I Have Electric Dreams

{{Infobox film

| name = I Have Electric Dreams

| image = I Have Electric Dreams poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Tengo sueños eléctricos}}

| director = Valentina Maurel

| writer = Valentina Maurel

| producer = {{ubl|Benoit Roland| Grégoire Debailly}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez
Daniela Marín Navarro
Vivian Rodriguez
Adriana Castro García
Jose Pablo Segreda Johanning

}}

| music =

| cinematography = Nicolás Wong Díaz

| editing = Bertrand Conard

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Wrong Men
Geko Films

}}

| distributor = Cinéart

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2022|8|8|Locarno}}

| runtime = 101 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

Costa Rica
Belgium
France}}

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

I Have Electric Dreams ({{langx|es|Tengo sueños eléctricos}}) is a 2022 coming-of-age drama film directed by Valentina Maurel, starring Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez, Daniela Marín Navarro, Vivian Rodriguez, Adriana Castro García and Jose Pablo Segreda Johanning. The film produced by Gregoire Debailly and Benoit Roland is a co-production of Costa Rica, Belgium and France.{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Neil |title=‘I Have Electric Dreams’: Sarajevo Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/i-have-electric-dreams-sarajevo-review/5173573.article |date=18 August 2022|access-date=1 December 2022|website=Screen Daily |language=en}} It revolves around a young girl Eva, who lives with her mother, her little sister and their cat. The film captures the thin line between love and hate, in a world where aggression and rage intertwined with the vertigo of female sexual awakening.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_have_electric_dreams|title=I Have Electric Dreams|access-date=1 December 2022|website=Rotten Tomatoes}} It premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 8 August 2022,{{cite web |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno75/program-75/film.html?fid=1288800&l=en&eid=75 |title=Concorso internazionale: Tengo sueños eléctricos (I Have Electric Dreams) |publisher=Locarno Festival |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201155851/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno75/program-75/film.html?fid=1288800&l=en&eid=75 |url-status=dead }} where it won the Pardo for Best Direction, Pardo for Best Actress and Pardo for Best Actor.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/locarno-film-festival-winners-1235091631/|title=Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard|last=Ntim |first=Zac|date=13 August 2022|access-date=1 December 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood}}

It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Bermúdez |first=José |date=2023-10-04 |title=Tengo sueños eléctricos representante por Costa Rica para la 96ª edición de los Premios Oscar y en la 38ª edición de los premios Goya.|trans-title= I have electric dreams representing costa rica for the 96th edition of the oscar awards and the 38th edition of the goya awards.|url=https://www.centrodecine.go.cr/2023/10/04/articulo/tengo-suenos-electricos-representante-costa-rica-96a-edicion-premios-oscar-38a |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica |language=es}}

Cast

Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez as Martín
Daniela Marín Navarro as Eva
Vivian Rodriguez as Anca
Adriana Castro García as Sol
Sarah Lefèvre
José Pablo Segreda Johanning

Release

It premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 8 August 2022, where it won the Pardo for Best Direction, Pardo for Best Actress and Pardo for Best Actor.{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/locarno-film-festival-unveils-2022-lineup/ |title=Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2022 Lineup |author=Jordan Raup|work=The Film Stage |date=6 July 2022 |access-date=1 December 2022}} In September 2022, It made to 'Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos)' section of 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won Horizontes Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2022/sections_and_films/horizontes_latinos/8/in|access-date=1 December 2022|title=Horizontes Latinos. 2022. 70th Edition|website=Donostia Zinemaldia}} It also made it to 'World Cinema' section of 27th Busan International Film Festival and was screened on 6 October 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=61831&c_idx=373&sp_idx=&QueryStep=2 |title= I Have Electric Dreams |website=Busan International Film Festival|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=1 December 2022|language=en}} In November 2022, it was featured in 'International Competition' section of 53rd International Film Festival of India,{{cite web|url=https://iffigoa.org/international-competition/i-have-electric-dreams/|title=I Have Electric Dreams |website=IFFI Goa|access-date=1 December 2022}} where it won Golden Peacock for Best Film and Best Actress Award.{{cite news|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1879577|title=Spanish Film ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ by Costa Rican film maker Valentina Maurel bags Golden Peacock for its Electrifying Portayal of Passage into Adulthood |publisher=PIB|via=press release |date=28 November 2022|access-date=1 December 2022}} In December it was invited to the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival and was screened on 17 December 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://kiff.in/movie-schedule/category |title= Cinema International: I Have Electric Dreams |website=Kolkata International Film Festival|date=December 15, 2022|access-date=December 19, 2022|language=en}} It was also invited to the 27th Lima Film Festival in the Competition fiction section, where it was screened on 11 August 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://festivaldelima.com/2023/pelicula/tengo-suenos-electricos/|title=Tengo sueños eléctricos|trans-title=I Have Electric Dreams|website= 27 PUCP Lima Film Festival|access-date=August 9, 2023|language=es}}

