In 2017 , Bong premiered '' Okja '' at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where it competed for the Palme d'Or and sparked controversy due to it being produced by Netflix . The film was met with boos , mixed with applause , during its premiere at the film festival , once when the Netflix logo appeared on screen and again during a technical glitch ( which got the movie projected in an incorrect aspect ratio for its first seven minutes ) . The festival later issued an apology to the filmmakers . However , despite the studio 's negative response , the film itself received a four-minute standing ovation . The film was later released on Netflix on June 28 , 2017 and received positive reviews . On the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 84 % based on 125 reviews , with a weighted average of 7.5 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " '' Okja '' sees Bong Joon-ho continuing to create defiantly eclectic entertainment – and still hitting more than enough of his narrative targets in the midst of a tricky tonal juggling act . " On Metacritic , the film has a score of 76 out of 100 , based on 31 critics , indicating " generally favorable reviews " . '' New York Times '' critic A.O. Scott wrote , " Okja is a miracle of imagination and technique , and '' Okja '' insists , with abundant mischief and absolute sincerity , that she possesses a soul . " In 2019 , Bong won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival with the full Korean-language film '' Parasite '' , and also won the $ 60,000 Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival . '' Parasite '' was in competition alongside 11 other features from countries as various as North Macedonia , Brazil and Spain , and Australian entrants Mirrah Foulkes 's '' Judy & Punch '' , featuring Mia Wasikowska , and Ben Lawrence­ ’s '' Hearts and Bones '' , with Hugo Weaving
2017 Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
Bong Joon-ho