Social phobia won an award at Busan Film Festival when it was released in South Korea in March.

Social phobia poster

　 　 1905 movie network news South Korea’s new film is scheduled to be released on March 12th, directed by Hong Shizai. It won the NETPAC Award and the Korea Film Directors Association Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival last year, and also won the audience award and the actor award (Byun Yo-han) at the 40th Seoul Independent Film Festival.

　 　 "Social phobia" tells the story of Zhi Xiong (Byun Yo-han) and Yong Min (Li Zhusheng) who are preparing for the police identification exam. They join a witch hunt on the SNS network, looking for various clues to prove whether the girl committed suicide or homicide. In recent years, the phenomenon of suicide caused by SNS network violence frequently occurs, and the film is also launched around this social hotspot, especially in the form of real-time live broadcast on the network, which makes the story develop with a sense of speed and rhythm. A detailed description of the public’s use of SNS can arouse the resonance of modern people.

　 　 At the end of last year, Byun Yo-han, who gained great popularity with tvN TV series Unborn, played a 20-year-old youth in crisis in Social Phobia, while Li Zhusheng, who was very busy in the just-concluded SBS TV series Pinocchio, played the SNS "Poison" and was also involved in the whirlpool of events.

　 　 Social phobia is the first feature film directed by Hong Shizai, after which he won many awards through short films such as Movie and Keep Quiet.