The World of Love had its world premiere at the
2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025 in Platform section. The film is eligible for People's Choice Awards, which is decided by audience voting. It was invited to compete in the Crouching Tigers section, the international competition for new filmmakers at the 9th
Pingyao International Film Festival on September 2025. It was nominated in three categories for the Roberto Rossellini Awards: Best Film, Best Director, and the Jury Prize It also competed at the
Warsaw Film Festival in the International Competition section on 11 October 2025. It was also selected to compete in the Official Competition section of the
2025 BFI London Film Festival for the best film award and had the screening on October 14, 2025. On October 25, 2025 it was presented in International Perspective section of the
São Paulo International Film Festival. On November 2, it was screened at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in Cineaste Delights section. In November it also competed at the
Three Continents Festival in the international competition and won the grand prize the Montgolfière d’or. It competed in the
20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 5 December 2025 and then in the Red Sea: Competition strand at the
Red Sea International Film Festival on 6 December 2025. In February 2025, the film was presented at the European Film Market (EFM), which is held in Berlin, in conjunction with the
Berlin International Film Festival by the South Korea’s sales and production company Barunson E&A, who have acquired world sales rights of the film. It was released on October 22, 2025 in South Korean theatres. The film has distribution agreements with Japanese distributor Bitters End, Hong Kong’s
Edko Films, and Taiwan’s Andrews Film. It has also entered into distribution agreement with the Chinese distribution Light Films Limited on October 19, 2025. ==Reception==