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title= I Have Electric Dreams (2022, Drama) |id= i_have_electric_dreams |type=m |access-date=October 19, 2023}}

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote "an auspicious debut feature from Costa Rican writer-director Valentina Maurel".{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |last2= |first2= |date=2022-08-13 |title=Provocative Brazilian Film ‘Rule 34’ Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/provocative-brazilian-film-rule-34-wins-the-top-prize-at-locarno-film-festival-1235340748/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} It has been reviewed by Neil Young of Screen Daily, who wrote of "the tough, sensual, spiky feature-length debut by Costa Rican writer-director Valentina Maurel".

Sequel

In November 2022, Maurel announced that she was writing a sequel, which would focus on the mother-daughter relationship between Eva and Anca. She noted that the follow-up would include "complex characters and maybe a little bit of a raw take on relationships between women."{{Cite web |last=Meza |first=Ed |date=2022-11-14 |title=Valentina Maurel’s Thessaloniki Winner ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ Explores Complexities of Family Relationships, Sexual Awakening |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/valentina-maurel-costa-rica-i-have-electric-dreams-thessaloniki-film-festival-1235430235/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Accolades

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scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Award ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
rowspan="4" scope="row"\| Locarno Film Festival \| rowspan="4"\| 13 August 2022 \| Golden Leopard \| rowspan="2"\| Valentina Maurel \| {{nom}} \| rowspan=4\|
Best Direction Award \| {{Won}}
Best Actor Award \| Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez \| {{Won}}
Best Actress Award \| Daniela Marín Navarro \| {{Won}}
scope="row" \| Sarajevo Film Festival \| 19 August 2022 \| Special Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality \| rowspan="7"\|I Have Electric Dreams \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/croatian-drama-safe-place-leads-sarajevo-film-festival-winners/5173611.article\|title=Croatian drama 'Safe Place' leads Sarajevo Film Festival winners\|website=Screen Daily\|first=Ben\|last=Dalton\|date=19 August 2022\|accessdate=9 October 2022}}
scope="row"\| San Sebastián International Film Festival \| 24 September 2022 \| Horizontes Award \| {{Won}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/kings-of-the-world-tops-san-sebastian-film-festival-award-winners-1235382835/\|title=Colombian Film 'Kings of the World' Tops San Sebastian Award Winners\|website=Variety\|first=Guy\|last=Lodge\|date=September 24, 2022\|accessdate=1 December 2022}}
scope="row" \|Film Fest Ghent \| 22 October 2022 \| Best Film \| {{nom}} \|style="text-align: center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2022/09/29/film-fest-gent-2022-toveren-met-licht-en-veerkracht/\|title=Film Fest Gent 2022: Toveren met licht en veerkracht\|trans-title=Film Fest Gent 2022: Magic with light and resilience\|website=DeWereldMorgen\|date=29 September 2022\|access-date=2 October 2022\|language=nl\|archive-date=2 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002162937/https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2022/09/29/film-fest-gent-2022-toveren-met-licht-en-veerkracht/\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" rowspan="3"\| Mar del Plata International Film Festival \| rowspan="3"\| 13 November 2022 \| Best Latin-American Film \| {{nom}} \| align="center" rowspan="3"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/vos/festival-de-cine-de-mar-del-plata-todos-los-ganadores-de-los-premios-independientes/\|title=Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata: todos los ganadores de los premios independientes\|website=La Voz\|date=13 November 2022\|accessdate=9 October 2023\|language=es}}
FIPRESCI Prize \| {{won}}
FEISAL Award \| {{won}}
scope="row" rowspan=2\|International Film Festival of India \| rowspan="2"\| 28 November 2022 \| Golden Peacock (Best Film) \| {{Won}} \| rowspan=2\|{{Cite web \|last=Rosser \|first=Michael \|title=Costa Rica’s ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ wins best film at International Film Festival of India \|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/costa-ricas-i-have-electric-dreams-wins-best-film-at-international-film-festival-of-india/5176950.article \|access-date=2022-12-01 \|website=Screen Daily \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=Jhunjhunwala \|first=Udita \|date=2022-11-28 \|title=‘I Have Electric Dreams,’ ‘No End’ Win Top Prizes at International Film Festival of India \|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/i-have-electric-dream-no-end-international-film-festival-of-india-1235443263/ \|access-date=2022-12-01 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|last=Malkarnekar \|first=Gauree \|title=Costa Rican coming-of-age film wins Golden Peacock as Iffi ends \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/costa-rican-coming-of-age-film-wins-golden-peacock-as-iffi-ends/articleshow/95837439.cms \|access-date=2022-12-01 \|website=The Times of India \|language=en}}
IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) \| Daniela Marín Navarro \| {{Won}}
scope="row" \| Palm Springs International Film Festival \| 16 January 2023 \| Best Ibero-American Film \| rowspan="5" \| I Have Electric Dreams \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/saint-omer-best-picture-palm-springs-international-film-festival-1235222515/\|title=‘Saint Omer’ Takes Top Honors At 34th Palm Springs Film Festival\|website=Deadline\|first=Bruce\|last=Haring\|date=January 15, 2023\|accessdate=13 October 2023}}
scope="row"\| Cleveland International Film Festival \| 1 April 2023 \| New Direction Award \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\| {{Cite web\|title=Awards & Competitions {{!}} CIFF 47\|url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/awards-winners-ciff47\|website=CIFF\|accessdate=2023-04-10\|language=en}}
scope="row"\| Guadalajara International Film Festival \| 9 June 2023 \| Iberoamerican Competition – Best Film \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web\|url=https://ficg.mx/es/noticia/200\|title=TERMINA FICG38 ENTRE APLAUSOS Y EL ESTRENO DEL CORTOMETRAJE '27'\|website=Guadalajara International Film Festival\|date=June 9, 2023\|accessdate=August 10, 2023\|language=es\|archive-date=21 June 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621052644/https://ficg.mx/es/noticia/200\|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" rowspan="4"\| Lima Film Festival \| rowspan="4"\| 18 August 2023 \|Best Film \|{{Nom}} \| rowspan="4" align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://festivaldelima.com/2023/estos-son-los-ganadores-del-27-festival-de-cine-de-lima-pucp/\|title=¡Estos son los ganadores del 27 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP!\|website=festivaldelima.com\|first=\|last=\|date=August 18, 2023\|accessdate=August 18, 2023\|language=es}}
Best Debut \|{{Won}}
ECRAN Award for Best Direction of Debut or Second Feature Film in the Fiction Competition \| rowspan="2" \|Valentina Maurel \|{{won}}
NUNA Award for Best Latin American Female Director in Competition \|{{won}}
scope="row" \| Magritte Award \| 9 March 2024 \| Best Editing \| Bertrand Conard \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{Cite web\|title=Nominations aux Magritte : un record pour le long-métrage 'Augure' de Baloji \|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/nominations-aux-magritte-un-record-pour-le-long-metrage-augure-de-baloji-11327004\|date=9 February 2024\|access-date=23 February 2024 \|publisher=RTBF\|language=French}}
scope="row" \| Platino Awards \| 20 April 2024 \| Best First Feature Film \| I Have Electric Dreams \| {{pending}} \| {{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-platino-cine-iberoamericano-nominaciones-5227467/\|website=Cinemanía\|via=20minutos.es\|title='La sociedad de la nieve' lidera las nominaciones de los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2024\|date=14 March 2023}}}}

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scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Award

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

rowspan="4" scope="row"| Locarno Film Festival

| rowspan="4"| 13 August 2022

| Golden Leopard

| rowspan="2"| Valentina Maurel

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=4|

Best Direction Award

| {{Won}}

Best Actor Award

| Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez

| {{Won}}

Best Actress Award

| Daniela Marín Navarro

| {{Won}}

scope="row" | Sarajevo Film Festival

| 19 August 2022

| Special Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality

| rowspan="7"|I Have Electric Dreams

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/croatian-drama-safe-place-leads-sarajevo-film-festival-winners/5173611.article|title=Croatian drama 'Safe Place' leads Sarajevo Film Festival winners|website=Screen Daily|first=Ben|last=Dalton|date=19 August 2022|accessdate=9 October 2022}}

scope="row"| San Sebastián International Film Festival

| 24 September 2022

| Horizontes Award

| {{Won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/kings-of-the-world-tops-san-sebastian-film-festival-award-winners-1235382835/|title=Colombian Film 'Kings of the World' Tops San Sebastian Award Winners|website=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=September 24, 2022|accessdate=1 December 2022}}

