Incluvie Film Festival Review of 'Sleep No More'
This short film was an overall creative success.

I-Ling is a young professional moving to another country for work. Saying goodbye to friends is hard, but it is hardest going back to family for a goodbye. The past is shocking, the future is uncertain. Among the coming and going she is suspended by a thin thread of identity.
This short film was an overall creative success.
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