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The power of film critics
Santo Domingo, November 23, 2008
"A film review should be a conversation that involves the readers, something
that people want to read,” was the main conclusion determined at this Sunday’s
panel “Art and the power of the film critic.” Americans Julie Salomon, John
Anderson and Ana Marie de la Fuente; Chilean Iván Pinto and Dominican Arturo
Rodríguez participated in the II International Dominican Film Festival to debate
the main features and elements of film criticism.
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"Sleep dealer" A Connection with the Future
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
With a vision toward the future and their feet planted in the present, viewers
of the film, “Sleep Dealer” allowed their imaginations to fly in this movie
where technology, immigration and globalization are the themes around which this
Mexican production by Alex Rivera revolves.
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"Responsibility Not Proportional
with Size or Age"
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
Responsibility has no age. That message was clear in the Mexican film, Cochochi, the story of 2 fourteen-year-old boys, Tony and Evaristo, whose grandfather asks them to carry some medicine across the Tarahumara Mountains, in the north of the country.
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The II Dominican Global Film Festival Comes to an End with Young@Heart, a Song of Hope
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
Young@Heart will lower the curtain tonight on the II Dominican Global Film Festival. The film will give the final, golden touch to this Film Festival that has featured not just brilliant films but educational activities and social events that have been going on for the past six days in five cities around the country.
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"To Make Films That Transcend…
The Means Justifies the End."
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
Film directors Philippe Caland, Raquel Cepeda, Isaac Isitan; film producer Antonio Saura and Nina Streich, Executive Director of the Global Peace Film Festival, talked about their passion for film, their amazing experiences, the effort required to make films that express their view and contribute to change.
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Documentary Film Making Master Class at the II Dominican Global Film Festival
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
A documentary filmmaking master class was held in front of a full house at the FUNGLODE installations. The class had the largest participation of students and professionals in the entire series of master classes, which formed part of the II Dominican Global Film Festival.
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Emmanuel Jal: War Child" Amidst Applause and Tears, the Film Steals Peoples´ Hearts
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
The Manuel del Cabral Auditorium of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo was completely full last night. There was emotion on the faces of the viewers and satisfaction on the faces of the organizers during the screening of the extraordinary documentary film "Emmanuel Jal: War Child.
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Delight the Public at the National Theater
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
The National Theater was the scene last night of the documentary Fados, made by Spanish director Carlos Saura. Following the film, fado singer Pedro Moutinho accompanied by Ricardo Ross and Daniel Pinto on guitars, sang for the audience. The film´s producer, Antonio Saura, answered questions from the audience about the filmmaking process and selection of fado singers who were featured in the documentary.
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First Master Class on Scriptwriting of the II Dominican Global Film Festival
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
The first in a series of Master Classes being given as part of the II Dominican Global Film Festival was dedicated to all those aspiring writers who would like to put their stories on the big screen. The class was given by Mark Haskell Smith, US filmmaker, writer and professor, who has worked on such screen adaptations as Playing God with Angelina Jolie, and the famous Brazilian theater piece A Partilha, where he encountered the challenge of mixing comedy with a funeral.
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Topic of HIV/AIDS generates discussion
after screening of documentary film
"I Am Because We Are"
Santo Domingo, November 22,
2008
"I Am Because We Are” is a documentary produced by the singer Madonna about Malawi, a country in southeast Africa with 12 million inhabitants where approximately 14 percent of the population is HIV positive. As a result, more than a million children there are orphans.
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