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When a collaboration between two influencers unexpectedly turns romantic, Samantha Carr’s perfect night takes a downturn, forcing her to navigate today’s toughest choice: what’s more important – love or Likes?

Synopsis

Micro-influencer Samantha Carr, renowned for her “Anti-Love Love Songs,” lands a golden opportunity to collaborate with Mac Mayhew, social media’s latest heartthrob. Initially wary of his charm, Samantha finds herself swept off her feet during a whirlwind date, only for the evening to fizzle in a comically awkward, potentially not-okay bedroom encounter.

Samantha grapples with embracing a public romance that could catapult her career while staying true to her anti-love brand and the compromises that come with it. Is she making a deal with the devil or just a soft boy from Jersey? The film deftly explores the razor’s edge between personal authenticity and the intoxicating lure of social media fame, public versus private perception, and one’s comfort with intimacy. Samantha’s journey is a poignant, humorous take on finding real connection in a world obsessed with likes and followers.

Meet the Filmmakers

Talia Light Rake – Writer/Director/Producer
Born & raised in Los Angeles but based in Brooklyn, Talia Light Rake is a writer, director & producer working on projects on both coasts. She has served as the lead producer for multiple media production companies including Are You Happy Media, Puff Media, & Gesundheit. She has produced for Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, and New York Fashion Week. She is a 2023 Film Independent Fast Track Fellow and 2023 NYU Development Lab Fellow. She launched her own production company, Heavy Shovel Productions, in 2022 working in the social media, creative development, and video production space with a slate of commercial and narrative projects. The recent short film she directed, The Captives starring Missy Yager and Ellen Tamaki, will be screening at Proof Film Festival run by the American Cinematheque in Oct 2024.

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