Roommates
No two people are the same.
ABOUT
Strait-laced, responsible Jason and loud, messy Steven share an apartment. Jason is unable to sleep as Steven talks loudly on his phone, and then finds the apartment in shambles after leaving town for a few days.
When Steven asks to be driven to the computer repair store, Jason finally can’t take it anymore and has a heart-to-heart with Steven about boundaries. It seems that Steven understands where Jason is coming from, but when he asks, “Can you still drive me?” it becomes clear that Steven cannot really change.
YEAR 2023
RUN TIME 8:10 Min
EMAIL lijiangshanfilm@gmail.com Website:
CAST & CREW CREDITS
WRITER-DIRECTOR Jiangshan Li
PRODUCERS Feng Lin | Hao Sun
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Rick Li
ASSISTANT CAMERA Jiapeng Xiang
SOUND MIXER Bin Zhang
SOUND DESIGNER Danny Sudhak
EDITOR Steven Zhu
VFX ARTIST Rick Li
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS Rui Cao
PRINCIPAL CAST Youcef Menasria | Steven Zhu
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Ever since college, I’ve been living with one or more roommates. While I’ve never had any particularly bad experiences, there is sometimes tension either because I’m bothering my roommates or they are bothering me.
People have different habits and life experiences, and living with other people can be unpredictable. Roommates is a story based on my personal experience, though in an exaggerated form. In spite of this humorous exaggeration, I hope audiences will find something to relate to in the story, and may even learn something about how to get along with other people.
DIRECTOR BIO
Jiangshan Li is a Filmmaking MFA candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Before coming to the U.S., he earned a BS in chemistry and worked in the manufacturing and film industries in China, where he discovered a love of filmmaking.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Jiangshan Li is a Filmmaking MFA candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Before coming to the U.S., he earned a BS in chemistry and worked in the manufacturing and film industries in China, where he discovered a love of filmmaking.
(Update provided in May 2023)