# It's Okay!

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{{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](/source/Lee_Re)
* [Jin Seo-yeon](/source/Jin_Seo-yeon)
* [Chung Su-bin](/source/Chung_Su-bin)
* [Lee Jung-ha](/source/Lee_Jung-ha)
* [Son Suk-ku](/source/Son_Suk-ku)
}}
| music          = [Kim Jun-seok](/source/Kim_Joon-seok)
| cinematography = Lee Seok-min 
| editing        = Lee Gang-hee
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* Twomen Film
}}
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|2023|10|6|[BIFF](/source/28th_Busan_International_Film_Festival)|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](/source/Korean_Film_Council)|access-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''It's Okay!''''' ({{korean|괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!}}) is a 2023 South Korean [coming-of-age](/source/Coming-of-age_story) [drama film](/source/drama_film) co-written and directed by Kim Hye-young in her directorial debut. The film starring [Lee Re](/source/Lee_Re), [Jin Seo-yeon](/source/Jin_Seo-yeon), and [Chung Su-bin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Yonhap_News_Agency) |publisher=[Naver](/source/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](/source/Lee_Re) as In-yeong 
* [Jin Seo-yeon](/source/Jin_Seo-yeon) as Seol-ah
* [Chung Su-bin](/source/Chung_Su-bin) as Na-ri
* [Lee Jung-ha](/source/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](/source/JTBC) |publisher=[Naver](/source/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](/source/Son_Suk-ku) as Dong-wook

==Release==
''It's Okay!'' had its premiere at [28th Busan International Film Festival](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Korean_Film_Council)}}</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](/source/Korean_Film_Council)|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](/source/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](/source/Berlin_International_Film_Festival)
| [25 February 2024](/source/74th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival)
| 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](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|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](/source/Blue_Dragon_Film_Awards)
| [November 19, 2025](/source/46th_Blue_Dragon_Film_Awards)
| [Best New Director](/source/Blue_Dragon_Film_Award_for_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

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