Project Detail

Beauty Sleep

This image shows a woman lying on a steel embalming table in a pink room with another woman holding up a pair of breasts.

Beauty Sleep - Copyright of Jasmine De Silva & Fidge Films

This image shows a pair of hands wearing blue gloves holding up a young woman's face

Beauty Sleep - Copyright of Jasmine De Silva & Fidge Films

This image shows a woman dressed in a blue suit with bold makeup.

Beauty Sleep - Copyright of Jasmine De Silva & Fidge Films

Synopsis

A retro futuristic short film about beauty, identity, and the dangerous pursuit of perfection.
Cosmetic enhancement is more extreme than our own. New boobs, butts and faces can be purchased, sewn on and bedazzled to your choosing. And the latest beauty trend? “Sleeping Beauty Makeovers”. A living embalment all performed by a mortician, where teens, for their Sweet 16, jump out of a sparkling coffin instead of a giant cake.
Official Selection Fantasia Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 min
Director: Jasmine De Silva
Producer: Tuli Litvak
Executive Producer: Jasmine De Silva
Editor: Kate Miller
Screenwriter: Jasmine De Silva
Director of Photography: Beatriz Delgado-Mena
Production Designer: Nuha Mekki
Sound: Conor Kelly
Composer: Hollie Buhagiar
Principal cast: Emma James, Jes Hynes, Abi McLoughlin
Other Lead Creative(s): MUA - Natasha Lawes, SFX Designer - Alice Kenneth, Hair Designer - Judit Florenciano, Costume Designer - Sian O'Donnell