“A movie like a journey filled with detours, decisions, and longings.”

The film Broker has won the ARRI Award at the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. The film festival said, “This film is a journey. One filled with longings, with decisions, with detours. Sometimes it is precisely these detours that we must take in life to find ourselves and each other. And we found a bit of ourselves in this film.” The festival continued, “When every character, no matter how small or large, is intricately layered, simultaneously fractured and in the end so lovingly developed, that’s cinema. Great cinema,” explaining why they chose the movie as the winner. 

The FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, founded in 1983, is Germany's leading international film festival along with the Berlin International Film Festival, and the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN was held in Munich, Germany, from June 23 to July 2. The ARRI Award is the top prize of the festival and is awarded to one of 10 films that won the CineMasters competition. CineMasters competition is an official section that introduces new films by master directors from around the world. 

Director Bong Joonho's Mother in 2010, Director Lee Changdong's BURNING in 2018, and Director Bong Joonho's PARASITE in 2019 were officially invited to the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Among them, Mother won the ‘ARRI Award’ at the 28th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. 

This year, Broker competed with 9 films, including Leila's Brothers (directed by Saeed Roustaee), The Eight Mountains (by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch), Benediction (by Terence Davies), etc.

Broker, depicting the unexpected and special journey of those who become involved around Baby Box, is directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, starring Song Kangho, Kang Dongwon, Bae Doona, Lee Jieun, Lee Jooyoung, etc. Actor Song Kangho won the Best Actor at the 75th Festival de Cannes this year for Broker.