Ecstatic Glymphatic is a surreal, tongue-in-cheek look at what goes on inside the mind of a sleep-deprived new mother. The story was inspired by a BBC science article that discussed the purpose of the glymphatic system: to clean the brain of toxins during sleep.
Filmed in 2014, it had a world premiere in June 2015 at the Long Day Short Film Festival in California. In 2015 it screened at the Movies by Movers festival in North Carolina.
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CREDITS:
Cast:
Glia: Louise McCarroll
Neurons/Dancers:
Alys-Rose Green
Carol Torrance
Christine Rowe
Claire Pritchard
Gill White
Hannah Mason
Heather Davies
Kerry Milligan
Laura Fisher
Maide Pereira Tomas
Maya Buchanan
Nadia Matiu
Nicola Buchan
Olivia Ho
Rachel Bodger
Sarah Farrell
Sarah Lawrie
Crew:
Sahra Bhimji - Writer/Director/Editor
Lindsay McGee - Producer
Graeme O'Hara - DoP
Andrew McDonald- Production Asst
Chris McCulloch- Lighting
Keith Duncan and Julian McAllister - Sound & Music
Claire Doyle - Choreography
Samantha Jack- Hair Styling
Miriam Wilson- Make-up
Ella Bavalia- Production Design
Ailsa Williams- Standby Art Director
Rebecca Gough-Cooper - Art Dept. Asst
Ines Alvarez Villa - Production Assistant
Ewan Rollo and Lucas Kao - Stills Photography