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SLEEPING

SLEEPING

SLEEPING

Experimental,

France

2025

Runtime, min

3

A restless night's sleep. A fragile refuge. A regression. Just let me sleep.
Erika Thomas

Director:

Erika Thomas

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REVIEWS:

A very cool meditative film. Beautiful, gentle, enveloping, and relaxing. Thank you!

Live Screenings Attendee

I cried a little. It’s weird, right? Just soft movement and voice. But when she said 'my mind is cracked' - that’s me, when I can’t sleep for days. It’s like the film knew how I feel without explaining it.

Daniel Rogers

It looked like she was floating… or maybe drowning? I wasn’t sure. It felt calm but also sad. The way she moved - like she was searching for something but too tired to reach it.

Andre Santana

Her floating… it made me think of when I’m trying to fall asleep but my brain won’t let go. It was peaceful, but like holding your breath too long. That combination of softness and struggle - it really touched me.

Daniela Alicia

I’ve spent nights like that. The ocean of your thoughts, heavy, pressing. We all want rest, not just sleep. This short film said more in three minutes than many features do in ninety

Sergio Castro Ruiz

Her movements felt like underwater breathing. Not dance in the usual sense, but like the body whispering its exhaustion. I felt it in my own ribs. This is not about performance, it’s about surrender.

Ava Patel

There’s a strange beauty in how the textures blur - like the boundaries of the self. Did you train an AI to mimic dreams, or was this constructed from scratch? Either way, it feels like a neural echo of insomnia.

Gabriel Roy

The fluid motion, the weightless drifting - it evokes immersion, like being submerged in one’s own psyche. The underwater aesthetic mirrors the theme of regression. Was water chosen as a symbol of the womb, or emotional drowning?

Grandma Nicole

The female form in water - so symbolic. It reminded me of Ophelia meets digital melancholy. Was this filmed live-action and stylized, or fully AI-generated? Either way, it felt like dream-architecture through movement.

Sofia Ruiz Garcia

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