Sultana's Dream (Spanish: El sueño de la sultana) is a 2023 animated drama film directed by Isabel Herguera from a screenplay she co-wrote with Gianmarco Serra, based in part on the 1905 short story of the same name by Rokeya Hossain.
[2] Inés, a Spanish artist living in India, travels throughout the country learning about the life of author Rokeya Hossain and the utopian Ladyland she described in her 1905 short story Sultana's Dream.
[2] In 2012, Herguera launched a crowdfunded workshop series in India focused on Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Hossain.
The director later received a screenwriting grant from the Basque government to develop a film based on Hossain's work.
[2] Sultana's Dream screened as a work-in-progress at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.