Ena Sendijarević
Bosnian-Dutch writer, director and producer Ena SENDIJAREVIĆ stood out internationally with her idiosyncratic feature debut Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), which was selected for ACID Cannes and won the Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She previously attracted attention with her short Import (2016), which premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and was the Dutch entry for the Oscars. Her second feature film, Sweet Dreams (2023), premiered in Locarno’s main competition and won the Pardo for best performance. Sweet Dreams was the Dutch submission to the Oscars 2024. In 2020, Ena co-founded the Netherlands based independent production company Aventura.
Filmography
(selection) Travellers into the Night (2013, short), Fernweh (2014, short), Import (2016, short), Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), Sweet Dreams (2023), The Possessed (in development)
Ena Sendijarević at IFFR
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A man and a camera
Mysterious road movie knocking on Dutch front doors, investigating the everyday and putting tolerance to the test: “What’s this all abo
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The Possessed
Past and present come together in The Possessed, a film within a film, in which an eccentric film director and her small film crew shoot a film abo
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Take Me Somewhere Nice
Refreshing, dryly comedic, strangely shot road movie about Bosnian-Dutch girl’s exploration of her country of origin.