Burning is a 2018 South Korean mystery drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film stars Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo. The film is based on one of Haruki Murakami's seventeen short stories in The Elephant Vanishes, "Barn Burning". It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize. It became the highest-rated film in the history of Screen International’s Cannes jury grid. It was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards and became the first Korean film to make it to the final nine-film shortlist.

The first film directed by Lee Chang-dong in eight years, Burning was among the lineup in competition entries announced for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Lee's 2007 film Secret Sunshine and 2010 film Poetry both premiered as in competition entries at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film was sold to more than 100 countries and territories at the Marché du Film in Cannes Film Festival. This include Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Greece, Poland and Turkey.

In South Korea, Burning premiered in theaters on May 17, 2018.

Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Adelaide Film Festival20 October 2018International Best FeatureBurning Alliance of Women Film Journalists10 January 2019Best Non-English Language Film American Film Awards15 February 2019Best Dramatic FilmBest Asian FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongAsia Pacific Screen Awards29 November 2018BurningBest Feature FilmJury Grand PrizeBest ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong Asian Film Awards 17 March 2019Best Film BurningBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest ActorYoo Ah-inBest NewcomerJeon Jong-seoBest ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest CinematographyHong Kyung-pyoBest SoundLee Seung-chul Best Production DesignShin Jeom-heeLifetime Achievement AwardLee Chang-dongRecipient Austin Film Critics Association 7 January 2019Best Supporting Actor Steven Yeun Best Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyoBest Foreign Language FilmBurning Australian Film Critics Association7 February 2020Best Film (Foreign Language) Baeksang Arts Awards1 May 2019Best FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest ActorYoo Ah-inBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest New ActressJeon Jong-seoTechnical AwardHong Kyung-pyo Belgian Film Press Union1 February 2019Grand Prix of 2018Burning Blue Dragon Film Awards 23 November 2018Best ActorYoo Ah-in Best Supporting Actor Steven YeunBest New Actress Jeon Jong-seoBest MusicMowg Bodil Awards2 March 2019Best Non-English Language FilmBurning Boston Society of Film Critics16 December 2018Best Supporting ActorSteven Yeun British Film Institute11 December 2018Sight & Sounds Best Films of 2018 Burning Buil Film Awards 5 October 2018Best FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Actor Yoo Ah-inBest Supporting ActorSteven Yeun Best New Actress Jeon Jong-seoBest Screenplay Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyoBest Music Mowg Busan Film Critics Awards7 December 2018Technical AwardHong Kyung-pyoCahiers du cinéma3 December 2018Top 10 Films Burning Cannes Film Festival 19 May 2018Palme d'OrLee Chang-dong FIPRESCI Prize Vulcan Award Shin Jeom-hee Chicago Film Critics Association 8 December 2018Best Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language Film Burning Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle2 February 2019Best Foreign Film Chlotrudis Awards 17 March 2019Best MovieBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Supporting ActressJeon Jong-seo Chunsa Film Art Awards 18 July 2019Best DirectorLee Chang-dongBest ActorYoo Ah-inBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest New Actress Jeon Jong-seoTechnical AwardHong Kyung-pyo Cine 21 Awards 19 December 2018Best FilmBurningBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest CinematographyHong Kyung-pyoCineLibri International Book&Movie Festival16 October 2019Best Literary Adaptation Award Burning Club Média Ciné8 January 2019Best Foreign Language Film Columbus Film Critics Association 3 January 2019Best Adapted ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest Foreign Language Film Burning Critics' Choice Movie Awards13 January 2019Best Foreign Language Film Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association17 December 2018 Best Foreign Language Film Denver Film Critics Society14 January 2019 Director's Cut Awards 14 December 2018Best DirectorLee Chang-dong Best ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongSpecial Mention Award Burning Film by the Sea International Film Festival 13 September 2018Film and Literature AwardBurning Youth Jury Award Florence Korea Film Fest28 March 2019Best Film Florida Film Critics Circle 21 December 2018Best Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language Film Burning Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association8 January 2019Foreign Language Film of the Year Georgia Film Critics Association12 January 2019Best Foreign Film Golden Trailer Awards29 May 2019Best Foreign Thriller Trailer Best Foreign Poster Grand Bell Awards 22 October 2018Best FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Actor Yoo Ah-inBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest New Actress Jeon Jong-seoBest Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyoBest