Arom Choi
Directing
Biography
Arom Choi is a South Korean independent filmmaker based in the US Southwest. She received her MFA in Film Directing from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Her graduating thesis, Knock Knock Knock, premiered at San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2018. In 2024, she was selected as one of eight participants for the CJ + TIFF K-Story Fund, presented by CJ Cultural Foundation and Toronto International Film Festival. She teaches fiction filmmaking at Colorado College and lives with her two cats, Podo and Bapdodook.
Known For
"Se Shin Sa" is a hybrid of fiction and documentary portraying an undocumented immigrant woman living and working as a masseuse in Korean town, L.A.
Se Shin Sa
A woman and a man, living in a trailer, are sitting at each side of their dinner table. The woman is glaring at the man, but the man seems completely remote. The woman runs out of their trailer and starts to wander around the forest.
Fireworks
One day, Sol, a woman working as a biohazard cleaner, is asked to clean a small apartment of a young woman who committed suicide. When she arrives at the house, she gets a bizarre sensation that the dead woman's house resembles her own.
Soledad
Knock, Knock, Knock follows Hana, a young woman who confines herself to a tiny box-like room. She interacts with the world by listening through the thin walls that separate her from her neighbors. Hana is consumed by thoughts of death, only to be confronted by an unexpected death.