"burning" () is a 2018 south korean mystery drama film directed by lee chang-dong. the film stars yoo ah-in, steven yeun, and jeon jong-seo. the film is based on one of haruki murakami's seventeen short stories in "the elephant vanishes", "barn burning". it was selected to compete for the palme d'or at the 2018 cannes film festival and won the fipresci prize. it became the highest-rated film in the history of screen international’s cannes jury grid. it was also selected as the south korean entry for the best foreign language film at the 91st academy awards and became the first korean film to make it to the final nine-film shortlist.