For poverty-stricken families in Nicaragua, even gathering food is a daily struggle. Filmmaker Marcello Bukin descends on a rural area where deprived children briefly escape their daily misery in a painting class. He also follows them home, to the harsh reality. Here, vanished parents, infant mortality and child labour are rife. Despite the barren living conditions, there are also moments of joy. A family that works on the refuse dump, looking for aluminum and other saleable goods, is happy to be together. A young father entertains his sons with his drawing skills. All parents hope their children will escape illiteracy. Bukin is alert to the photogenic, lush surroundings and playfully uses elements that are part of the children's lives, like dirty children's feet, colourful caterpillars and a hungry pig. He often shoots from a child's eye-view, which entices children to play with the camera.

"Dreaming Nicaragua" will only celebrate its premiere at the Latin American Film Festivals 2010, in Utrecht.

As SPEAKERS we are looking forward to welcome Jeanette Oostijen and Ger Houben from the Maastricht School of Management. Oostijen is currently chair of the Board of the city link / Stedenband Maastricht Rama, while Houben is project coordinator for the Stedenband. We are glad to announce that both are busy with the management of organizational and institutional capacity building development projects in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Rama is an organization that is responsible for the bond between the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands and the city of El Rama in Nicaragua - highly interesting, so check out: http://www.rama.nl

We would like to invite you to watch this fantastic movie with us and join an interesting debate on the topic afterwards!

Date: May 17, 2010
Time: 19:30h
Place: Lumiere, Maastricht
Price: € 5.50

Book tickets in advance online at: http://www.lumiere.nl