About this Short Film
Toby’s been having trouble sleeping. He’s lost in his schoolwork; he’s losing touch with his friends and he’s trying to get through it all alone. How long will it take before it becomes too much, and he slips out of his own reality?
Film Details
Country:
Australia
State:
Western Australia
Category:
School Short
Genre:
Drama
Festival Year:
2026
Filmmaker:
Dean Tangas
Film Transcript
All right, guys. So this morning is your last opportunity to submit your photography assessment if you have not already done so. Okay? I need them due very shortly.
Toby. Yeah? Toby, you've got nothing. Oh, yeah — it's due in 15 minutes. Get a move on. I'm sorry, miss. I'll get to it. I'm sorry.
Hey, Toby. You coming to practice tonight? No, man. I'm just too tired. I can't be bothered. What? Okay.
All right, everyone. We're going to be going through what we went through the last couple days, going to go through what we've been doing — key terms. All right, everyone, have a good weekend. I'll see you guys next week.
Toby, mate. Hey. You all right? I'm sorry, I'll leave you. No. No, it's okay. What's been going on, mate? It's just been the past couple of weeks — I just haven't been sleeping right at all. I've sometimes gone multiple days without getting any sleep at all and it's just really awful. Well, first step is you came to talk to us. From here, we can help you with this. Okay. Thank you.
Hi, guys, come on in. Tony, what's up, man? We haven't seen you playing in so long. Yeah, I'm sorry, man. I was just dealing with some problems, but I'm slowly getting through it now. I'm with it. Okay. Okay. Well, that's good. But make it up to me and let's hang out tonight. Tonight? Yeah. Um, my house? Yeah. Sweet. Let's go. All right. Good. Hey, how are you? Awesome. So like, okay, now we...
Filmmaker
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