In 1901, the adventurer and operator of the Lumière brothers Gabriel Veyre lands in the Country of Nour with a three-month contract to introduce the Venerable Sultan to the mysteries of the cinematograph. A ghostly, humorous and terrifying but properly scientific reverie on the pioneers of cinema.

Close to the Sultan is a French-Spanish co-production by Paraíso Production (Nathalie Trafford), Sideral (Roberto Butragueño), Eddie Saeta (Lluís Miñarro) and Noodles Productions (Jérôme Vidal) with the collaboration of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), the ICAA, the Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises (ICEC) and Eurimages, with the support of the European Union's Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme. Distributed by Sideral Cinema.