Sleep Dreams
2025-07-05 · 8 min · ★ 1.0
We live in a world which is bombarding us with images, stimuli, sensations and demands – what are the possibilities of escape, and which of them are the right ones? Director and artist Anastázie Rainischová responds to the situation with another form of saturation – her short film is surprising for its mutual communication of seemingly contradictory animation techniques. The vibrant playfulness and mischief, and also the palpable unease beneath a veil of melancholy, shift the film’s aesthetics somewhere closer to David O’Reilly. Might the path to Zen take us past absolute overload?
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- Directors
- Anastázie Rainischová
- Production companies
- UMPRUM, Filmtalent Zlín Foundation
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Status
- Released
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