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Ena Sendijarević talks SWEET DREAMS (TIFF 2023) – Tara Karajica interviews

September 19, 2023September 21, 2023 Tara Karajica Dutch colonislism, dutch films, Ena Sendijarevic, indonesia, Renée Soutendijk, Sweet Dreams, TIFF 2023

Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević’s her sophomore film is set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era. Sweet Dreams is the story of two women who are left to their own devices after the death of Jan, patriarch owner of a sugar plantation. Sendijarević grew up in the Netherlands, a country with a long and atrocious imperialist past. “I never learned anything about it when I was [in] school. She wanted to know more about it and got the idea to do something with it on film.

Reviews

TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE – Review by Diane Carson

June 3, 2021June 6, 2021 Diane Carson Dekanalog, Ena Sendijarevic, Sara Luna Zoric, Take Me Somewhere Nice

For everyone who has experienced one of those days or weeks when nothing goes right, Take Me Somewhere Nice will strike a familiar chord. The story begins with Alma, in her Netherlands home, as she learns that her estranged father is in the hospital in Bosnia, his homeland. She flies there, expecting her cousin Emir’s assistance to find him.