When a desperate, aging, model invites a young photographer into his apartment for a photoshoot, he tries to display his originality at any cost. The thing is, the photographer has already seen it… even studied it… and might just claim it for his own.

Director’s Vision for ‘Pink Rabbit’

Pink Rabbit is a surreal genre film that explores the anxieties and insecurities artists face in their pursuit of originality. Is originality the act of borrowing from everything you love and making it your own? Or is it the attempt to create something entirely new—something no one has seen before?

Through this story, I tried to externalize the inner chaos and emotional conflict that many artists—myself included—grapple with when trying to create something meaningful, something worthy of another person’s attention. In an unsettling and absurd way, Pink Rabbit presents this struggle through two characters so consumed by the desire to be seen as original that they resort to extreme, immoral, and humiliating behavior in order to stand apart. The film is meant to evoke a psychological “tug-of-war,” drawing the audience into the tension between these characters as they unravel in their pursuit of uniqueness.

At its core, the film is a commentary on our cultural obsession with originality. In an age dominated by social media, the pressure to present ourselves as distinct or exceptional has become pervasive—not just for artists, but for everyone. The desire to be seen, to be remembered, often pushes people toward behavior that is, in its own way, just as absurd and desperate as that of the characters in this film.

Are You Awake? is a deeply intimate story following a person who no longer sees the point of it all. With sprinkles of sci-fi and mystery, the film highlights the dread of staleness, the impact of a bad idea, and the role of companionship in a world weary to step outside. Feature script available.