Safe

Safe

Safe

Directed by Ian Barling

Length: 16:39

Producers: 
Jordan Drake

Editor:
 Ian Barling, Sercan Sezgin

Cinematographer:
 Anna Franquesa-Solano

Sound Designer: Guido Berenblum

On a winter night in Atlantic City, the manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind.

Ian Barling
Ian Barling

Grad
iab260@nyu.edu

A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Ian toured the eastern United States as a drummer in various punk rock bands in his youth. His last short film, SAFE, premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in the Semaine De La Critique competition. He currently lives in New York City, where he is preparing his first feature-length film, titled FRANCIS, with which he has been selected to participate in the Torino FilmLab, Pop Up Film Residency and Critics’ Week Next Step Program.