Based in Zürich, Switzerland and Seoul, South Korea
Studied Filmmaking and Art Theory at Korea National University of Arts,
Fine Arts at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon,
and M.F.A at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste as a holder of Excellence scholarships of the ZHdK Foundation and Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships.
Studied Filmmaking and Art Theory at Korea National University of Arts,
Fine Arts at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon,
and M.F.A at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste as a holder of Excellence scholarships of the ZHdK Foundation and Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships.
AGAMI
Artist(Video, sculpture, performance)
La Générale—Laboratoire artistique, politique et social
Résidence de travail (2025)
Building the City as « HOME »
Artist (Guest lecturer)Unmasking Space FS 2025: ECHOES OF THE UNSEEN
Department of Architecture at Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
AGAMI: Prelude
Artist (Video and performance)Eleven Ten Studio: FAST FORWARD Youth Film Festival (2024), Zentralwäscherei: TILT (2025)
Maid’s Room – a space where collision and combination coexist
Artist (Installation)ZHdK Fonds für interkulturelle Studierenden-Projekte (2024), Mercator Foundation Switzerland (2024)
Ripen until Afterlife, Commitment to a Ghost, 1004, 1004 #2,
z, z #2
Artist (Painting and Drawing)Bahay Contemporary: Another Paradise (2024)
Duo show with Naiwen Chou
A Letter to You
#2
Artist (Sculpture)Visarte Zürich: Einischten 2023. Visarte Zürich & Friends (2023)
Hotel Tiger
A Letter to You
Artist (Installation)Art Encounters Biennial: My Rhino is not a Myth (2023)
Closing Weekend Presentation led by Dr. Marie-France Rafael
La fleur et le flot
Artist (Video installation)Hotel Tiger: An Exemplary Art Show (2022)
Does a seed know that it will become a plant?
Artist (Sculpture)ZHdK Foundation: ZHdK Winter Auction (2022)
Its Place
Director, Screenwriter, CinematographerKorean Film Council (2021), DMZ Docs (2021)
Maid’s Room
Director, Screenwriter, CinematographerEBS International Documentary Festival (2019, 2020), Korea Creative Content Agency (2020), Korea Radio Promotion Association (2019), Global Pitching Academy at EBS International Documentary Festival : EIDF (2019)
Snowball
Director, Screenwriter, EditorKorean Film Council (2017), Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2018) - Asian Short Competition, Women’s Film Festival in Incheon : WFFII (2018) - Short Film Section 4, Women's Film Festival in Gwangju (2018) - Short Films, GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival : GISFF (2018) - New Filmmaker, Seoul International Senior Film Festival : SISFF (2019), Seoul Guro International Kids Children Film Festival : GUKIFF (2019) - Short Film Competition, Korea Broadcasting Sysmtem (2022), Korea TV (2023), and more
Slumber
Director, Screenwriter, EditorDeasung Video Exposition of Chungbuk Cultural Foundation (2018), Wednesday’s Cinema of Korea National University of Arts (2019)
The World of Us
Script SupervisorReleased in South Korea (2016) and Japan (2017)
Berlin International Film Festival (2016) - Generation, ZLIN Film Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth (2016) - International competition of feature films for children - The Golden Slipper, Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2016) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama, The Blue Dragon Awards (2016) - Best New Director, Paeksang Arts Awards (2017) - Film Awards - Best Screenplay and more
Fiction
4K, 1.85:1, 19’59”, 2018
Snowball
Snowball is a short fiction written and directed by Yoo Ra HONG.
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It has been funded by Korean Film Council (2017) and screened at several film festivals such as Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2018) - Asian Short Competition, GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival : GISFF (2018) - New Filmmaker, Seoul International Senior Film Festival : SISFF (2019) and more. It is Yoo Ra’s graduate film, she won the congratulations of the jury (영상원 추천작, les félicitations du jury).
Now it is available on Amazon Prime Video, Purplay, Watcha and more.
Synopsis
Mijung, who lives with her daughter Bomi and her sister Yunjung, works in a nursery at an outlet store. Around Christmas, Mijung encounters Yunjung’s daughter Jeehee and her stepmother in the nursery.
Director’s Note
Despite all, one carries on.
It has been funded by Korean Film Council (2017) and screened at several film festivals such as Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2018) - Asian Short Competition, GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival : GISFF (2018) - New Filmmaker, Seoul International Senior Film Festival : SISFF (2019) and more. It is Yoo Ra’s graduate film, she won the congratulations of the jury (영상원 추천작, les félicitations du jury).
Now it is available on Amazon Prime Video, Purplay, Watcha and more.
Synopsis
Mijung, who lives with her daughter Bomi and her sister Yunjung, works in a nursery at an outlet store. Around Christmas, Mijung encounters Yunjung’s daughter Jeehee and her stepmother in the nursery.
Director’s Note
Despite all, one carries on.
Fiction
2K, 1.85:1, 14’37”, 2017
Slumber
Slumber is a short fiction written and directed by Yoo Ra HONG.
It has been screened at Daesung Video Exposition of Chungbuk Cultural Foundation (2018) and Wednesday Cinema of Korea National University of Arts (2019).
Now it is available on Purplay.
It has been screened at Daesung Video Exposition of Chungbuk Cultural Foundation (2018) and Wednesday Cinema of Korea National University of Arts (2019).
Now it is available on Purplay.
Synopsis
Jee-hee, a thirteen-year-old girl, who lives in a redevelopment area, will move into a new house tomorrow.
Director’s Note
One day even bitter memories will feel as if you woke up from a slumber.
Jee-hee, a thirteen-year-old girl, who lives in a redevelopment area, will move into a new house tomorrow.
Director’s Note
One day even bitter memories will feel as if you woke up from a slumber.