After You Sleep is a short film inspired by my own experience of early motherhood – the desperate wanting of your baby to sleep, only to find yourself wide awake when they finally do.

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Told through cinematic imagery and poetic narration, the film captures the solitude, tenderness and restlessness of those hours when the house is finally still, but rest never comes.

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The film was created using a combination of generative AI tools including Nano Banana and Kling, across still and moving image, exploring how consistent characters, environments and visual language can be maintained across a narrative to create a cohesive cinematic world.

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