Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.

In a collapsing dystopian future, soldier David Canterra leads a high-stakes time travel mission to fix a catastrophic lab experiment. Upon his return, trapped in a somnolent state with his mind fractured by the journey, a shady doctor coerces his wife Lucy to extract the memories that could stop the world-devouring singularity.

"Somnolence" by Patrick Kalyn

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🎬 Director’s Statement:
As a filmmaker, I gravitate toward kinetic, high-concept science fiction. With Somnolence, I set out to create an intense proof-of-concept that feels like a feature in under 10 minutes. The story explores the human cost of time travel and the terrifying fallout from a failed energy experiment that rips open a world-devouring singularity, an idea inspired by real-world fears surrounding the LHC and its particle collision experiments.

At its core, this film is about the quiet agony of love under extreme pressure: a wife who must help invade the damaged mind of the man she loves, knowing the procedure might break him forever, all in a desperate attempt to save the world. It’s an intimate, heartbreaking drama woven inside a high-stakes sci-fi thriller.

🎞️ About the Film:
Writer & Director: Patrick Kalyn
Producer: Gabriel Napora
Cinematographer: Cliff Hokanson
Music: Jesper Kyd
Editing: Patrick Kalyn
Frist AD: Mike Bishop
Second AD: Matt Tingey
Co-Producer: Shawn Cooke
Associate Producers: Alfonso Quijada, McKinley Hlady, Terry Batth
VFX Supervisor: Kevin Little
Stunt Coordinator: Brian Ho
Stunts: Ray Chan
Art Director: Eamon Jones
Production Designer: David Griffiths
Line Producer: Ivan Lyttek
Script Supervisor: Nikisha Moise
Armorer: CK Smith
1st Assistant Camera: Einar Sigurdson
Camera DIT: Jon White
B Camera Operator: George Ershanbamer
B Camera 2nd Assistant: Mike Sharkey
C Camera Operator: Oliver Millar
Key PA: Brett McDermott
PA: Brendan Wanderer
Makeup Artist: Briana Scott
Key Wardrobe and Costumes: Kathi Moore
Gaffer: Garry Stamford
Production Sound Mixers Grady Lawlor, Ben McDonald
ADR Recordist: Toby Hulse
Re-recording Mixer: Vince Renaud
Sound Design: Skywalker Sound
Dialogue Editor: Kim Foscato
Sound Designers: Benny Burtt, David Chrastka, Kim Foscato
Sound Effects Editors: Benny Burtt, David Chrastka
VFX: Lux VFX
Lead VFX Artist: Patrick Kalyn
Lighting and Shading: Ryan Jensen
Texture Artist: Michael Nicolas
Rigging: Bob White
Animation: Patrick Kalyn
Additional Compositing: Ben Funk
CG Design and Modeling: Patrick Kalyn
Color: Company 3
Colorist: Siggy Ferstl

Cast:
Douglas Chapman
Shannon Schoenit
Ryf Van Rij
Ilan Muallem
Justin Doran
Richard Jollymore
Fabio Muoio
Ryan Vrba
Jp Mc Glynn
Poul Bay
Brett Mcdermott
Amanda Loxterkamp
Ben Ross

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