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The 24 Hours
24 episodes, one for every hour of the day, in four languages. On our channels, one episode a day, from 24 October to 16 November 2026.
First episode, hour 01: Saturday 24 October 2026. Last, hour 00: Monday 16 November 2026.
Credits: Concept, editorial direction and directing: Matteo Fieni. Production and development: Opening®.
The campaign press release is not published yet.
Drive Awake in brief
- What it is
- A Swiss platform, documentary and awareness campaign on sleepiness at the wheel. Created by Matteo Fieni with Opening®; documentary co-directed with Kevin Merz.
- The figure
- Up to 30% of serious accidents in the evening and night hours are linked to sleepiness. Source: EOC Neurocentro della Svizzera italiana, Prof. Mauro Manconi. A standalone figure, not to be mixed with other estimates.
- The study
- Twelve molecular features in oral fluid distinguish acute sleep deprivation. IRM Zürich, DOI 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c01064. A laboratory proof of concept: not a validated roadside test.
- The campaign
- 24 episodes, one for every hour of the day, in four languages. On our channels, one episode a day, from 24 October to 16 November 2026.
- The voices
- Eight sleep-medicine interviews from the World Sleep Forum at Monte Verità, published with written consent.
- The principle
- Drive Awake gives voice to research and to professionals, and opens the conversation to the public.
- Press contact
- media@driveawake.ch
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About Drive Awake (boilerplate)
Drive Awake is a Swiss platform, documentary and awareness project on sleepiness at the wheel, created by Matteo Fieni with Opening®, in collaboration with scientific partners (IRM Zürich, EOC Neurocentro). It communicates as artists using science: human before institutional, prevention before prosecution.
To illustrate with
What you download: high-resolution photographs, logo, ready-to-copy credit and terms of use.
Press photos · World Sleep Forum, Monte Verità, November 2025
We are still completing the photo material: more images on the way.
Frames at 1920x1080 taken from the interviews, not photographs: fine online, for print ask us for the original.
Photos © Drive Awake. Free editorial use with mandatory credit; no alterations beyond cropping. Any other use requires written permission: media@driveawake.ch. Credit and terms are also embedded in the file metadata.
Foto: © Drive Awake
Foto: © Drive Awake - driveawake.ch
SVG and high-resolution on request. Editorial images (Quinto set, covers) on request, per policy: no photos of the site or people. Publisher: Drive Awake; producer: Opening®.
To go deeper
What you look at afterwards: the sources on the case, the platform, how to stay in touch.
The case in the media, 2016
These are the contemporary reports of the Quinto crash, useful to anyone writing about the tenth anniversary. They are not articles about Drive Awake: when there are, they will have a section of their own.
Press list
Journalists and newsrooms: to receive embargoed releases, write to media@driveawake.ch with outlet and language. Or follow the RSS feed.
Press contact: media@driveawake.ch
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For partners: ready-to-share text
26 July marks ten years since the Quinto case: sleepiness at the wheel and the limit of proof. Drive Awake opens a debate on prevention; a recent IRM Zürich study points to a possible direction. More: driveawake.ch/communications/quinto-2026.html?lang=en
Public kit, to browse and share the campaign: episodes, calendar, files, post texts and code, no password. Kept separate, the reserved materials: the Monte Verità interviews for partners, with a password. Open the kit →