scope="row" |Film Fest Ghent

| 22 October 2022

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2022/09/29/film-fest-gent-2022-toveren-met-licht-en-veerkracht/|title=Film Fest Gent 2022: Toveren met licht en veerkracht|trans-title=Film Fest Gent 2022: Magic with light and resilience|website=DeWereldMorgen|date=29 September 2022|access-date=2 October 2022|language=nl|archive-date=2 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002162937/https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2022/09/29/film-fest-gent-2022-toveren-met-licht-en-veerkracht/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| Mar del Plata International Film Festival

| rowspan="3"| 13 November 2022

| Best Latin-American Film

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="3"| {{cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/vos/festival-de-cine-de-mar-del-plata-todos-los-ganadores-de-los-premios-independientes/|title=Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata: todos los ganadores de los premios independientes|website=La Voz|date=13 November 2022|accessdate=9 October 2023|language=es}}

FIPRESCI Prize

| {{won}}

FEISAL Award

| {{won}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|International Film Festival of India

| rowspan="2"| 28 November 2022

| Golden Peacock (Best Film)

| {{Won}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web |last=Rosser |first=Michael |title=Costa Rica’s ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ wins best film at International Film Festival of India |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/costa-ricas-i-have-electric-dreams-wins-best-film-at-international-film-festival-of-india/5176950.article |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Screen Daily |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jhunjhunwala |first=Udita |date=2022-11-28 |title=‘I Have Electric Dreams,’ ‘No End’ Win Top Prizes at International Film Festival of India |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/i-have-electric-dream-no-end-international-film-festival-of-india-1235443263/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Malkarnekar |first=Gauree |title=Costa Rican coming-of-age film wins Golden Peacock as Iffi ends |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/costa-rican-coming-of-age-film-wins-golden-peacock-as-iffi-ends/articleshow/95837439.cms |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

IFFI Best Actor Award (Female)

| Daniela Marín Navarro

| {{Won}}

scope="row" | Palm Springs International Film Festival

| 16 January 2023

| Best Ibero-American Film

| rowspan="5" | I Have Electric Dreams

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/saint-omer-best-picture-palm-springs-international-film-festival-1235222515/|title=‘Saint Omer’ Takes Top Honors At 34th Palm Springs Film Festival|website=Deadline|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=January 15, 2023|accessdate=13 October 2023}}

scope="row"| Cleveland International Film Festival

| 1 April 2023

| New Direction Award

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{Cite web|title=Awards & Competitions {{!}} CIFF 47|url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/awards-winners-ciff47|website=CIFF|accessdate=2023-04-10|language=en}}

scope="row"| Guadalajara International Film Festival

| 9 June 2023

| Iberoamerican Competition – Best Film

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://ficg.mx/es/noticia/200|title=TERMINA FICG38 ENTRE APLAUSOS Y EL ESTRENO DEL CORTOMETRAJE '27'|website=Guadalajara International Film Festival|date=June 9, 2023|accessdate=August 10, 2023|language=es|archive-date=21 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621052644/https://ficg.mx/es/noticia/200|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" rowspan="4"| Lima Film Festival

| rowspan="4"| 18 August 2023

|Best Film

|{{Nom}}

| rowspan="4" align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://festivaldelima.com/2023/estos-son-los-ganadores-del-27-festival-de-cine-de-lima-pucp/|title=¡Estos son los ganadores del 27 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP!|website=festivaldelima.com|first=|last=|date=August 18, 2023|accessdate=August 18, 2023|language=es}}

Best Debut

|{{Won}}

ECRAN Award for Best Direction of Debut or Second Feature Film in the Fiction Competition

| rowspan="2" |Valentina Maurel

|{{won}}

NUNA Award for Best Latin American Female Director in Competition

|{{won}}

scope="row" | Magritte Award

| 9 March 2024

| Best Editing

| Bertrand Conard

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|title=Nominations aux Magritte : un record pour le long-métrage 'Augure' de Baloji |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/nominations-aux-magritte-un-record-pour-le-long-metrage-augure-de-baloji-11327004|date=9 February 2024|access-date=23 February 2024 |publisher=RTBF|language=French}}

scope="row" | Platino Awards

| 20 April 2024

| Best First Feature Film

| I Have Electric Dreams

| {{pending}}

| {{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-platino-cine-iberoamericano-nominaciones-5227467/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title='La sociedad de la nieve' lidera las nominaciones de los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2024|date=14 March 2023}}}}