Sultana's Dream
Category: Animated Feature
Length: 86 minutes
Technique: 2D analog, digital
Genre: Poetic Drama
Director: Isabel Herguera
Writer: Isabel Herguera, Gianmarco Serra
Executive Producer: Chelo Loureiro, Fabian Driehorst
Producers: Isabel Herguera, Diego Herguera, Chelo Loureiro, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech, Ivan Minambres
Production Companies: Sultana Films, Abano Producions, Fabian&Fred, El Gatoverde Producciones, UniKo
Studios: The Glow, Sparkle Animation, BlackBird Design, Zeigermann_Audio, Optical Art
Funding: Creative Europe, ICAA, Basque Country Fund, MOIN Film Fund, Madrid Film Fund, Galicia Film Fund
Broadcaster: EiTB, RTVE, ZDF/ARTE, Filmin, Movistar
Countries: Spain, Germany
Taking its inspiration from a feminist sci-fi short story written in Bengal in 1905, Inés sets out on a voyage of discovery around India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.
Awards / Nominations
Annecy Animation Festival - Grand Prix
Animafest Zagreb - Grand Prix
Cartoons on the Bay - Best Screenplay, Special Price Renato Pallavicini
Premios Quirino - Best Visual Development
Celtic Media Festival - Torc Awards - Best Animation
Cartoon Movie - Nomination Director of the Year
Anima Brussels - Grand Prix
GOYA Awards - Nomination Best Animation Film
Ibero-American Quirino Awards - Nomination Best Animation Film
Feros Awards - Nomination Best Animation Film
Medallas CEC - Nomination Best Animated Film
José María Forqué Awards - Nomination Best Animated Film
Leeds International Film Festival - Special Mention
Filmfest Hamburg - Hamburg Producers Award
San Sebastian International Film Festival - Best Basque Screenplay & Best Basque Film
Festivals (selection)
2024 Taichung Animation Festival
2024 Animest
2024 Animage
2024 Seoul Indie-Anifest
2024 Ottawa Animation Festival
2024 Animasyros
2024 Viborg Animation Festival
2024 BUSTER Children and Youth Festival
2024 BLON Animation Festival
2024 World Festival of Animated Film Varna
2024 Fantoche Animation Festival
2024 Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
2024 Imaginaria
2024 Animaphix
2024 Aegean Film Festival
2024 Anibar
2024 Odesa International Film Festival
2024 Animator Festival of Animation
2024 Guadalajara International Film Festival
2024 Annecy Animation Festival
2024 Animafest Zagreb
2024 Cartoons on the Bay
2024 Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
2024 Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival
2024 Les Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation de Montréal
2024 Jeonju International Film Festival
2024 ITFS Stuttgart Animation Festival
2024 Bafici Buenos Aires Film Festival
2024 Hong Kong International Film Festival
2024 Kaboom Animation Festival
2024 One World Human Rights Film Festival
2024 International Film Festival of Uruguay
2024 Niigata International Animation Festival
2024 Tricky Women Animation Festival
2024 Monstra Animation Festival
2024 Anima Brussels
2024 Women's International Film Festival Kerala
2024 Göteborg Film Festival
2024 Max Ophüls Preis
2024 AniMela
2023 Kerala International Film Festival
2023 Gijon International Film Festival
2023 IDFA Documentary Festival
2023 L'alternativa Barcelona
2023 Leeds International Film Festival
2023 Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2023 Animario Madrid
2023 Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
2023 Tokyo International Film Festival
2023 Seminci Valladolid InternationalFilm Festival
2023 Mostra Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2023 Abycine Film Festival
2023 DOK Leipzig
2023 Filmfest Hamburg
2023 San Sebastian International Film Festival
Pitches / Presentation
2023 Work in Progress at Annecy Animation Festival
2022 Goa Film Bazaar
2022 European Work in Progress Cologne
2022 Pitching at Cartoon Movie
2021 Pitching at Sevilla Film Festival