AS Student Hyunseo Kong Wins 12th Annual Study Abroad Film Festival for “Wrong Way”!

The 12th IES Study Abroad Film Festival, held at the Chicago History Museum, was also the first in the history of the Festival where the Grand Prize went to a student from a host university outside the United States!

Hyunseo Kong is a student from Seoul, majoring in Asian Studies at Yonsei University. Before interning at the Arab British Centre in London through IES Abroad Internships 2024/2025, Hyunseo studied at Dartmouth College. The IES Abroad (Institute for the International Education of Students) was founded in 1950 as a non-profit organization that administers study abroad and international internship programs for college and university students.

As the Grand Prize winner, Hyunseo, who loves film, architecture, and music, received a $1,500 prize. Also, she secured the $5,000 IES Abroad Barbara Bobrich Annual Scholarship for a future Yonsei University study abroad student with financial need. We hope our students will apply for this amazing opportunity enabled by Hyunseo!

“Wrong Way” won through a public vote, and this year’s vote was the Festival’s record with more than 3,000 votes!

You can read more about Hyunseo’s win and the prize award ceremony here: https://www.iesabroad.org/news/hyunseo-kong-wins-12th-annual-study-abroad-film-festival-wrong-way

Congratulations, Hyunseo!!