International Festival Signs of the Night - Paris
Festival internatinal Signes de nuit - Paris
 

24e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris / 9-15, 2026
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Living in a Technological World or
the slow but unstoppable disappearance of one’s own existence

A Woman Asleep
by
Vikki Bardot


Monday / Lundi
November 9th, 2026
8 pm / 20 h
Maison des édudiants arméniens
Cité universitaire
75014 Paris



All films are accessible by original languages and English subtitles




A Woman Asleep

Vikki Bardot
Turkey / 2026 / 1:19:00

Inspired by Georges Perec’s A Man Asleep (Un homme qui dort), A Woman Asleep examines contemporary alienation in a world shaped by permanent connectivity and endless information. Through a shifting group of women, the film observes a society that remains constantly active and alert, while the human spirit slowly drifts into sleep. Created entirely with artificial intelligence, and narrated through the director’s own voice clone, the film uses synthetic aesthetics to mirror a society that continues to look, yet no longer truly sees or feels. The film’s original, semi-autobiographical script took shape over two years, from her notes, memories, and intertextual references. In the footsteps of Resnais, Marker, Antonioni, and Akerman, the film adopts an essayistic tradition, moving through a dreamlike atmosphere where fiction, memory, and reflection begin to blur.