# Sleepless

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Published: 2016-12-21 23:43:05 UTC
Updated: 2016-12-30 22:21:14 UTC
Author: TMFF Editorial Team

Director: Ellie Land
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 5 minutes
Audience rating: —/5 from 0 ratings

 

### Its rhythm is inspired by the circadian cycle and displays visual icons rooted in the science of sleep, whilst featuring the voices of a group of mental health service users who share their experience of disrupted sleep/wake patterns. Sleep. Do we get enough? The latest developments in circadian biology research are uncovering the detrimental effects that a lack of sleep can have to our well-being. Artist Ellie Land and scientist Professor Peter Oliver embarked on a two year conversation about the links now being discovered between sleep and mental health. This film is the result.