Lucky Geum-sun Seeks Busan Actors for Five Roles, With Applications Due October 21
Lucky Geum-sun is holding an open audition for five roles for actors who live and work in Busan. Applications close at 11 a.m. on October 21, ahead of auditions on October 22 at the Film Industry Center.
Lucky Geum-sun is seeking actors who live and work in Busan for five roles, including the male lead, with applications due by 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21. The open audition will take place on Thursday, October 22, in the large conference room on the seventh floor of the Film Industry Center.
Produced by 102Cinema and directed by Jeong Gi-hyeok, the film was selected for the Busan Film Commission’s 2026 Busan Production Company Feature Film Production Support program. Kang Sung-kyu chairs the commission’s operating committee.
The casting call covers a male lead in his late 30s to mid-40s; a female supporting role in her mid-30s to early 40s; male supporting and minor roles in the late 40s to mid-50s age range; a female minor role in her mid-40s to mid-50s; and a female minor role in her late 20s to early 30s.
Applicants must submit a profile, a recently taken upper-body photograph and a video of a free-choice acting performance by email to 102Cinema.
Lucky Geum-sun is a thriller-drama about Geum-sun, a woman in her early 70s who collapses from angina. She plans to sell land with real estate owner Seong-il to cover nursing-home fees for her husband, who has suffered a stroke, and the cost of placing the dogs she has raised in a shelter for abandoned dogs.
The film will receive 250 million won in production funding through the Busan Film Commission’s support program. Filming is scheduled to begin in late November.
Jeong Gi-hyeok drew critical attention with his feature directorial debut, The Star of Ulsan (2024). The film won the Directors Guild of Korea Megabox Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, while its lead actor, Kim Geum-sun, received the Actor of the Year Award.
His second feature, 97 Hye-ja, Adrift (2026), was invited to the 25th Kaohsiung Film Festival and the 26th Jeonju International Film Festival, among others, before opening in theaters nationwide last September.
Further details about the Lucky Geum-sun open audition for Busan actors are available in the notices section of the Busan Film Commission website (https://www.bfc.or.kr/).
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