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Opening Session São Paulo DESI Maria Augusta Ramos The Netherlands 90', COLOR, 35mm, 2000 Dutch speaking, english subtitles and portuguese electronic subtitles Desi is an 11-year-old girl, like any other. She goes to school every day, listens to popular CDs, gossips with her girlfriends and fights with the boys during recess. She's a lot of fun, just like her friends. But when the bell sounds the end of the class and all of the other children go home to their parents, she sits down by the street in front of the school, takes out her cell phone and calls her father, who, as always, has forgotten to pick her up. Desi's mother committed suicide when she was just 18 months old. The film is a story of survival: of how a child adapts to its family and social environment. Director Maria Augusta Ramos is a Brazilian, living in Holland for over a decade. SCRIPT: Maria Ramos CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adri Schrover EDITOR: Stefen Kamp SOUND: Simone Galavazi PRODUCER: Eveline Raijmans PRODUCTION COMPANY: Pieter van Huystee Film & TV Awards: Audience Award, IDFA 00 Director's filmography: Viollete Cherche Les Conichons, 93/ Kanaaleiland, 93/ I Think What I Want to Say is..., 94/ Boy en Aleid, 95/ Brasilia, Een Dag in Februari, 96/ Twee Keer Thus, 97/ Vlinders in Je Buik, 98/ Het Geheim van Het Vibrato, 99 Contact: Public Film Sales & Distribution Keizersgracht 784 Amsterdam 1017 EC The Netherlands Tel: 31 20 4210606 Fax: 31 20 6386255 E-mail: sara@euronet.nl Site: www.bigpete.com APRIL 29:00 pmCINESESC APRIL 34:00 pmCINESESC APRIL 88:30 pmCCBB

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