If You Lived Here is a portrait of two specific people meeting at a specific time in their lives. It begins with Emilia, a guarded character who works at a coffeeshop, charming her way into getting a free, old desk from a random customer. While looking the desk over at his apartment, she comes to realize the emotional parallels between them.

If You Lived Here studies people’s subconscious motivations for what they do. If someone were lonely, in what ways would that get manifested in their daily decisions? Would they look for a connection through getting free furniture – and if not free furniture, then some other sort of arbitrary reason?

This movie was conceptualized almost a year ago by the producer, David Woolner, and director Leslie Kwon. We have an award-winning cinematographer, Matthew Mendelson, art direction by The American Reader’s Cindy Ho, production design by Aaryn Polzer, and costume design by Tess Money.

With an unusual point of view, If You Lived Here truly widens the representation of female Asian identity and talent in the film community. We have a Korean-American director, Chinese-American art director, Korean-American costume designer, and Japanese-Australian lead actress. We’re also working with Ran Tea House, an entirely unique, progressive arts center in Williamsburg that brings together film, music, dance, parties, and the Asian community in New York City and beyond.

For the kickstarter project: http://www.kickstarter.com

If You Lived Here is the third film directed by Leslie Kwon. The teaser for her last film, Rebound, can be seen here: http://clubofwolves.com/rebound