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. They currently work as a writer, director and cinematographer and are based in Los Angeles, California. Their work has been screened at a number of film festivals such as SXSW, HIFF, LAAPFF, Inside Out as well as well known screening series such as Flux at the Hammer Museum and Queer Rhapsody at the American Cinematheque. Currently one of their short films is archived at the UCLA Film & TV archive, the largest LGBTQIA+ archive for film in the world. On top of narrative and documentary work, Andrea has years of live production under their belt, having worked as a camera operator and producer for concerts, nightclubs and music festivals such as Life is Beautiful, Outside Lands, TED Talks and Twitch. They were named Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year in 2020 and have been selected as a 2024 Women in Film Cinematography fellow under Alison Kelly. Currently they are under the mentorship of Lilly Wachowski.
Actor - Ryan LeBoeuf
Actor - Jackie Martin
Producer - May May Luong
Editor - Brian H. Merrick
