{{Short description|2023 film by Kim Hye-young}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = It's Okay! | image = It's Okay! film poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto | hangul = ^괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아! | lk = It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!}} | director = Kim Hye-young | producer = Song Won-seok | writer = Cho Hong-jun <br> Kim Hye-young | starring = {{plainlist| * Lee Re * Jin Seo-yeon * Chung Su-bin * Lee Jung-ha * Son Suk-ku }} | music = Kim Jun-seok | cinematography = Lee Seok-min | editing = Lee Gang-hee | studio = {{Plainlist| * Twomen Film }} | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2023|10|6|BIFF|2025|2|26|South Korea}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = South Korea | language = Korean | budget = | gross = {{US$}}691,275<ref name="box:korea">{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2025&category=ALL&country=K|title=KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2025|work=KOFIC|access-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''It's Okay!''''' ({{korean|괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!}}) is a 2023 South Korean coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Kim Hye-young in her directorial debut. The film starring Lee Re, Jin Seo-yeon, and Chung Su-bin, follows In-yeong (Lee Re), a high school student who loses her mother and hides in her art group school basement, but is discovered by the strict art director Seol-ah (Jin Seo-yeon), and they unexpectedly end up living together.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/421/0007312803 |script-title=ko:이레, '괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!'로 베를린 국제영화제 진출 "감사하고 신기해" |trans-title=Lee Re, 'It's Okay, It's Okay!' advances to the Berlin International Film Festival "I'm grateful and amazed" |author=Jeong Yu-jin |work=News 1 |publisher=Naver |date=January 25, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |language=ko |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204092236/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/421/0007312803 |url-status=live }}</ref>
It was selected in the Generation Kplus section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its International premiere on 18 February,<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/454955/ |title= Berlin unveils the entirety of its Generation line-up |first= Vassilis |last= Economou |date= 18 January 2024 |access-date= 4 February 2024 |website= Cineuropa |language= en |archive-date= February 4, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240204104658/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/454955/ |url-status= live }}</ref> and won Children's Jury Generation Kplus: Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film.<ref name="bda:acc"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/001/0014525257 |script-title=ko:'괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!' 베를린영화제 수정곰상 |trans-title='It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!' Berlin Film Festival Crystal Bear Award |author=Kim Gye-yeon |work=Yonhap News Agency |publisher=Naver |date=February 25, 2024 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |language=ko |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224171542/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/001/0014525257 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Plot== {{More plot|date=January 2026}} The ever-optimistic girl In-yeong, who is happiest when on stage, ends up living under the same roof as Seol-ah, a lonely perfectionist and the strict director of an arts troupe. Then there is Na-ri, the star and perpetual top performer of the troupe, who considers In-yeong her one-sided rival. Do-yoon, In-yeong's one and only male friend, confesses his feelings daily, blurring the line between love and friendship. And Dong-wook, a quirky pharmacist and In-yeong's neighborhood friend, offers both words of advice and medicine prescriptions.
==Cast==
* Lee Re as In-yeong * Jin Seo-yeon as Seol-ah * Chung Su-bin as Na-ri * Lee Jung-ha as Do-yoon<ref>{{cite web |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/437/0000376038 |script-title=ko:이레·진서연·손석구·이정하 '괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!' 베를린영화제 간다 |trans-title=Lee Re, Jin Seo-yeon, Son Seok-gu, Lee Jeong-ha 'It's okay, it's okay!' Going to the Berlin Film Festival |author=Cho Yeon-kyung |work=JTBC |publisher=Naver |date=January 19, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |language=ko |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204112912/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/437/0000376038 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Son Suk-ku as Dong-wook
==Release== ''It's Okay!'' had its premiere at 28th Busan International Film Festival in Korean Cinema Today - Panorama section on October 6, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_all_list.asp?allYear=2023|title=The 28th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List|website=Busan International Film Festival|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2024|language=en|archive-date=September 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915141852/https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_all_list.asp?allYear=2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=68115&c_idx=387&sp_idx=536&QueryStep=2|title=It's Okay!