Cannes 2011: Rebecca Daly Hunts A Killer ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP

Irish director Rebecca Daly makes her feature debut in the Cannes Director's Fortnight with The Other Side Of Sleep, what looks to be a moody and atmospheric thriller. The story of a young woman prone to sleepwalking obsessed with finding a kilelr the film promises to blend dream and reality to create a truly haunting experience. Here's how the festival describes it:

A sleepwalker since childhood, Arlene works in the local factory of the small Irish rural town she grew up in. When a young woman is found dead in the woods, Arlene immediately channels her own mother's disappearance, twenty years ago. Increasingly drawn to the girl's family - her accused boyfriend and grieving sister, Arlene barricades herself in at night, depriving herself of sleep. Deep in emotional turmoil, her sleeping and waking realities soon blur, as the community searches to find the killer.

Take a look at the first trio of images from the film in the gallery below.