winning the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020. During awards season, Bong Joon-ho spoke often about his hopes that English-speaking audiences would not turn away from foreign language films because of their subtitles and they’d expand their knowledge of cinema by seeking out international titles., a Netflix release, that really led to a new wave of international titles on the streamer.
As the writers and actors strikes continue, streamers and studios will undoubtedly be looking to fill their “content” vacuum with international projects. In April this year, it was revealed that Netflix will invest $2.5 billion in South Korean projects, something that seemed unfathomable even a decade ago. We’ve come frombeing an underground hit to South Korean cinema and TV being primed as the life raft of the studio era.