Sweet Dreams (2023 film)

Sweet Dreams
Festival release poster
Directed byEna Sendijarević
Written byEna Sendijarević
Produced by
  • Leontine Petit
  • Erik Glijnis
Starring
CinematographyEmo Weemhoff
Edited byLot Rossmark
Music byMartial Foe
Production
companies
  • Lemming Film
  • Plattform Produktion
  • VPRO Television
  • Film i Väst
  • Talamedia (ID)
Distributed byGusto Entertainment
Release dates
  • August 5, 2023 (2023-08-05) (Locarno)
  • September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28) (Netherlands)
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
LanguageDutch
Box officeUS$702,446[1]

Sweet Dreams is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Ena Sendijarević, and starring Renée Soutendijk and Hayati Azis. An international co-production between the Netherlands and Sweden, the film is set on a plantation in the Dutch East Indies around the beginning of the 20th century and takes a critical look at the Dutch colonial past.[2]

Sweet Dreams premiered at 76th Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023.[3] In September 2023, it opened the 43rd Netherlands Film Festival, where it was nominated in eight categories[4] and won six awards.[5] The film was selected as Dutch entry in Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards on September 8, 2023[6][7][8] and appeared in the eligibility list on 7 December 2023,[9] but didn't make it to the shortlist.[10] It was released on 28 September 2023.

  1. ^ "Sweet Dreams". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Sendijarević, Ena (August 5, 2023). "Sweet Dreams". Cineuropa. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
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  6. ^ Georg Szalai (September 8, 2023). "Oscars 2024: The Netherlands Selects 'Sweet Dreams' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Patrick Frater, Leo Barraclough, Ellise Shafer, Elsa Keslassy, John Hopewell, Naman Ramachandran, Nick Vivarelli, K.J. Yossman, Anna Marie de la Fuente (October 17, 2023). "International Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved October 24, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Netherlands Oscar Contender 'Sweet Dreams' Sets North American Release With Dekanalog". Variety. December 7, 2023.
  9. ^ Clayton Davis (December 7, 2023). "Academy Announces 288 Eligible Titles for Animated, Documentary and International Feature Oscar Races". Variety. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "96th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.