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Paris wants to be famous. Unfortunately, nobody else seems particularly interested. A wannabe singer hustling her way through the grungier corners of Paris, she’s told by a festival programmer that what her career really needs is more social media followers. So Paris does what any aspiring artist would do: throws herself headfirst into the humiliating pursuit of online relevance. Then, while filming a TikTok in a secluded part of town, she gets attacked by a vampire. Honestly, it might be the best thing that’s ever happened to her career. Shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Paris without a crew or a budget, Australian filmmaker Nicky Murphy’s I LOVE PARIS is a scrappy, funny and blood-soaked mockumentary following Paris and her accidental vampire mother Lutèce as they turn bloodsucking into another tool in their increasingly chaotic pursuit of stardom. Fresh from its World Premiere at Fantasia, where it took home the Gold Audience Award for Best International Feature, I LOVE PARIS now sinks its teeth into Monster Fest for its Australian Premiere. Turns out becoming a vampire is easy. Building a following is fucking murder.