daylight (short film)
Recently transformed into a vampire and fearful of the world, Allie escapes her parents home for a night to find freedom. Through the ups and downs she accepts who she is and her chosen family.
Recently transformed into a vampire and fearful of the world, Allie escapes her parents home for a night to find freedom. Through the ups and downs she accepts who she is and her chosen family.
Recently transformed into a vampire, Allie isolates herself at her home with her parents. Their family shares mixed feelings towards Allie, fear that people will find out and fear of what Allie has become. Frustrated, Allie storms out of the apartment and stumbles upon her neighbour William, someone she has only crossed paths with and never had a conversation. He invites her for a night out and ditches the problems at home. Hesitantly, Allie agrees and goes on a night out with William and his friends. Throughout the night Allie begins to pick up that they too are vampires, and she grows comfortable. As the group parties in an underground club, Allie kisses a girl. Flashbacks of Allie’s past encounters disrupts her and she accidentally hurts the girl. Scared, she runs away to a rooftop. William finds her waiting for the sunset and convinces her to come home, that it’s not worth the pain. Allie goes home with William, accepting her new life and chosen family. She sits in bed watching the sunrise on her phone.
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.
Actor - Ryan LeBoeuf
Actor - Jackie Martin
Producer - May May Luong
Editor - Brian H. Merrick