Pandemic Dreams (2021)
During the coronavirus pandemic many people reported having trouble sleeping and experiencing eerie, vivid dreams or more frequent nightmares. It is presumed by researchers that the pandemic constitutes as a collective trauma: isolation, existential dread, anxiety over one's job or financial situation, fear for the well-being of one's family and loved ones takes a toll on everybody's psyche. It makes it difficult for the brain to relax at night, hence the trouble sleeping and the disturbing dreams. The aim of the film is to present a selection of bizarre, nostalgic and scary dreams from the time of the COVID pandemic and through them offer a admittedly limited document of this difficult period. Four dreams were included in the 8-minute film, each depicts a different mood connected to the pandemic. The first one, a classical nightmare offers a glimpse into the first phase when the virus was still new and completely unknown and people had to deal with lockdowns and isolation
