In Post-production, Drama, 80 minutes
Director/Writer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Producer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Director of Photography: Dillon T. Ritchie
Original Music: Alexei Galar
Cast: Andrea Benson, Özen Fidan, Eef Andriessen, Judith Mundinger, Bishop Black
Synopsis: A mathematician seeks out to have an affair, unhappy in her marriage. A businessman searches for true intimacy, after only blindly pursuing success. An exotic dancer struggles to be accepted for his gender identity. A singer-songwriter strives for validation, conscious of how others see her. A theremin player strains to remedy their stagnant relationship.
Each character encounters one after the other like a relay race. Yet we do not see how their stories end, left to wonder if they’ll ever achieve these desires.
2022, Drama, 14 minutes
Director/Writer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Producer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Director of Photography: Dillon T. Ritchie
Original Music: Andrei Costina
Cast: Judith Mundinger, Marin Caktas
Graduation film from MetFilm School Berlin
Synopsis: A model, who wants her creative talents to be acknowledged by the painter that she models for, comes to discover his real attitude towards her.
2022, Feature Drama, 98 pages
Writer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Mentor: Wolfgang Wimmer
Part of the Creative Mentor Network x Soho House Mentorship Program
Synopsis: Ana is a twelve-year-old girl who experiences a traumatic incident at the hands of her mother Silvia. Silvia feigns innocence which Ana is unable to disprove. This trauma leads Ana down a sadistic path, tormenting other children, joining a gang of anarchist youth delinquents, and rebellion against her vicious stepfather. Her ruthless behavior contrasts and coexists with her struggle to belong, which she will do anything necessary to acquire – even murder.
2021, Drama, 18 minutes
Director/Writer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Director of Photography: Dillon T. Ritchie
Cast: Cornell Adams, Elliot Blunck
Segment of a longer feature ‘Are You Still There?’, a student film from MetFilm School Berlin
Synopsis: Staff Sergeant Milo and Corporal Alvarez banter on their comms during a training exercise in the forest. SSG Milo is going through a divorce, but he bottles his feelings up in order to avoid looking weak. When an accident injures SSG Milo, he is stranded in the woods. Unwilling to ask for help, he proceeds through his herculean journey, coming to reconsider his definition of masculinity, and the vital role that vulnerability plays.
2020, Feature Drama, 108 pages
Writer: Shane S.Y. Kang
Synopsis: Fashion model Nadya gets an opportunity of a lifetime: to be the cover model of VIVIENE magazine. Her ambition locks her into this path while she emburdens the jealousy from the others. Succumbing to immense privilege guilt in this cutthroat world, she begins to sabotage those around her, especially herself.