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II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008
DRGFF at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival
Washington, DC, May 30, 2009
DRGFF Participates in 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
New York, April 22 - May 3, 2009
Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Website Honored by The Webby Awards in the Category of Events & Live Webcasts
New York, April 16, 2009
Download Your Own Version of the II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Magazine
New York, April 15, 2009
Exclusive: The Makers of Sugar
March 30, 2009
DRGFF Supports Celebration of First Dominican Film Screening in Nagua
Santo Domingo, January 28, 2009
DRGFF Begins Its Journey to Visit World’s Most Renowned Film Festivals
Park City, Utah, January 26,
2009
Iron Road and Emmanuel Jal: War Child Win Audience Awards
New York, December 18,
2008
Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Participates in International Film Festival Summit
Santo Domingo, December 15, 2008
The Path to 2009
New York, December 1, 2008.
Baseball and film find perfect mix
Santo Domingo, December 2, 2008.
Music to Cure Your Soul at the Closure of the II Dominican Global Film Festival
Santo Domingo, November 24, 2008.
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II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008
 

 
Young@Heart Will be the Final Touch at the Second Dominican Global Film Festival
Santo Domingo, November 13, 2008

Stephen Walker´s heartwarming documentary about a senior citizens´ choral group is expected to put the final touch on this year´s Dominican Global Film Festival to be held from November 19 to 23. Young@Heart will bring down the curtain of the Festival, its films, educational activities and social events, on Sunday 23 th. at 6:00 p.m. in Santo Domingo National Theater.

The story has captivated those who´ve seen it and has drawn praise from around the world at the many international film festivals in which it has participated. To celebrate its success, the Dominican Republic is honored to host several members of the film´s cast beginning with its director Stephen Walker, the director of the chorus upon which the story centers, and four of the singers: Stephen Martin, Leonard Fontaine, Dora Morrow, and Patricia Ervin.

The choral group Young@Heart, made up of retired people between the ages of 72 and 88, was formed in 1982 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Stephen Walker´s documentary begins with the group making their travel plans for one of their tours called “Alive and Well.” As viewers we get to sit in on rehearsals and watch the singers wrestle with their rendition of “Schizophrenia” by Sonic Youth or rehearse their passionate interpretation of James Brown´s “I Feel Good.”

Young@Heart is pure inspiration as it reminds us of two things we´ve heard all our lives: you can´t judge a book by its cover and we´re never too old to pursue our dreams.

It has won two Rose d'Or awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award, the Atlanta Film Festival Audience Award, the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary, and the Audience and Jury Awards at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival

The film will also be shown in Santiago, with the cast members and directors, on Saturday November 22 at 7:30 p.m.

 

 
 

II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008