Film
Sweet Dreams
Ena Sendijarević • NL/SE/ID/RE 2023 • 102min
nl/idOF+enUT • DCP • Österreichpremiere
02.03.2024, 16:30 Leokino
»We didn’t come here to rule. Domination is banal.«
When Dutch patriarch and plantation owner Jan dies suddenly in Indonesia, his son arrives from Europe with plans for radical change. But when Jan’s will puts his Indonesian concubine Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be futile and blood thicker than water.
Direcor‘s Note: The story of the film is a horrific fairytale. I pictured a film where the banality of violence is underlined. (Locarno Film Festival)
Director, Writer Ena Sendijarevic Cinematography Emo Weemhoff Editor Lot Rossmark Cast Hayati Azis, Renée Soutendijk, Florian Myjer, Lisa Zweerman, Muhammad Khan Music Martial Foe Producers Erik Glijnis, Leontine Petit
Ena Sendijarević (*1987) is an Amsterdam based, Bosnian-born filmmaker. She studied Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Freie Universität Berlin, before graduating from the Netherlands Film Academy as a writer/director in 2014. She wrote and directed several short films, including TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2013) and FERNWEH (2014). Her latest short, IMPORT (2016), premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section of the Cannes Film festival 2016. Ena‘s debut feature film TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE (2019) had its world premiere in the Rotterdam Film Festival 2019 TIGER competition, where Ena won the Special Jury Award for outstanding artistic achievement. (Torino Film Lab)
