I don't know what to tell you ... I don't know how much cinema you've seen. World cinematography has been around for a long time.
Parasite is nominated for an Oscar and is undoubtedly a great film that, in my opinion, will win the category of Non-English-speaking Film. However, Parasite has already won the Cannes Festival (France).
In European, Asian, Latin American and even North American Festivals, films from around the world are reviewed and rewarded. The cinematographies in each country are different and the semantic messages are read differently precisely because the referents are different.
Parasito is the first South-Korean film to win Cannes, but Chinese films by Zhang Zimou, Japanese by Kurosawa, to mention some Asians, have already been awarded in previous years.
Parasite is a masterpiece but it is not the first in Asia, nor is it the first of small places.
Best regards @namiks