When Yin Meets Yang
Filmfonds Wildcard Winner 2025A South Korean woman and her Dutch partner run into the limits of language and culture. Through dance, and a family dinner where she can't follow the conversation, the film asks whether love can bridge the gap. Graduation film by Young-Ju Yoo at the Willem de Kooning Academie.
BAD BRICK recorded the sound on set.
year
2025location
THE NETHERLANDScast
JINI KIMWINTER WIERINGA
extra MARGRIET VAN VLIET
extra VINCENT VAN DER HAMMEN
extra MIKA DERKS
crew
written & directed by YOUNG-JU YOOchoreography LUNGSSU YEN
producer DYNO FANOY
executive producer YOUNG-JU YOO
executive producer HELEN TSANG
production coordinator JULIA JIÀN
1st AD & intimacy coordinator ANNA MESSECHKOVA
2nd AD ABEL VAN ESSEN
director of photography SEAN LOUW
1st AC JORNE YKEMA
gaffer AUGUSTIN WESKI
best girl MARIA PALMA
sound recording KAREL REBANE @ BAD BRICK sound recording ANASTASIA MICU
production design YOUNG-JU YOO
art director ANIKA NIKITINA
scenic designer YEUN KIM
art assistant DARIA IVANOVA
art assistant DENIZAY ÖĞMEN
art assistant MARIA LOTZ
costume LEESLE
stylist ANNA KOSIDLO
hair EMMA LANAERTS
production assistant MEDEA ZINGERLE
production assistant DENIZAY ÖĞMEN
consulting intimacy coordinator YOERI VAN ESSEVELD
catering ELIA MESSECHKOVA
mentor ARIF ABDILLAH
post producer LIRA KIM
editor LAURA BROUWER
sound design & re-recording mixer SAM TITSHOF
colorist SEAN LOUW
composer ASLI EMRE
musician JEPPE HOLCK BAUDITZ
VFX artist LISELOTTE DIESVELD
VFX artist MARTINA REGAN
VFX artist MURILO MORAES SILVA
VFX artist TOM SALVAN
CGI artist CHAEEUN KIM
CGI artist VIVIANA CURELLA
graphic designer JEMIN KIM
graphic designer YEWON JUNG
illustrator HANA LEE