Random Bathrooms

A quiet observer drifting through the hidden spaces of a city is pushed to his breaking point when a violent encounter forces him to choose between remaining invisible or becoming the man he fears.

Random Bathrooms is a neo-noir psychological short that takes place within the overlooked, transitional spaces of a city. Nightclub bathrooms, diners, and back-alley corridors, where people exist between who they are and who they pretend to be.

Sebastian, a withdrawn young man, moves through these environments as an observer, documenting human behavior in a journal while remaining invisible to the world around him. But beneath his quiet presence lies unresolved trauma tied to a violent past, one that continues to shape how he sees himself and others.

When he encounters Sydney, a woman navigating her own survival within a dangerous dynamic, Sebastian is pulled into a moment of confrontation that forces him to act. What follows is not just an external conflict, but an internal reckoning, where the lines between victim, observer, and aggressor begin to collapse.

Through layered storytelling, symbolic transitions, and rhythmic visual and sound design, Random Bathrooms explores the cost of inaction, the weight of inherited violence, and the moment where identity is no longer something observed, but something chosen.

Colorful graffiti-style message on a black wall reading 'GHOUL' in large letters with the phrase 'is just a shared delusion' underneath, drawn with neon green and yellow markers.

A person standing over another person lying on the floor in a dimly lit room with red lighting, graffiti on the wall, and sinks visible.

A man in dark clothing is standing in a dimly lit kitchen, holding a flashlight, with two people lying on the floor near his feet, one on her stomach and the other on her side, in a tense situation.

A man with disheveled hair and a distressed expression, covered in dirt or blood, in a dimly lit room with red lighting.

A man with a beard and short hair, wearing a jacket, is sitting in a dark room, smoking a cigarette.

A young man in a hoodie and black jacket is sitting at a table in a restaurant, writing in a notebook with a blue pen.

A young girl with light-colored hair hugging a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, looking up at the camera with a somber expression in black and white.

A person standing in a red-lit bathroom next to a person lying on the floor. The bathroom has sinks and graffiti on the wall with the text 'RANDOM BATHROOMS' in red at the bottom.

—“Truth has a heartbeat and it bleeds. What you write with thoughts doesn't happen until it becomes written with an action. That’s what makes us human.”