Lightning Kim Chang-hoBest Music Mowg Greater Western New York Film Critics Association 28 December 2018Best PictureBurningBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Adapted ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest Foreign Film BurningHaifa International Film Festival29 September 2018Carmel Award Hawaii Film Critics Society12 January 2019 Best Foreign Language FilmHouston Film Critics Society3 January 2019 Independent Spirit Awards23 February 2019Best International Film IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival12 May 2019Silvestre Award for Best Feature FilmIndieWire Critics Poll 17 December 2018Best FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest Foreign Language FilmBurning International Adana Film Festival29 September 2018Golden Boll International Best Feature International Cinephile Society3 February 2019Best PictureBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest ActorYoo Ah-inBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Supporting ActressJeon Jong-seoBest Adapted ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest CinematographyHong Kyung-pyoBest Original ScoreMowgBest Film Not in the English LanguageBurning International Cinephile Society Cannes Awards19 May 2018Palme d'Or Key West Film Festival 18 November 2018Best Foreign Language FilmBurning Kinema Junpo Awards 11 February 2020Best Foreign Film KOFRA Film Awards30 January 2019Best DirectorLee Chang-dong Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 13 November 2018Top 11 FilmsBurningFIPRESCI AwardBest CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo Latino Entertainment Film Awards20 January 2019Best Foreign Language Film Burning London Film Week 13 December 2018Best Film Best DirectorLee Chang-dongBest ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong Los Angeles Film Critics Association 9 December 2018Best FilmBurningBest Supporting Actor Steven YeunBest Foreign Language FilmBurning Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards7 December 2018Best Foreign Film Mainichi Film Awards13 February 2020Foreign Film Best One Award Manaki Brothers Film Festival29 September 2018Golden Camera 300 Hong Kyung-pyo Miami International Film Festival 10 March 2019Knight Marimbas AwardBurning Alacran Music in Film AwardMowg Miskolc International Film Festival22 September 2018Emeric Pressburger Prize Burning MOOOV Film Festival26 April 2019Sembène Award Munich International Film festival7 July 2018Best International Film National Board of Review27 November 2018Top Five Foreign Language Film National Society of Film Critics 5 January 2019Best Film Best DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language Film Burning New Mexico Film Critics Awards 9 December 2018Best FilmBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Adapted ScreenplayOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest Foreign Language FilmBurning North Carolina Film Critics Association2 January 2019 North Texas Film Critics Association 18 December 2018 Online Film Critics Society 2 January 2019Best Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language FilmBurning Online Film & Television Association10 February 2019Best Foreign Language Film Oslo Film from the South Festival 17 November 2018Silver Mirror AwardAudience Award Palm Springs International Film Festival 14 January 2019Best Foreign Language FilmRicky Jay Magic of Cinema Award Phoenix Critics Circle17 December 2018Best Foreign Language Film Pingyao International Film Festival15 October 2018Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon East-West AwardLee Chang-dong Prêmio Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro28 December 2019Filme Estrangeiro (Best Foreign Film) Burning Prix des auditeurs du Masque et la Plume17 February 2019Films Étrangers (Best Foreign Film)Robert Awards3 February 2019Best Non-English Language Film San Francisco Film Critics Circle9 December 2018Best Foreign Language Film Santa Barbara International Film Festival9 February 2019Virtuoso Award Steven Yeun Saturn Award 13 September 2019Best Supporting Actor Best WritingOh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dongBest International FilmBurning Seattle Film Critics Society17 December 2018Best Actor in a Supporting RoleSteven YeunBest Foreign Language FilmBurning ShinFilm Art Film Festival8 September 2018Shin Sang-ok Director AwardLee Chang-dongSitges Film Festival13 October 2018Best Film Burning Stockholm Film Festival18 November 2018FIPRESCI Award The Seoul Awards 27 October 2018Best FilmBest Actor Yoo Ah-inBest New Actress Jeon Jong-seoToronto Film Critics Association9 December 2018Best FilmBurningBest DirectorLee Chang-dongBest Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language Film Burning Tour du Cinéma Français12 November 2018Etoile du Cinéma Award Turkish Film Critics Association26 March 2020Best Foreign Film Utah Film Critics Association16 December 2018Best Non-English Language Film Vancouver Film Critics Circle 17 December 2018Best Supporting ActorSteven YeunBest Foreign Language FilmBurning Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association3 December 2018Best Foreign Language Film World Cinema Amsterdam25 August 2018Best Film

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See also List of South Korean films of 2018

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