Stay Awake

Jamie Sisley

Talents USA 94 min Spanish premiere Fiction

Synopsis

Brothers Ethan (17) and Derek (19) try their best to navigate the pressures of teenage life while tending to their mother’s debilitating prescription drug addiction. Based on the filmmaker’s adolescence in small-town North-America, Stay Awake is a personal exploration of the roller coaster ride that families go on while trying to help their loved ones battle a disease that affects millions every day.

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Themes

North American CinemaComing-of-ageFamíliaYouthFirst FeatureSocial Issues

Filmmaker

Jamie Sisley

He graduated from the University of Virginia and has a Master’s in Film from Columbia University. His short film Stay Awake premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Festival, among other awards. Subsequently, he premiered the feature documentary Farewell Ferris Wheel, awarded at Tribeca, and premiered Stay Awake, a feature based on the short of the same name, which won the Cinema Vision 14plus award at the Berlinale.

Filmography: Stay Awake (2022, D'A 2023), Farewell Ferris Wheel (co-directed, 2016), Stay Awake (short film, 2015)

Jamie Sisley

Film information

Director: Jamie Sisley
Script: Jamie Sisley
Contact: Dialectic
With: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Chrissy Metz
Country: USA
Year: 2022
Format: DCP
Length: 94 min
Language: English
Subtitles: Catalan

Awards

BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus
Cinema Vision 14plus Award

Poster

Stay Awake