Chung Ji-young's 'My Name' invited to Berlin film fest

"My Name," the latest film from director Chung Ji-young, has been invited to screen at the Berlin International Film Festival, the film's production studios said Friday, Starring Yeom Hye-ran of the hit Netflix series "When Life Gives You Tangerines," the mystery drama is set to receive its world premiere in the Forum section, a strand focusing on socially engaged and adventurous cinema, Let's Films and Aura Pictures said. Jang Jae-hyun's supernatural thriller "Exhuma" was also invited to the same category in 2024. The festival described "My Name" as a work that delicately illuminates the trauma left by a tragic history across generations and underscores the importance of breaking a long silence, according to the studios. Set against the backdrop of the 1948 people's uprising on Jeju Island, the film follows an 18-year-old boy who wants to cast off a name that does not suit him and his mother, who must protect that name at all costs, as they trace a 50-year-old promise hidden behind it. Yeom plays the mother, who has raised her son alone and confronts the truth buried in her lost memorie