Anja Garbarek - Sleep [Official Music Video]

A woman is buried alive. An air pipe goes up to the surface, but she's slowly dying. This animated music video is a journey into the dying woman's mind.

A moth flies down the pipe and acts as the woman's guide, showing her sculptures and details from her life in order to help her make a last decision: to let go.

And it is so strange
With these eyes out into darkness
And it is so strange
All they want to do is sleep
And it is so strange
They want to sleep through silence
And it is so strange
'Cause I am wide awake

And it is so strange
How all this could be over
If you would walk in
If you put me to rest
And it is so strange
That my voice seems to've gone quiet
And even stranger still
That I never will be found

All I want to do
Is to drift away
Hush-a-bye baby
All I want to do is go to sleep
To sleep, to sleep

► ► Winner of Best Music Video at Miami Sci Fi Festival 2023.

► Official Selection Stockholm City Film Festival 2022
► Official Selection AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival 2023
► Official Selection Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi) 2023
► Official Selection Kortfilmfestivalen (The 46th Norwegian Short Film Festival) 2023
► Official Selection Ravenheart International Film Festival 2023
► Official Selection Animated Expressions Expo 2023

Purchased by Filmbib in 2023.

Written, directed and animated by Åsmund Bøe

Music by Anja Garbarek (additional music credits in the video.)

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