The Projectionist Sleeps
18:00
Screen One
Misregister 2027
Live Score
Director
Kwame Asante-Hill
Country
Ghana
Year
1977
Runtime
62 min
Format
DCP, 2K restoration
Language
Twi and English with English subtitles
Screenings
A travelling projectionist falls asleep mid-show, and the audience in a coastal village begins to dream the rest of the film for him. Asante-Hill’s playful short feature is about the people who watch films as much as the films themselves. The closing night, with a new score by Ama Owusu for piano and electronics.
2K restoration from the only surviving print, 2025.
Live score
Ama Owusu
Piano and electronics
Composer and pianist working between prepared piano and modular synthesis. She scores the closing film, The Projectionist Sleeps.



