Sleep Tight

It's the small moments that matter in this compelling film from director Robin Mason, which tackles the traumatic toll taken on healthcare workers during the pandemic. A nurse's mental state is explored between shifts, little details (a pause while washing her hands, shoelace impressions dented into her feet, a thousand-yard stare, etc.) highlighting the turmoil below the surface.

Potent sound design enhances the film's emotional impact, as the beep of a monitor and the hiss of a ventilator slowly creep into the background of a conversation until they overwhelm it entirely. The dawning of a new day feels like a threat here, as a return to sickness and death looms over the main character's restless night like a spectre. Visceral, well-observed stuff.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: UK

Sleep Tight

by Syd Briscoe

It's the small moments that matter in this compelling film from director Robin Mason, which tackles the traumatic toll taken on healthcare workers during the pandemic. A nurse's mental state is explored between shifts, little details (a pause while washing her hands, shoelace impressions dented into her feet, a thousand-yard stare, etc.) highlighting the turmoil below the surface.

Potent sound design enhances the film's emotional impact, as the beep of a monitor and the hiss of a ventilator slowly creep into the background of a conversation until they overwhelm it entirely. The dawning of a new day feels like a threat here, as a return to sickness and death looms over the main character's restless night like a spectre. Visceral, well-observed stuff.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: UK