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Film overview, synopsis, writer/director bio, cast and crew biographies, production notes and press contact.
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BRAINSOMNIAC
She wants to sleep. Her brain has other plans.
- Film
- Brainsomniac
- Format
- Short Film · 19:43
- Genre
- Dark Comedy
- Writer / Director
- Deva Dalporto
- Starring
- Kirsten Vangsness · Allison Munn
- Festival Status
- Seeking Festival Premiere · 2027
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About BRAINSOMNIAC
Logline
She wants to sleep. Her brain has other plans.
Synopsis
In a darkly hilarious exploration of mental health, a perimenopausal hypochondriac insomniac attempts to sleep, but is forced into battle with MY BRAIN (personified by Kirsten Vangsness “Criminal Minds”) who keeps ME (Allison Munn “Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn” “One Tree Hill” “The Big Show Show”) up all night with a series of escalating, imaginary emergencies.
As the hours tick towards morning, fears of a kitchen-knife-wielding intruder, bladder cancer and early-onset Alzheimer’s crescendo with a phantom heart attack that sends ME running to the ER … for the second time in a single day. The diagnosis? Anxiety. Will she ever escape her racing mind? ME is going to try.
Director
Deva Dalporto
Deva Dalporto is a writer, filmmaker, actor and digital creator @mylifesuckers, known for her funny viral videos about motherhood and her music parodies. BRAINSOMNIAC marks her narrative filmmaking debut.
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