RIFF 2026 · PROGRAM 00

What Happens in Vegas

Jewell Karinen

THE STORY

When a gauche advertising campaign from 2003 captures the imagination of a pre-TikTok goth trapped in suburbia, she will go to great lengths to discover "what happens in Vegas."

Behind the film

Writer & director

Jewell Karinen

A CLOSER LOOK

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