LOGLINE

After tracking down the man who stole his crucial medicine, a hardened survivalist stumbles upon a defiant young girl held captive in a abandoned camp.
Now hunted by marauders, the two are thrust into a violent fight for survival, forging an unexpected bond in a world where trust is a risk.

PITCH

In a post-apocalyptic world, Elias is a reclusive survivor suffering from an unexplained illness. When his camp is raided by two drifters, he puts up a brutal fight and manages to kill one, but the other escapes with his crucial medicine. Desperate, Elias tracks down the remaining assailant, only to find himself reluctantly forming an uneasy alliance. Along the journey, Elias encounters Maya, a 12-year-old girl held captive and battling the same disease. Together, they must navigate a lawless and hostile world to survive.

SYNOPSIS – contains spoilers –

In a world ravaged by a virus, humanity lies in ruins. Despite the outbreak being contained, some individuals—known as the “Positive”—remain as carriers. Marked by a plus-sign tattoo on the back of their hand, they endure crippling headaches and rely on a rare, life-saving medicine to survive. They are hunted…
Elias is a carrier and a hardened survivalist. He has lived alone in the wilderness for years, clinging to a strict routine to survive. His isolation has been his shield, and the medicine, injected into the nape of his neck, is his only lifeline. But when two drifters invade his camp, Elias is forced into a brutal fight. In the chaos, one of the looters is killed, and the other, wounded, escapes with Elias’s life-saving medicine. Without it, Elias knows his ability to survive will quickly fade. Desperate to retrieve it, Elias embarks on a dangerous pursuit. He tracks the wounded looter deep into the forest, eventually catching up to him. Called Ian, he lies on the brink of death. Elias, driven more by necessity than mercy, decides to spare him and follow his directions to an abandoned camp where more medicine and supplies may be waiting.

During their journey, Elias and Ian cross paths with The Reapers—a ruthless group convinced that eliminating the infected is the key to ending the pandemic. The encounter is tense. Elias, relying on his survival instincts, outsmarts them by catching one of their members off guard. Though he forces them to retreat—for now—both Elias and Ian know they will come back for them.
The next morning, Ian succumbs to his injuries, leaving Elias with only vague directions to the abandoned camp. Elias ends up finding it, but the camp is stripped of medicine and supplies. However, it’s not that abandoned—he discovers a wild, defiant young girl named Maya, chained to a tree.
To Elias’s surprise, Maya bears the same plus-sign tattoo, marking her as one of the virus carriers. Faced with an unexpected burden, Elias must decide whether to free Maya or leave her behind. His long-held preference for solitude complicates his decision, but he decides to help her.
Maya, hostile and desperate, resists Elias’s attempts at aid, even attempting to kill him in his sleep. When he overpowers her, Elias offers her freedom rather than captivity. Despite their hostility, they begin to form a tenuous bond. Together, they learn to survive, though their uneasy peace is disrupted when the Reapers reappear and start to track them down.
In a deadly confrontation, Elias is forced to fight the Reapers to protect Maya, a girl he never intended to care for. The battle is brutal, and Elias takes them down. As the dust settles, Elias begins to reckon with the weight of his actions in a world where violence seems to be the only path to survival.

In the aftermath of the fight, Elias and Maya are left standing together, an unlikely pair in a world that has claimed so many lives. As they stare out at the bleak horizon, there is a flicker of hope between them, though it remains uncertain whether this fragile hope can survive in such a harsh and unforgiving world.