|website=Busan International Film Festival|date=October 6, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2024|language=en|archive-date=February 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204104658/https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=68115&c_idx=387&sp_idx=536&QueryStep=2|url-status=live}}</ref> It had its International premiere on February 18, 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, in Generation Kplus,<ref name="pan:dl"/><ref name="gen:sd">{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/berlinale-unveils-complete-2024-panorama-generation-forum-sections/5189510.article |title=Berlinale unveils complete 2024 Panorama, Generation, Forum sections |first=Ben |last=Dalton |date=17 January 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=ScreenDaily |language=en |archive-date=January 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121055123/https://www.screendaily.com/news/berlinale-unveils-complete-2024-panorama-generation-forum-sections/5189510.article |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202404801.html#screening_dates |title=It's Okay! |work=Berlinale |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204104657/https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202404801.html#screening_dates |url-status=live }}</ref> where it won Children's Jury Generation Kplus: Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/457566 |title=Last Swim and It's Okay snag the Crystal Bears in Berlinale's Generation |first=Davide |last=Abbatescianni |date=24 February 2024 |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=Cineuropa |language=en |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224174614/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/457566/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The film was showcasesd in Family section of the 71st Sydney Film Festival on June 17, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/its-okay|title= It's Okay!|website=Sydney Film Festival Festival|date=June 6, 2024|access-date=July 23, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
It was released in theaters in South Korea on February 26, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edu.donga.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=80932 |script-title=ko:영화 '괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!'가 전하는 새학기 적응법 |trans-title=The movie 'It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!' How to adapt to the new school year|author=Kim Jae-sung |work= E Donga|date=February 13, 2025|access-date=February 13, 2025 |language=ko}}</ref>
==Reception== The film was released on February 26, 2025 on 588 screens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20234689|title=KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The box office It's Okay! (2023)|access-date= March 1, 2025|work=KOFIC}}</ref><ref name="dbo:kobis">{{cite web|url= https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/mobile/main/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do|title= Daily Box Office|access-date= March 1, 2025|work= KOBIS|language= ko}}</ref> The film opened with 17,126 cumulative audience on the first day of its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/311/0001832652 |script-title=ko:'괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!', 이레x진서연 힐링 무비의 힘…동시기 개봉작 1위|trans-title='It's Okay, It's Okay, It's Okay!', the power of Lee Re x Jin Seo Yeon's healing movie... #1 among films released at the same time |author=Kim Yu-jin |work=Xports News |publisher=Naver|date=February 27, 2025|access-date=March 1, 2025 |language=ko}}</ref>
{{As of|2025|3|19|df=US|}}, the film has grossed {{USD|691,275}} from 164,320 admissions at the South Korean box office.<ref name="dbo:kobis"/><ref name="box:korea"/>
==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Award ! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row" |Berlin International Film Festival | 25 February 2024 | Children's Jury Generation Kplus: Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film | rowspan="2"|Kim Hye-young | {{Won}} | align="center" rowspan="1"|<ref name="pan:dl">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/berlinale-2024-full-panorama-forum-generation-line-ups-1235795060/|title=Berlinale Unveils Full Panorama, Forum & Generation Line-Ups With New Films By Nathan Silver, Levan Akin, André Téchiné & Bruce LaBruce|website=Deadline|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|date=17 January 2024|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303122520/https://deadline.com/2024/01/berlinale-2024-full-panorama-forum-generation-line-ups-1235795060/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bda:acc">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/awards-generation.html |title=Berlinale: Children's Jury Generation Kplus |work=Berlinale |date=24 February 2024 |access-date=24 February 2024 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124192449/https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/awards-generation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Blue Dragon Film Awards | November 19, 2025 | Best New Director | {{Won}} | align="center"rowspan="1"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/home/article/076/0004348394 |title=[청룡영화상] '괜찮아' 김혜영, 신인감독상 "개봉까지 오래 걸렸는데 난리났다"|trans-title=[Blue Dragon Film Awards] Kim Hye-young Wins Best New Director for "It's Okay," "It took so long to be released, but it was a huge hit."|author=Baek Ji-eun|work=Sports Chosun|publisher=Naver |date=November 19, 2025 |access-date=November 19, 2025 |language=ko}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt29579010}} * {{KMDb movie|35289}} * [https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202404801.html ''It's Okay!''] at Berlinale
Category:2023 films Category:2020s coming-of-age drama films Category:2023 drama films Category:South Korean coming-of-age drama films Category:2023 South Korean films Category:2023 Korean-language films Category:2023 directorial debut films