A hurricane is approaching a sleepy Florida town, and residents rush to prepare for the
mandatory evacuation. As tourists depart and most locals abandon their homes, a handful of
stragglers choose to stay behind. In the ghostly emptiness, Florida has never appeared so
hauntingly beautiful — nor humanity so fragile in the face of nature’s force. Timely and subtly
depicting the climate crisis, Alexandra Simpson’s debut premiered at the 2024 Venice Critics’
Week.
Alexandra Simpson
Born in Paris in 1997, the French-American filmmaker first studied literature, then film history
and theory at the Sorbonne. In 2020, she completed a bachelor’s degree in film at the Geneva
University of Art and Design. She has worked as an editor on films selected for Cannes Critics’
Week. No Sleep Till (2024) marks her directorial debut.
A hurricane is approaching a sleepy Florida town, and residents rush to prepare for the
mandatory evacuation. As tourists depart and most locals abandon their homes, a handful of
stragglers choose to stay behind. In the ghostly emptiness, Florida has never appeared so
hauntingly beautiful — nor humanity so fragile in the face of nature’s force. Timely and subtly
depicting the climate crisis, Alexandra Simpson’s debut premiered at the 2024 Venice Critics’
Week.
Alexandra Simpson
Born in Paris in 1997, the French-American filmmaker first studied literature, then film history
and theory at the Sorbonne. In 2020, she completed a bachelor’s degree in film at the Geneva
University of Art and Design. She has worked as an editor on films selected for Cannes Critics’
Week. No Sleep Till (2024) marks her directorial debut.
mandatory evacuation. As tourists depart and most locals abandon their homes, a handful of
stragglers choose to stay behind. In the ghostly emptiness, Florida has never appeared so
hauntingly beautiful — nor humanity so fragile in the face of nature’s force. Timely and subtly
depicting the climate crisis, Alexandra Simpson’s debut premiered at the 2024 Venice Critics’
Week.
Alexandra Simpson
Born in Paris in 1997, the French-American filmmaker first studied literature, then film history
and theory at the Sorbonne. In 2020, she completed a bachelor’s degree in film at the Geneva
University of Art and Design. She has worked as an editor on films selected for Cannes Critics’
Week. No Sleep Till (2024) marks her directorial debut.