To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.

Set in the shadows of a sprawling city, Nightwaves is a modern noir that asks whether there's still space for lo-fi indie hustlers in a world where AI has blurred the lines of reality. Casey, a young skilled sound engineer, leads a chaotic life trying to make a name for herself in a sound scene. When Casey is hired to track down a couple's runaway daughter, things quickly spiral out of control and she's forced to decide how far she's willing to go to finish the job and keep her sound studio afloat.