Room
9:14 mins
United States of America
Feb 17, 2024
In Competition
A teenager struggles with depression and social anxiety, expressing it through locking himself in his imaginary room where his life plays out. The film is shown from the boy’s perspective in his “room” showing how real life events affect him in it. Since the pandemic began, many teenagers have experienced feelings of isolation and some of them still struggle to overcome their depression even after the pandemic subsides as this boy can’t get out of his psychological lockdown.
Ian Dani Kim- Writer / Director / Producer
About
Ian Dani Kim
Ian Dani Kim is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist who studied Digital and Media Arts at Bergen County Technical High School-Teterboro in New Jersey, United States. He is an award-winning film director, the 2024 YoungArts Award With Distinction Winner, and the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Gold Medalist. Ian Dani Kim won the 49th Seattle International Film Festival’s Wavemaker Award Grand Jury Prize and the 46th LUCAS – Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans’ Best Short Film Award in the Teens Section. His primary interests were psychology and filmmaking. He made films about adolescent psychology and worked on his next film.