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An 18-year old influencer attempts to reconcile his identity online with his identity in real life.

Featuring Tim Chau aka @3.1415926535897932384626433832.

(Documentary, TRT: 12 minutes, 42 seconds)

Directors: Barna Szász, Ellie Wen
Producers: Barna Szász, Ellie Wen
Cinematographers: Barna Szász, Ellie Wen
Editors: Barna Szász, Ellie Wen

(Produced in the Documentary Film MFA Program at Stanford University)

Festivals & Honors:

Now Streaming on The Guardian, 2019
Vimeo Staff Pick, 2019
Cigna Diversity Advocate Award, UnLonely Film Festival, 2020
AT&T InspirASIAN Student Film Award, CAAMFest, 2019
Nominee, Young Eyes Film Award, DOK Leipzig, 2018
Drunken Film Fest Oakland, 2019
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, 2019
IndieStreet Film Festival, 2019
Marblehead Festival of Arts, 2019
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, 2019
Atlanta Film Festival, 2019
Salem Film Fest, 2019
Seattle Asian American Film Festival, 2019
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2019
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, 2018
DOC NYC, 2018
San Diego Asian Film Festival, 2018
United Nations Association Film Festival, 2018
Boston Asian American Film Festival, 2018
TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, 2018
Eau Queer Film Festival, 2018
Outfest Film Festival, 2018
Frameline Film Festival, 2018

Tim Chau is an 18-year-old Asian-American with more than 4m followers on Instagram. He lives online, grabbing his phone first thing in the morning and even taking baths with it sometimes. Although Tim usually shares funny memes, he occasionally posts about mental health. In exploring his reasons for these posts, we discover he has created a different persona online than in real life. Will he be able to reconcile the two? Tackling issues of identity, sexuality, family and communication, the film is a heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting story about a Generation Z teenager at an important crossroads in his life

An 18-year-old Instagram influencer attempts to reconcile his identity online with his identity in real life. Co-directed by Barna Szász & Ellie Wen