1009 features gauzy images of a past relationship projected on Abbott’s skin and on the walls of his stark hotel room.
Cinematography
Projected images on skin—tactile, haunting visual poetry
Direction
Mond's restraint lets silence and light do the talking

Director
Josh Mond
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the collective New York filmmaking scene that launched Josh Mond toward his feature debut 'James White.' Experimental shorts like this were currency in 2013's indie film ecosystem.
The title '1009' likely references the hotel room number, grounding abstract grief in mundane specificity—the way we remember exact details when everything else dissolves.