Sleeping Beauty (franchise) such as the "Sleeping Beauty" characters. Characters from "Sleeping Beauty" also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". Fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" regularly include live-action interpretations of characters including Maleficent, Aurora, Phillip, King Stefan, and Aurora's mother is mentioned as Briar Rose, the "original" Sleeping Beauty. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appears as recurring character in the American animated television series "Sofia the First", as the headmistresses of Royal Prep. Aurora appeared in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia". The series features characters from the
The House of the Sleeping Beauties releases of the year. The 2011 Australian film "Sleeping Beauty", directed by Julia Leigh, uses the central premise of "House of the Sleeping Beauties" as part of its main plotline, but reverses the viewpoint. The film contains a scene in which a university lecturer is presenting on a game of Go, a reference to Kawabata's 1951 novel "The Master of Go". The literary sources for the film "Sleeping Beauty" (2011) were acknowledged and discussed in the book "Sleeping Beauty" presented to the press at the Cannes Film Festival 2011 by Screen Australia and subsequently in many interviews. These sources included