Robot Dreams (film)

Robot Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPablo Berger
Screenplay byPablo Berger
Based onRobot Dreams
by Sara Varon
Produced byIbon Cormenzana
Ignasi Estapé
Sandra Tapia Díaz
Jérôme Vidal
Pablo Berger
Edited byFernando Franco
Music byAlfonso de Vilallonga
Production
companies
Arcadia Motion Pictures
Lokiz Films
Noodles Production
Les Films du Worso
Elle Driver
Mama Films
RTVE
Movistar Plus+
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21) (Cannes)
  • December 6, 2023 (2023-12-06) (Spain)
  • December 27, 2023 (2023-12-27) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
Budget€5 million
Box office$6.2 million

Robot Dreams (French: Mon ami robot) is a 2023 animated tragicomedy film written and directed by Pablo Berger. A Spanish-French co-production, it is based on the 2007 comic of the same name by Sara Varon. The film follows an unusual friendship between a dog and a robot in New York City in 1984. The film has no dialogue.

Robot Dreams had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, in the Special Screenings section. It received critical acclaim and won Best Film in the Contrechamp section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival as well as Best Independent Animated Feature at the 51st Annie Awards. It also won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film and the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.