DREAM EMPIRE

DREAM EMPIRE – A FILM BY DAVID BORENSTEIN

The “Exotic Flavour Talent Agency” can turn your sleepy rural Chinese ghost town into a booming, world-class city for the afternoon.

Company CEO Suky, his assistant Yana, and an assortment of colorful foreigners organize elaborate schemes in cooperation with property developers and local government officials. At real estate openings they stage dazzling spectacles where their foreign employees are presented as famous entertainers, important businessmen, top models, diplomats and architects.

But soon the orgy of speculation becomes a deflating housing bubble. Facing increasing financial pressure, both characters are thrown into desperation and must fight to save their business and aspirations – and ultimately come to have second thoughts on their industry and the “Chinese dream” in general.

Watch a clip on YouTube. Cinematography by Lars Skree. See more documentary work and awards.