NO SLEEP TILL
BY ALEXANDRA SIMPSON, 2024

Catalog Number: FTF-165
Length: 93 minutes

When the coastal Florida town of Atlantic Beach is threatened by an impending hurricane, locals prepare for a mandatory evacuation. But as the last tourists depart and residents board-up their homes, a few wanderers feel strangely compelled to remain. Among them are two-long time friends who embrace willful ignorance in pursuit of their dream gig, a local teenager who bikes alone through the darkening night, and an obsessive storm chaser who recognizes this might be the opportunity of his career. As if haunted by the soon-to-be ghost of their hometown, they venture into the night and face the threats that await them with fascination and dread. Ominous and dream-like in equal measure, the debut from Alexandra Simpson—and the latest feature from Omnes Films (CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT, EEPHUS, HAM ON RYE)—is a hypnotic take on the disaster movie. 

Written and Directed by Alexandra Simpson
Produced by Tyler Taormina, Elijah Graf Quartier, Jason Simpson, Alexandra Simpson
Cinematography by Sylvain Marco Froidevaux

An Omnes Films Production
A Factory 25 Release

Festivals: New Directors/New Films, LA Festival of Movies, Venice Film Festival, Monterrey International Film Festival, American Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival

WATCH THE FILM

September 30, 2025
WJCT Studios, Jacksonville, FL info

September 20, 2025
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL info

September 20, 2025
Montana International Film Festival, Billings, MT info

August 29, 2025
Digital Gym Cinema, San Diego, CA info

August 21 & 28, 2025
Austin Film Society, Austin, TX info

July 18-24, 2025
Metrograph, New York, NY info

July 23, 2025
Plaza Theater, Atlanta, GA info

July 11-14, 2025
Cinestudio, Hartford, CT info

July 9, 2025
Film Fest Knox- Regal Riviera, Knoxville, TN info

PRESS

“An engrossing, teasingly fragmented portrait of different Floridians readying themselves (or not!) for a coming hurricane. As palm trees shudder against the ominous sky, these weather-watchers seem like emissaries from the apocalypse.” - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"A dreamy, visually striking look at locals in a small Florida beach town under the threat of a hurricane. The humidity drips off the screen as teenagers party and skateboard." -Carole Horst, Variety

“A Mesmerizing Debut.” -Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter

“Visually gorgeous. Throughout the film, there is a constant supply of frames that resemble standalone works of art.” -Tomris Laffly, RogerEbert.com

“Gorgeous images and interesting characters engaged in the seemingly wild juxtapositions through the uncertainty of impending chaos." -Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage

"Simpson is so fluent in small-town America that she can swell the dullest stretch of suburbia into a fantasia of strange rituals and stranger visions." -Leonardo Goi, Filmmaker Magazine

"There is a new breed of emerging American indie filmmakers who are Sunshine State-centric, highlighting the unique diversity of its communities and the complexities of its geography. In her feature debut, Euro-American filmmaker Alexandra Simpson captures this essence with an observational style" -Eric Lavallée, Ion Cinema

“Mesmerizing. Visually pinpoints Lana Del Rey-core, “Summertime Sadness” USA with such identifiable precision. Never short on vibes." -Olivia Popp, Cineuropa

“Floating languidly in the cinematic Bermuda Triangle bound by the points of The Ross Brothers (Tchoupitoulas), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Cemetery of Splendor), and Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab (Leviathan, Manakamana), you will find the superb slice of slow cinema that is Alexandra Simpson's debut feature.” -Kurt Halfyard, Screen Anarchy

“The vibes are enthralling.” -Josh Bell, Crooked Marquee

“Uncertainty extends to the film’s mood, which fluctuates between dreamy ennui and slowly escalating dread.” -David Robb, Slant Magazine

“Cinematic Poetry.” -Steve Dollar, Flamingo Magazine

“Georgous. No Sleep Till nails what it means to exist in a moment.” -Juan Barquin, MovieWeb

“A quietly lovely subversion of the disaster movie genre.” -Kate Beach, Moviejawn

“Beautiful and striking.” -Billy Ray Brewton, Film Festival Today