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Synopsis
The film follows Allie, recently transformed into a vampire, moving back to Las Vegas. She struggles with balancing being a vampire and living in her parents house, a place she once called home. Allie spends her days hiding in their two bedroom flat and nights working at a station casino, bouncing between the bowling alley and arcade. Allie refuses to kill for food, resorting to stealing blood from the hospital her mum works in.
One night a group of people Allie’s age (or so she thinks) get very rowdy in the bowling alley. Allie finds it amusing and befriends one of them, William, before the group gets kicked out. William takes Allie down a new path, of living and accepting who she is. Allie sees not just herself in a new light but the city and the people around her.
The group takes Allie to a rave in the underground tunnels of Las Vegas where she meets another vampire, Christina and falls for her. Things turn sour as jealousy forms from another vampire of the relationship growing between Allie and Christina. Allie comes home one night to find her parents dead.
Fearing for her safety, Allie and Christina plan an escape and William gets killed. Allie and Christina barely make it out of Las Vegas as the sun begins to rise in the desert.
Bio
Andrea A. Walter is a British Filipino nonbinary filmmaker, born and raised in the Philippines and currently based in Los Angeles, where they work as a writer, director, and cinematographer.
Their films have screened at major festivals including SXSW, Tribeca, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Inside Out, Galway Film Fleadh and the American Cinematheque.
Beyond narrative work, Andrea has filmed and produced concert content for Outside Lands and Life is Beautiful Music Festival and shot artists including Death Cab for Cutie, Jamie XX, Hot Chip, and Zedd. They were named Nevada Filmmaker of the Year (2020), selected as a Women in Film Cinematography Fellow (2024), and are currently mentored by Lilly Wachowski.
Andrea actively volunteers through Cinema Sala, a non-profit that supports emerging Filipino filmmakers. Most recently, they spearheaded the creation of a new LGBTQIA+ grant for film students at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, expanding support for emerging queer filmmakers.