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Infinite Youth

After missing the bus, a group of longtime friends spend a Friday afternoon roaming around their desolate high school campus. What begins as a simple hangout gradually transforms into a vulnerable conversation about the burdens of the past.

  • Christian Lee
    Director
  • Christian Lee
    Writer
  • Christian Lee
    Producer
  • Jonah Lietzau
    Key Cast
  • Lauren Rivera
    Key Cast
  • Justin Young
    Key Cast
  • Nicolas Dunne
    Key Cast
  • Christian Lee
    Director of Photography
  • Christian Lee
    Editor
  • Jonah Lietzau
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 22, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Whittier Christian High School
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 43rd Annual Telly Awards

    United States
    Outstanding Student Film
    Bronze Winner
  • Golden State Film Festival
    Hollywood, California
    United States
    February 26, 2022
    World Premiere
    Narrative Shorts Competition
Director Biography - Christian Lee

Telly Award® winning filmmaker Christian Lee is a New York Times published photographer and a National YoungArts Winner whose work received international recognition from over thirty competitions & publications, including the Sony World Photography Awards, Vogue Italia’s PhotoVogue, W.W. Norton & Company, Fujifilm, the University of Cambridge, and the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. His short films premiered at the largest screening venues in the United States, ranging from the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to the AMC Empire Theatre in Times Square. He works as a High School Insider Journalist for the Los Angeles Times and serves on the Board of Directors at The Lighthouse Initiative, a registered non-profit organization supported by Microsoft, Canva, and the Davidson Institute.

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Director Statement

Since my freshman year of high school, I wanted to create my version of the American coming of age drama. I spent four years developing a treatment that included plot points, character descriptions, photographs, and audio recordings. My senior thesis project, Infinite Youth, is the result of exhaustive contemplation and self-reflection. The short narrative drama represents the lessons I learned and the friendships I made while in high school. It is a dreamy and disquieting evocation of American youth that provides an intimate glimpse into their daily lives, focusing on those quiet, reflective moments that reveal the triumphs and tragedies surrounding adolescence. Crafting a meditative and ethereal blend of documentary and narrative led me to discover inner peace while gaining a deeper understanding of the exciting but confusing time that is high school. It is my hope that audiences will connect with the characters and their stories as they slip from image to image, pulled along by their beauty.