We Live Here Now
2025
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Drama, Short Films, 06-Oct-2025
Abandoned by the roommate she'd been expecting to live with, a young woman finds herself stuck in an apartment she can’t afford. Justin Senkbile’s 16mm slice-of-life film, “We Live Here Now,” follows a newly arrived Chicago transplant caught adrift in wintry solitude. Carolyn wheels her single luggage bag into the apartment unit. Her supposed roommate, Rebecca, has all the furniture but hasn’t been replying to texts. The apartment stays barren, filled by just the clanking of a radiator and beams of daylight through the window. Carolyn explores the city alone, strolling through the nearby park in admiration of its statues and attending the art museum on its day of free admission. Sleeping on the floor isn’t fun, and as Carolyn begins to plan for the worst in a return back home, she gets a long text from Rebecca. There isn’t any dialogue in Senkbile’s film, and we only hear Carolyn’s voice through her narrated train-of-thought, making the film’s scene-to-scene both candid and intimate. -JM. Director: Justin Senkbile. Cast: Cookie Isenberg, Yzzy Zarate. Cinematographer: Andrew Skalak. Assistant Camera: Dhruv Mehra. Sound: Adrienne McLaughlin, Sam Ruesink. Sound Editor: Shannon Mahoney. Colorist: Gabi Bucataru.
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