Youth will not sleep

It is one of those nights when everything can change. When you don’t know anymore if time goes forward or backward like a broken record. It is a bunch of teenagers in waiting, stuck in a mountain boarding school, seeking a welcoming face. It is Judith who, above all, wants Dagan back.

  • Perrine Lamy-Quique
    Director
  • Perrine Lamy-Quique
    Writer
  • Lost Klondike
    Producer
  • Jules Benveniste
    Key Cast
    "Dagan"
  • Lucy Ryan
    Key Cast
    "Judith"
  • Jeanne Posé
    Key Cast
    "Billie"
  • Erwan Vinesse
    Key Cast
    "Quentin"
  • Douglas Grauwels
    Key Cast
    "Victor"
  • Soheyl Sari Aslani
    Key Cast
    "Soheyl"
  • Roméo Bernard
    Key Cast
    "Rudy"
  • Antoine Saliou
    Key Cast
    "Jean-Charles"
  • Laly Denis
    Key Cast
    "la petite fille"
  • Lisa Jaquet
    Key Cast
    "une des filles"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La jeunesse refuse de dormir
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Genres:
    drama
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    18,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital / HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 43ème Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France)
    Clermont-Ferrand
    France
    February 4, 2021
    Mondial premiere
    programme "films en région"
  • 11th Pune international short film festival
    Pune
    India
    June 5, 2021
    Indian premiere
    compétition officielle
  • 37th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival
    Alexandrie
    Egypt
    September 25, 2021
    Egyptian premiere
    Official Competition Short fiction
  • 13th Short to the point

    Romania
    November 17, 2021
    Romanian Premiere
    Sélection officielle septembre
  • 1st Nahui Ollin Film Festival
    Durango
    Mexico
    September 6, 2021
    South American Premiere
    Sélection officielle
  • 5th Al Awdah International Cinema Festival
    Gaza
    Palestine, State of
    December 6, 2021
    Palestinian Premiere
    Compétition officielle
  • 1st Himachal Short Film Festival
    HImachal Pradesh
    India
    October 2, 2021
    Indian Premiere
    Compétition officielle
  • 6th Jerusalem International Film Festival
    Jerusalem
    Israel
    December 6, 2021
    Israelian Premiere
    Official Competition
  • 11th Loft Film Fest
    Tucson, Arizona
    United States
    November 10, 2021
    American Premiere
    programme "late night shorts"
  • 8th Goa Short Film Festival
    Goa
    India
    November 12, 2021
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • Agence du court-métrage
    Sales Agent
    Country: France
    Rights: All Rights
  • Unifrance
    Distributor
    Country: France
    Rights: Internet
Director Biography - Perrine Lamy-Quique

Perrine Lamy-Quique is a writer, director and film teacher. Born in France in 1983, she followed a double university course in Letters and Cinema. After the Agregation of Modern Letters, she began to teach cinema in different contexts (CPGE, BTS, high school ...). In 2021, she released her first story on the forgotten Roc des Fiz disaster, titled DANS LEUR NUIT, published by Editions du Seuil (Fiction et cie), as well as a fictional short film YOUTH WILL NOT SLEEP which was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, ainsi qu'en Egypte, au Mexique, en Inde, en Palestine.

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Director Statement

I made this film with my film students, as a tribute to Stella Mirabells, one of my former high school students, murdered by her boyfriend ... It's a film about love, memory, trauma. A sort of sacrificial, crushed rock poem. We have written. and prepared this film all together in just 4 months. It was shot in 9 days in the high school in my native village, in Haute-Savoie. It is a film made in a gesture, we did not have time to ask for financial support, but we obtained a lot of indirect aid from structures, companies and partners in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in particular for the casting. We were also able to finalize the post-production in reputable studios.