Studied Filmmaking and Art Theory at Korea National University of Arts, Fine Arts at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
and Master of Fine Arts at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste as a holder of Excellence scholarships of the ZHdK Foundation and Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships.
and Master of Fine Arts 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, z
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 - drama, thriller
In development, 2028
Maid’s Room
Maid’s Room is a feature film in development, written and directed by Yoo Ra HONG.
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Synopsis
Jeehee, an aspiring painter living in a maid's room, settles into Paris and grows close to Tess, a domestic worker from the Philippines who lives in another maid's room on the same floor. However, upon meeting Luc, Tess's employer who runs a prestigious gallery, she flees with Tess from Paris.
Director’s Note
This film explores migration, labour and gender issues by depicting the lives of two Asian women from different cultural and economic backgrounds within the architectural and social structure of the maid's room. While films about Asian immigrants in Western societies are increasing, those that proactively address the lives of Asian migrants themselves remain rare. This film closely portrays the conflict and solidarity between its two protagonists, bringing to light the lives of women struggling within the globalised world.
Synopsis
Jeehee, an aspiring painter living in a maid's room, settles into Paris and grows close to Tess, a domestic worker from the Philippines who lives in another maid's room on the same floor. However, upon meeting Luc, Tess's employer who runs a prestigious gallery, she flees with Tess from Paris.
Director’s Note
This film explores migration, labour and gender issues by depicting the lives of two Asian women from different cultural and economic backgrounds within the architectural and social structure of the maid's room. While films about Asian immigrants in Western societies are increasing, those that proactively address the lives of Asian migrants themselves remain rare. This film closely portrays the conflict and solidarity between its two protagonists, bringing to light the lives of women struggling within the globalised world.
Fiction - drama
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.