if you're graduating, this short film is for you.

Highschool: Our Four Years
Directed, written, edited, and starred by Daniel Heechan Lim

[lorraine]

who here already graduated or haven’t graduated yet but still clicked on this video?

[msfran]

"Sacrificing the present for the future, or sacrificing the future for the present". That's such a true struggle we have to consider when weighing our needs in the last years of school. Good job!

[Trzntxn]

Class of 2024. We experienced Freshman year through a screen. We are the last class to go through high school during the pandemic. This film was beautiful!

[Angoshusband]

do i usually cry over strangers' high school experiences put into a 6 minute and 39 seconds long video? no. did i just do so? yes. that was so good 😭😭

[raineybutsunny]

the level of craftsmanship from a high schooler? incredible

[shar]

you've captured a universal unspoken experience of 2020-2024 highschoolers SO accurately. I'm not kidding when I say this deserves to be some timeless artifact that future kids use to see what it was really like

[SakuraHajime]

the reality of graduating suddenly hit me so hard tbh...I mean school post-covid never truly felt real like a real high school experience, but the memories we somehow managed to squeeze in at the end make up for it in a way. gonna miss my crew so bad, but I feel like we'll all be alright. thanks for such a clean and authentic production, lads. definitely got the tears flowing 😭 wish the best for everyone in the future, class of '24

[multicreativeartist]

Life isn't fair, we can't go back to High School and relive those so called "best years of our lives". But we cant stop the future. So we must flow with it and make the best out of it. So that the next generation can live the best moments in their days

[KenzyRocks]

I am a junior going into senior year. Today was the last day of junior year I cried all day because it hit me that I am finally a senior I never realized that it would come. It’s just really weird. I didn’t know how to feel about it. But I have the entire summer to think about it. And hopefully enjoy it in the fall! Goodluck class of 2025 ❤

[Devilishelise]

I just graduated last week. Still feels surreal that we’re all moving on now.

[bobxooolulugod]

“Sacrificing your present for the future, or sacrificing the future for the present”

RIP > gotta push through..

[SionTheNexus]

I'll be class of 2025... you made me realize that we should enjoy it more, even though this year it's already a different kind of year compared to the previous ones. Thanks to all of you

[yvnie_]

I think I cried more watching this video than I did at my actual graduation. The cinematography was great, and although this is a video about other people, I feel so seen. This was a beautiful representation of class of 2024's high school experience, thank you so much for capturing it so perfectly

[_galahad_]

I hated freshman year, I was so depressed and lonely up until the final quarter when I just started to make some friends. Then I moved and lost contact with most of them. In my new school I decided to pick myself up and make an attempt and reach outside my comfort zone and try to make new friends. Sophomore year was way better than freshman year but still with regrettable moments. I thrived in my junior year and had many close friends, I started to stop caring about school work and only did the bare minimum. My senior year, I mostly lived like I did in my junior year up until the final quarter where I started going out with friends more. Yesterday I graduated and celebrated with my family as they all sang me happy birthday for some reason. I’m talking to a girl, I’m going out with some friends today, and I’m free for awhile. It feels pretty damn good.

[aahanayadav]

What I just realised after seeing this is that people all across the world who are in the batch of 24 have lived almost the same life in the last 4 years. The start of high school was a complete blur in online classes; 10th grade was just full of uncertainty about the whole COVID situation, and poof you're suddenly in 11th grade! I remember going back to school on the first day of 11th and being so clueless about the career options, colleges, etc., and all of a sudden I felt the pressure of it all. We had to grow up all of a sudden. And now we have finally graduated. I can't believe I have to go to college this year; in my head, it's still 2020. That's crazy.
This film is literally 6:38 minutes long and summarised my whole high school experience of being in not only a different city but a different continent all together. I loved it!! AMAZING WORK!!!
All the very best to the entire batch of 24 people!!!🌟

[zombilover]

I graduated In May and this video made me realize that I’m finally growing up. That time wasn’t going to let me stay a kid forever and it’s hitting me like a train (this video was beautifully thought out)

[jazriz]

No idea who these people are but I got so emotional watching this. This is such a great short film it explained the years so well especially with covid and the stresses of college coming up and careers. This is amazing.

[lym]

I graduated last year and it was so scary at the time, I had such a hard time processing that my routine was going to end and yet very excited to move on. I still reflect on it looking at memories I made like this. I made a similar video in senior year and never regretted it. I think it’s so cool congrats :)

[laliya_zulpykhar]

This teared me up, oh to be a filmmaker, oh to be someone who watches this kind of videos!!! Bro, I’m touched, sincerely want to express my emotions

[embraced]

I guarentee this is going to show up ever year during graduation time