“Forever Sleep” by Zac Stracener

May 30

A man must decide if he will undergo the procedure that will end his depression, forever.

After Cole Powell loses his wife and newborn in a fatal car accident, he decides to end his life via Forever Sleep™️. Once it begins, his whole life flashes before him as he relives his most precious and traumatic memories. He is given a choice to terminate the procedure and live or to “sleep” forever.

An error results in a failure to terminate the procedure, forcing the pod to initiate forever “sleep”. Cole's final seconds are spent trying to prevent imminent death when suddenly he is awakened by a doctor. He is a patient in a new form of prevention therapy where they utilize the Forever Sleep™️ pod procedure to help patients decide if the best way to find their life is to first lose it.

FROM THE DIRECTOR

“I want this film to be used as a tool for others to share and talk about mental health and suicide prevention. This film may be fiction but the story it originates from are not. They are real. These issues are real. And they need to be discussed far more often than we do. No more masquerading with mere talk about how mental health matters. Let’s dive head-first into these conversations. Every second counts.”

-Zac Stracener