In the Arms of Morpheus
In de armen van Morpheus
Directed by
Netherlands
2019
82 min
- Dutch
Documentary
Sleep: simple in its basic description, elusive in attempts at a comprehensive understanding of all its manifestations. What happens behind closed eyes when we lose consciousness and give ourselves over to dreams? And how is our perception of reality changed when the line between waking and sleeping is blurred? In his new documentary, Marc Schmidt introduces us to several people suffering from sleep disorders. He unobtrusively helps us see and feel what it’s like to suffer from insomnia and be trapped between dream and reality. When sleep ceases to be an automatic part of life, we find new ways of looking at our existence.
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Credits
- Cinematography
- Jean Counet
- Editing
- Katarina Türler
- Music
- Inne Eysermans
- Sales
- SQUARE EYES
- Production
- DOXY FILMS
Press
Marc Schmidt
Netherlands
Marc Schmidt (1970) works as an independent director and location sound mixer of documentary films. After studies in film theory (Utrecht University) and media arts (Tilburg Art Academy), he started as a sound engineer and video editor on a variety of film projects. He also directed a few short fiction films. But directing documentaries raised his interest, and gradually became his main occupation. The role of social codes in our lives is a recurrent theme in his work. Among his films are SCHOOLYARD (2005), a conceptual documentary focused on a schoolyard, filmed from his balcony and BIDCATCHER (2007), a visual impression of an auction, which won the prize for best documentary at the Tampere Filmfestival. His latest documentary IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS (2019) premieres in competition at KVIFF 2019.
