Experiencing Interruptions?

SOMNUS

Late at night, a screenwriter recollects an unpleasant encounter with the receptionist of the motel he is staying at. As this memory haunts him, his thoughts blur with the story he is writing.

  • Hicham Chérif d'Ouazzane
    Director
  • Hicham Chérif d'Ouazzane
    Writer
  • Guillaume Léopold Chabot
    Producer
  • Scaffographe Productions
    Producer
  • Martin Plouffe
    Key Cast
    "Benjamin Huxley"
  • Maryève Alary
    Key Cast
    "The Receptionist"
    La Maison-Bleue
  • Pamela Albarrán
    Cinematographer
    Contrafábula de una niña disecada, Sin nombre, Place du Trocadero, Jet Lag, Borrando La Frontera
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 25, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Aaton Super 16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay
    Saguenay
    Canada
    March 25, 2023
    World premiere
    Tourner à tout prix
  • Indy Film Fest
    Indianapolis
    Canada
    April 20, 2023
    American Premiere
    Official selection
  • FIGARI MKT - Figari International Short Film Festival
    Figari
    Italy
    June 26, 2023
    Italian Premiere
    Short Film Market
  • FANTASIA - Festival international de films Fantasia

    Canada
    July 21, 2023
    Montreal Premiere
    Prix Royal Photo 2023 - Émergence Direction Photo - Argent (Fantastiques week-end du cinéma québécois)
  • FANTASIA - Festival international de films Fantasia
    Montréal
    Canada
    August 8, 2023
    Expérimentations celluloïdales
  • RVQC 2024 - Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma
    Montréal
    Canada
    March 2, 2024
    Tohu-bohu
  • NYCIndieFF - New York City Independent Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    June 6, 2024
    New York Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Film Shortage

    October 15, 2024
    Online Premiere
    Daily Pick / Films du Québec
Director Biography - Hicham Chérif d'Ouazzane

Hicham Chérif d'Ouazzane draws a surrealist inspiration from the absurd and the sordid to extract the extraordinary in the banality of lives put to sleep by routine. SOMNUS is his first short film after his years of practice in architecture.

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