Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute The Korean-American director Kogonada took a startling turn for the sentimental last year with the hopelessly syrupy Colin Farrell-Margot Robbie studio romance A Big Bold Beautiful Journey . It was one of the bigger disappointments of 2025, especially when seen against the filmmaker’s previous features , which were models of independent-minded austerity, all subdued emotions and subtle compositions. With his latest, Zi , playing in Sundance’s Next section,