Still awake?
Šimon (46) has been suffering from insomnia for several years. Behind the illusion of a secure and happy life, he holds a monotonous job that leaves him unsatisfied, his wife looks down on him, his son doesn’t take him seriously, and Šimon long ago lost any hope for change. Everything changes when he discovers a sixteen-year-old YouTuber on his son’s computer whose ASMR videos finally help him to sleep. But he soon discovers that this girl is much closer to him to he thought. The illusion begins to fall apart.
- Czech Republic
- 2021, 22 min
- Director: David Payne
- Director of photography: Leo Bruges
- Editor: Rudolf Mašata
- Screenplay: Eliška Kováříková
- Music: Marek Mrkvička, Midi Lidi
- Sound: Ondřej Rozum
- Cast: Tomáš Jeřábek, Diana Dulínková, Klára Melíšková, Michal Pazderka, Marián Škorvaga
- Art Director: Vojtěch Hanyš, Emma Mast, Polina Klimok, Petr Vávra, Filip Novotný
- Production: FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
David Payne
David Payne was born in Prague and is a graduate of the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. Besides directing short films, he is a visual effects artist by profession and an archeologist by degree.