Premiere of the documentary "Apneia", on World Sleep Day

APNEIA is a documentary created within the research for the project To Sleep or Not to Sleep?, which began in 2018 and is the result of the synergy between Marionet and CNC. It will have its full premiere on the 17th of March, at 9:30 pm, at the Casa do Cinema de Coimbra. It will be followed by a conversation with patients, artists and health professionals.

 

In the summer of 2021, we followed the activity of the Sleep Medicine Centre of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC) for a few weeks. During that period we interviewed a number of patients and health professionals, in order to create a play about this disease, which premiered on World Sleep Day in March 2022.

 

This project has led to the performances Event of the Unknown, at the European Researchers’ Night (2018), The Dream Machine, on World Sleep Day (2019), a scientific-theatrical performance with the same name in 2020 and, in 2022, Morpheus and Apnea, a show presented at Convento São Francisco, also on World Sleep Day.

 

Five years later, we round off this project with APNEA, a documentary shot by Laetitia Morais and directed by Mário Montenegro, which provides insights into the reality of those who directly or indirectly live with obstructive sleep apnea on a daily basis.

 

The film is a simple and honest first-person testimony that leaves a very clear view of the causes, consequences and treatment for those who sleep with the disease.

 

 

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This is a project by Marionet, CNC UC and CEIS20. With the support of: Direção-Geral das Artes, Casa do Cinema de Coimbra, Município de Coimbra, Prémio de Promoção da Cultura Científica 2022 da Universidade de Coimbra, Associação Portuguesa do Sono e CHUC.