xoxosms

EDITOR, 2011

Documentary short, directed by Nancy Schwartzman.

World Premiere, New Orleans International Film Festival.

Television premiere on PBS' POV Series, 2013. Click here for more information and to watch the film.

xoxosms follows the modern-day love story of Gus, a home-schooled Christian guy from small-town Illinois who takes a chance and Facebook messages Jiyun, a beautiful New York City art student from Korea. The two meet in the only place that such different people might ever find each other--online. Their two-year correspondence over email, iChat and Skype blooms into a long- distance relationship captured in instant messages and video-chat footage. When they decide to explore their romance offline, one wonders: Will online love work IRL (in real life)?