The School as Microcosm of Society
friday june 8 | 20.30 hrs | world premiere

Esmiralde, Zestien Jaar in 9 Scènes
The main character in ‘Esmiralde, sixteen years in 9 scenes’ is explosive and desperately looking for love and support. She grew up with a lot of fights and violence, and her parents are separated and don’t pay much attention to her. She lives with her grandma, who suffers of kidney failure and is often tired. Esmiralde appears to be very mature, but sometimes she can’t control herself and things escalate. When she does not come home one night, however, she feels that her grandma and mother do want to be there for her. Tenderness, anger, and humor interchange in nine scenes, never leaving Esmirade’s perspective. Every emotion, reaction, and doubt is very closely watched. The only havens of peace are stills of city landscapes, in which Esmiralde reflects upon herself in voice-over.

Judith Vreriks and Marc Schmidt (The Netherlands) | The Netherlands | 2007 | 52 min | English subtitles

camera: Bert Haitsma, Marlou van den Berge, Suzan van Steenwijk en Wiro Felix
sound: Marc Schmidt
editor: Govert Janse
producer: Carmen Cobos

contact: Carmen Cobos
t: +31 20 3203368
e: info@cobosfilms.nl
w: www.cobosfilms.nl

Judith Vreriks works as an associate producer for Cobos Films since 2002. She is responsible for development, writing and editing documentary proposals. In 2005 she directed her first own documentary, Schoolyard, together with Marc Schmidt. Schmidt works as a director of documentaries and films. After his studies of Filmscience in Utrecht and at the Academy of Arts in Tilburg, he started as a soundman and editor.