When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

Based on an original idea Samantha Carroll developed over several years, 'Close to Nowhere' follows small-town Coco, who, while struggling with unfulfilled artistic ambitions, concocts fake psychic abilities in an effort to impress a famous writer.

The power struggle between an alien and her human test subject gets complicated when they both see their relationship differently.

Against the backdrop of an LA wildfire evacuation, the lives of three young people from vastly different worlds—a privileged runaway from rehab and two unhoused 20-somethings surviving in a burn zone—intertwine, exploring the fragile boundaries between love, addiction, and survival in modern Los Angeles.