Every Time I Wake Up

Single Screen Moving Images, Work-in-Progress

Every Time I Wake Up is a work-in-progress exploring the experience of recollection in each waking moment, questioning the tension between memory and reality—who we are, who we become, and who we remember ourselves to be. It examines the fragmented experience of waking up and the transformative shifts in perspective that accompany it. The film delves into how memory and identity morph with each awakening, highlighting the detachment between self and body, as well as the alienation between inner and outer worlds.

Merging childhood memory with dreamlike imagery and unconventional framing, the film explores time distortion and emotional shifts upon waking, experimenting with the idea of dehumanization—awakening as an object rather than a person.

The protagonist experiences a series of awakenings that disorient her sense of self. At times, she wakes up as someone else, embodying a foreign identity or consciousness. At other moments, she becomes an object, stripped of humanity and reduced to passivity. Most often, she wakes up as herself—though in an altered state, uncertain of her true nature. These shifts challenge the linearity of identity and reveal how the passage of time distorts both memory and self-perception.