Periodsomnia
Award: Yellow Pencil
Yellow Pencil / Editing / Short Form / 2023
Award: Graphite Pencil
Graphite Pencil / Direction / Short Form
Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Sound Design & Use of Music / Adapted Music
Essity’s film began with a simple yet powerful line: ‘Periods never sleep’. Women lose around five months of sleep over their lifetime due to their period. The team set out to portray the different ways that periods affect the ability to sleep, causing long, dark, messy, uncomfortable, dream-filled, and at times surreal nights.
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