SULTANA'S DREAM

EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA

By Isabel HERGUERA

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Female director - Completed 2023

Taking its inspiration from a feminist sci-fi short story written in Bengal in 1905, Inés sets out on a voyage of discoveryaround India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian FF 2023
Official selection
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Female director, Animation, First film
    • Countries
    • SPAIN, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, BASQUE, ENGLISH, BENGALI, HINDI
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Isabel HERGUERA
    • Writer(s)
    • Isabel HERGUERA, Gianmarco SERRA
    • Producer(s)
    • Chelo LOUREIRO (ABANO PRODUCIONS S.L), Mariano BARATECH (EL GATOVERDE PRODUCCIONES SL), Ivan MIÑAMBRES (UNIKO ESTUDIO CREATIVO), Fabian DRIEHORST (FABIAN&FRED), Diego HERGUERA (Sultana Films SL)
    • 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.