4 February 2026
South Korea 2023
105 minutes
Director: Celine Song
As a child in South Korea, Na Young has a crush on a boy in her class, Hae Sung. Their relationship is just starting when her parents decide to move to Canada. The two childhood friends drift apart as their lives move on in different countries. Twelve years later, the pair reconnect on social media and they are soon waiting for each other’s regular calls. Past Lives is a wistful what-if story about two people, the children they were and the adults they become. We follow them through the years and across assorted reunions, separations and continents as well as milestones momentous and ordinary. It’s a tale of friendship, love, regret and what it means to truly live here and now.
Academy Awards 2024 – Nominee – Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay