Summer's Camera () is a 2025 South Korean coming-of-age romantic drama film directed and written by Divine Sung in her directorial debut. It stars Kim Si-a as Summer, a high school student who is coping with the loss of her father.
Summer's Camera had its world premiere at the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival on 24 March 2025. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in South Korea by Sidus Pictures on 24 June 2026.
Premise Summer is a high school student who lost her father a year earlier. She picks up one of his cameras to document her first year in high school and take photos of the school's soccer star, Yeon-woo, whom she has a crush on. When Summer develops the film roll in the camera, she discovers something about her father that he had kept hidden.
Cast Kim Si-a as Summer Kwak Min-gyu as Maru Yu Ga-eun as Yeon-woo
Release Summer's Camera had its world premiere at the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival in the Hearts section on 24 March 2025. It had its North American premiere at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, competing for the Grand Prize on 21 May 2025. It screened at the 2025 QCinema International Film Festival at the RainbowQC section on 17 November 2025. It competed for the Golden Hanoman Award at the 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival.
Accolades Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Seattle International Film Festival 25 May 2025 Wavemaker Award: Best Futurewave FeatureDivine Sung Jeonju International Film Festival 6 May 2025 Nongshim Shinramyun Award QCinema International Film Festival 20 November 2025 RainbowQC – Best LGBT Film
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