The documentary follows 11-year-old Vrej, who dreams of becoming a dentist in his village in Artsakh in the region Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been at the heart of a violent dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1980s.
The film is New York-based Jordanian-Armenian director Hairabedian’s debut feature and follows her 40-minute doc *We Are Not Done Ye*t for HBO documentary which won several awards.
*The Sweet Land*Â premiered at the Sheffield DocFest earlier this year ahead of playing a number of festivals including the Amman International Film Festival in July, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Length Arab Documentary.
The documentary is produced by Azza Hourani under the banner of HAI Creative in co-production with Sister Productions and SoilsÃu Films, a co-production of ITVS in association with ARTE France and World of HA Productions.
Hourani has worked as a producer and assistant director for 15 years, with credits including Ali Abbasi’s *Holy Spider*, Abu Bakr Shawky’s *Hajjan* and Amjad Al Rasheed’s *Inshallah A Boy*, Jordan’s entry for the 96th Academy Awards.
Co-producers are Julie Paratian and David Rane. Executive producers are Beth Levison, Carrie Lozano, Hallee Adelman, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh. Robina Riccitiello is co-EP.
The selection was made by a committee overseen by the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC).
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[Jordan](https://deadline.com/tag/jordan/) has selected Sareen Hairabedian’s documentary [*My Sweet Land*](https://deadline.com/tag/my-sweet-land/) to represent it in the [Best International Feature Film](https://deadline.com/tag/best-international-feature-film/) category of the 97th Academy Awards.
The documentary follows 11-year-old Vrej, who dreams of becoming a dentist in his village in Artsakh in the region Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been at the heart of a violent dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1980s.
The film is New York-based Jordanian-Armenian director Hairabedian’s debut feature and follows her 40-minute doc *We Are Not Done Ye*t for HBO documentary which won several awards.
*The Sweet Land*Â premiered at the Sheffield DocFest earlier this year ahead of playing a number of festivals including the Amman International Film Festival in July, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Length Arab Documentary.
The documentary is produced by Azza Hourani under the banner of HAI Creative in co-production with Sister Productions and SoilsÃu Films, a co-production of ITVS in association with ARTE France and World of HA Productions.
Hourani has worked as a producer and assistant director for 15 years, with credits including Ali Abbasi’s *Holy Spider*, Abu Bakr Shawky’s *Hajjan* and Amjad Al Rasheed’s *Inshallah A Boy*, Jordan’s entry for the 96th Academy Awards.
Co-producers are Julie Paratian and David Rane. Executive producers are Beth Levison, Carrie Lozano, Hallee Adelman, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh. Robina Riccitiello is co-EP.
The selection was made by a committee overseen by the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC).