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Focus South Asia

Sultana's Dream

Germany, India, Spain

Basque, Bengali, English, Hindi, Spanish

2023

83 mins

South Asia Premiere

Festival History

San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival (Basque Screenwriters Award for Best Script)
Filmfest Hamburg
DOK Leipzig
Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
São Paulo Int'l Film Festival
Seminci - Valladolid Int'l Film Festival
Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

Focus South Asia

Sultana's Dream

Germany, India, Spain

Basque, Bengali, English, Hindi, Spanish

2023

83 mins

South Asia Premiere

Festival History

San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival (Basque Screenwriters Award for Best Script)
Filmfest Hamburg
DOK Leipzig
Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
São Paulo Int'l Film Festival
Seminci - Valladolid Int'l Film Festival
Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

Inés, a Spanish artist living in India, 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.

Credits

Lead Cast

Miren Arrieta

Dedjani Mukherjee

Miren Gabilondo

Nausheen Javeed

Ranjitha Rajeevan

Mary Beard

Paul Preciado

Roberto Bessi

Manu Khurana

Writer

Isabel Herguera

Gianmarco Serra

Director of Photography

Eduardo Elosegi

Editor

Gianmarco Serra

Sound Designer

Gianmarco Serra

Simon Bastian

Music Director

Gianmarco Serra

Production Designer

N/A

Costume Designer

N/A

Producer/s

Isabel Herguera

Chelo Loureiro

Mariano Baratech

Fabian Driehorst

Iván Miñambres

Production Company/ies

Sultana Films

Contact


Rights Holder

Fabian Driehorst

fabian@fabianfred.com


World Sales Agent

Wouter Jansen

info@squareeyesfilm.com


Director

Isabel Herguera

Isabel Herguera is a Spanish animation film director with an international background. She earned her master's degree from Calarts in Los Angeles, where she directed Los Muertitos (1993), an animated short about the wall separating Mexico and the United States. In 2003, she became the director of the Catalonia International Animated Film Festival. Her shorts have received awards and Goya Prize nominations. Isabel has been a professor at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She has held workshops on animation around the world. Sultana's Dream is her first feature film.