Julia De Simone has been dedicated to audiovisual production since 2003. In cinema, she directed and scripted the feature-length documentary “Aracati” (IDFA), the short films “Sinfonia da Vacina” (Festival do Rio), “O Porto” (Tiger Rotterdam), “Study for the Wind” (Mostra de São Paulo), “Sinfonia” (Al Jazeera IFF) and “Encanto” (Documenta Madrid). “Formosa Beach” is her first fiction feature, a Brazil-Portugal co-production, awarded and supported by the FSA, ICA, Hubert Bals Fund, World Cinema Fund and RTP.