Sultana’s Dream

by Isabel Herguera
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film
  • 2023 square eyes film

    Synopsis

    Inés a Spanish artist lives in India and stumbles upon Sultana's Dream, a science fiction story written by Rokeya Hossain in 1905. It describes Ladyland, a utopia in which women rule the country while men live in seclusion and are responsible for household chores. Fascinated by the story Inés embarks on a journey across the country to search for the one place where women can live in peace.
    'With wit and a certain ironic humour, through original and fascinating visual and sound materials, symbolic colours, images, music and sounds that evoke the depth of the film, they recreate the dreamlike world'

    Festivals

    2023
    Best Basque Film & Best Basque Screenplay – SSIFF, San Sebastian
    Hamburg Producer Award for International Cinema Co-Productions – 31 FFHH
    66 DOK Leipzig
    36 IDFA – Best of Fests
    65 Nordic Film Days Lübeck
    Mostra Sao Paulo IFF
    Seminci Valladolid IFF
    Tokyo International Film Festival
    Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
    2024
    45 FF Max Ophüls Preis
    28 FF Schleswig-Holstein
    21 Millenium Docs Against Gravity
    Grand Prix Contrechamp – Annecy Festival
    nominated for Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Feature Film
    One World Praha
    37th European Film Awards Nominee
    eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film – OSCAR® 2025

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Isabel Herguera