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Living Room

Living Room is a visual story about loneliness, isolation and indecision. What if the walls literally close in on you? What if what is supposed to protect you consumes you?
The film tells the story of two lonely souls who rent the same room, but at different times. Once inside, they cannot get out. Slowly but gradually the walls are closing in around them…

A silent film about a timeless human struggle that turns into a nightmare.

  • Lilia Scheerder
    Director
  • Lilia Scheerder
    Writer
  • Johnny Mirer
    Writer
  • Hemelsteen Producties
    Producer
  • Johnny Mirer
    Key Cast
  • Meis
    Key Cast
  • Peter Johan Nÿland
    Composer
    Mind My Mind, Zembla, Núna
  • Elwin Rijken
    Director Of Photography
    Mengsels, Uprooted, Genoeg, Zachtgekookt, Second Date, Kamers
  • Micha Clazing
    Light Tech/Colorist
    Uprooted, Kamers, Le Reste
  • Loes de Jong
    Make-up Artist
    Kim Lee - Weet, Uprooted, Genoeg, Of Ik Gek ben, Right There, Mengsels
  • Ton Scheerder
    Art director
    Monas Plen, No Trains No Planes, Magonia, de Wolkenfabriek
  • Lilia Scheerder
    Art director
  • Daan Scheerder
    Production Assistant
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    horror, comedy, suspense, silent movie
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 24, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Natlab
    Eindhoven
    Netherlands
    June 4, 2022
    Dutch premiere
  • Scumdance film festival
    Sparks, Nevada
    United States
    October 15, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AFRAID. Online Film awards
    online event
    Ukraine
    September 7, 2022
    Official selection
  • Scream Queen Film Festival
    New Orleans, Lousiana
    United States
    February 18, 2023
    Finalist
  • GASP! Horror Film Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    June 18, 2023
    UK premiere
    Official selection
Director Biography - Lilia Scheerder

Lilia Scheerder is a printmaker, performance- and sound- artist, filmmaker, photographer, organizer and Drag King. Her work revolves around the analog, the black and white, the obsolete and the dark.

Structures and buildings play an important role in her work. She gets the ideas from dreams and nightmares, which she can often remember in great detail. They are a breeding ground of images for her interdisciplinary work. Buildings and interiors in dreams can be understood as images for body and mind.
She is also deeply inspired by silent film and analogue media. In film, she tries to use analogue (animation) techniques within modern media and translate the language of silent film to modern media and applications.

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