Berlinale Generation 14plus selection Dunya & Desie has been sold to Japan's Wako.

The Dutch teen movie, starring EFP Shooting Star Maryam Hassouni, had its world premiere in Berlin.

Montreal-based Delphis Films is handling sales. Producers are Netherlands-based Lemming Film with co-producers A Private View (Belgium) and Motion Investment Group (Belgium).

The film, inspired by a TV series, is about a Dutch motormouth, Desie, and her best friend from a Moroccan-Dutch family, Dunya.

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