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North East International Film Festival on behalf of BFI Escapes presents

Sleep (2024)

Something awakens

Dir: Jason Yu, 2024, South Korea, 95mins, Cert: 15

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Mon 8 July // 19:00 / Cinema

Tickets: FREE

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As Hyeon-soo and Soo-jin await the birth of their first child, struggling actor Hyeon-soo begins to exhibit increasingly bizarre sleep disturbances. Beginning with talking in his sleep, he soon begins sleepwalking, eating, and injuring himself. After consulting a sleep clinic without success, Soo-jin turns in desparation to a shaman - and begins to consider some disturbing possibilities for the true meaning of her husband's behaviour. An atmospheric slow-burn of a horror film with compelling characters and some shocking twists and turns, Sleep will definitely stay with you!