Sweet Dreams

Set on an Indonesian island in the waning years of Dutch colonialism, Ena Sendijarević’s sophomore feature is a stingingly sardonic satire observing decadence and moral decay on a sugar plantation, which is thrown into turmoil when, following the decease of its patriarch, it’s revealed that he willed the estate to his illegitimate son with his Indigenous housekeeper. A gorgeously shot study of truly ugly human behavior. “[Sendijarević] has established herself as a formidable talent with… a feel for the manicured, placid surfaces that contain rot and rebellion.” —Variety.

"Sweet Dreams is gorgeously shot, masterfully composed and tightly framed within an Academy aspect ratio, its stylised storytelling never ceasing to captivate." — Marina Ashioti, Little White Lies

"A strangely spellbinding, dark and satiric examination of the Dutch colonial history in Indonesia." — Frank J. Avella, Awards Daily