects to win, right?”
🏆 30th Busan International Film Festival 2025 · Wide Angle · Official Selection
DaydreamShort
Daydream
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a son takes his mother with dementia on his delivery truck after her nursing home closes. Nights grow longer as he sleeps in the truck to escape her cries. How long can he keep this up?
🏆 Golden Short Film Festival (Italy)
🏆 Newport Beach Film Festival (USA)
🏆 WRPN Women's International Film Festival · Outstanding Excellence Award
Broadcast
Documentaries produced by Saryeoni Pictures in partnership with Korea's major broadcasters — KBS, MBC, and SBS. The works presented here represent only a selection. A full catalogue is available upon request. Some titles are held by Saryeoni Pictures and are open to international distribution and format sales.
KBS Documentary — 92 Days of Highland Cabbage on Maebongsan
WatchKBS Documentary — One Month After the Pohang Earthquake, Life Goes On
WatchKBS Documentary — Don't Bow Your Head: Park Hang-seo's Second Act
WatchKBS Hangeul Day Special — Elites in the Strange Land of Hangeul
WatchKBS Documentary — The World They Live In: Ulleungdo
WatchKBS Buddha's Birthday Special — The Prayer of Monk Seonmuk Hyeja
WatchKBS Documentary — Lumbini: Ringing the Bell of Peace
WatchKBS Memorial Day Special — My Love
WatchKBS Documentary — Innocent Heart: Six Siblings in Jinan
WatchMBC Special — Dreams Come True Again: Dream FC in Spain
WatchCommissioned Works
Contact
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