“WES + KYRA” by Kevin V. Doan
Wes and Kyra is a story about a vampire couple in New York City who rent a room for three days to drown out their addiction, face the toxicity in their relationship, and grapple with the idea of death as it circles all around them.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
" I had always wanted to tell a story in the genre of “two lovers on the run”. Movies like Bonnie and Clyde, Thelma and Louise. Most of the time these films revolve around some sort of inciting incident and the pair running from the police. Wes + Kyra is about a couple running away from themselves, in a way. For me – that seemed to be a bit more interesting. Given also to the fact I had just gone through a pretty grueling breakup marked this into a film about battling addiction to a person. That analogy was padded by another layer – that of a literal addiction. Throughout the writing of the script – I kept asking myself why people end things when it starts to get toxic – and most of the time its because you start to feel like you are becoming a person you don’t want to become. Sometimes this breeds a whole cycle of breakage into connection and again and again. Realistically you end things at this point because you don’t have forever and you should find someone better suited for you. But what if you have forever? The cycle might continue on and on."
-Kevin V. Doan
CREDITS
CAST
Wes// Ryan O’Dell/ @ryannodell
Kyra// Sidney Rose White/ @swervysid
Writer + Director// Kevin V. Doan/ @kvdoan
Production/ @haveparis
Executive Producers// Tuan Doan, Kim Pham
Assistant Producer// Devon Tayman/ @devonmadeamovie
Producers
Jessie Li White/ @j.li
Anna Gurvits/ @dumpling_bby
Henry Wolf/ @henryjwolf
Kevin V. Doan
Director of Photography// Cece Chan/ @cecechxn
Gaffer// Devon Tayman/ @devonmadeamovie
1st AC// Raul J. Colon/ @rj.colon
Camera Assistant// Ethan Berger/ @thebergmachine
1st Assistant Director// Rosie Zhou/ @rosieeroses
Production Design// Lauren Vick/ @laurenmvick
Makeup// Megan Baluch/ @megan.baluch
Audio// Danny Roberts/ @nuisancedashbear
Editor + Sound Design// Mason Coburn/ @mason_coburn
Colorist// Zack Chalmers/ @zakchalmers
Music// Austin Geller/ @gellermusic
Mix// Karlo Corona/ @realsireel
Intimacy Coordinator// Natalia Fuentes/ @nati.fu.fu.fu.fu
On set photographer// AnnAnn Puttithanasorn/ @annannputtithanasorn
Casting Advisor// Emily May Jampel
Casting Assistant// Archie S. Collins
Production Assistants
Lily Vick/ @lilyvick
Riley Foster/ @rileyfosterfilm
Cassie Dulla
Chase Sirota
Tymothee Harrell
Hamza Razuman
Distribution Rep// Kevin Broadway/ @kevbroadway
Assistant Shopper// Abigayle Gaudreau/ @abi.gdrow
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