Seo Min-ju was pursuing a graduate degree when she entered and won the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 2013. This altered her career path and she segued into acting. She has appeared in K-dramas and supporting film roles including Keys to the Heart (2018), Pawn (2020), the action comedy Mission: Possible (2021), and in a notable emotionally charged turn in Firefighters (2024). She joins NYAFF to present her performance as a bad-ass cop in The Informant.

Jo Bok-rae is a South Korean actor. He studied in the Department of Theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts. His career spans theater, film, television series and singing. His acting career began in the 2010 play My Love DMZ and he made his first film appearance in the 2013 movie Hope. He went on to appear in the thriller Monster (2014), the smash-hit Roaring Currents (2014), Man on High Heels (2015), and We Are Brothers (2015). He played legendary folk singer Song Chang-Sik in C’est Si Bon (2015), and appeared in Coin Locker Girl (2015), The Queen of Crime (2016), Door Lock (2018) and Josee (2020). He is at NYAFF 2025 with The Informant.

Kim Seok graduated from the Department of Theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts in 2005. He directed the short films Humanitus in 2008, followed by There Is a Bug in 2009. NYAFF's Opening Film, The Informant, is his feature debut.

Heo Sung-tae's acting career began in 2011 after he entered SBS's talent show "Miraculous Audition.” He gained national prominence in the period thriller The Age of Shadows (2016), before earning international recognition for his role in the first season of Squid Game (2021). He has also appeared in such films as The Fortress (2017), Rampant (2018), Hitman: Agent Jun (NYAFF 2020), Hunt (2022) and The Boys (2022). He is presenting The Informant at NYAFF 2025.