In addition to being organized by non-profit organizations, the Dominican Republic Global Film Festival is distinguished for its role in promoting the DR as an excellent location to make and produce films, thus contributing to the Country's economic growth and competitiveness.
Mission
The Dominican Global Film Festival presents a selection of the best international, dramatic and documentary films to enrich the country’s film culture and to bring the seventh art into all sectors of Dominican society. The Festival contributes to raising awareness and understanding of global issues through stories about events and people that have left a mark on our lives. It uses film as a way to promote and encourage discussion about social issues, politics and economics.
Goals
To enrich the film culture of the Dominican Republic.
To show a wide variety of films that are generally not available to the Dominican public.
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7 Locations
14 Venues
Santo Domingo: Funglode, Teatro Nacional, Auditorio Pedro Mir (UASD), Palacio del Cine Blue Mall, Centro Cultural Mauricio Baéz and the Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones
Santiago (CURSA and Palácio del Cine)
Puerto Plata (CURA)
Nagua (CURNA)
Higüey (CURE)
Capcana
Haití (Puerto Príncipe)
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America (2010) Puerto Rico
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Americano (2011) Francia
Asalto al cine (2011) Mexico
Balada triste de trompeta (2010) España
Boleto al paraiso (2010) Cuba
Bicicleta, cuchara, manzana (2010) España
Binta y la gran idea (2005) España
Cápsulas (2011) Guatemala
Carlos (2010) Francia
Carro publico (2008) Enfoque Africa
Catching Hell (2011) Estados Unidos
Chico y Rita (2010) España
Como estrellas en la tierra (2007) India
Cuando el tambor esta latiendo (2011) Haiti
Detective Dee y el misterio de la llama fantasma (2010) China
Dev-D (2009) India
El Sotano (2011) República Dominicana
El dedo (2011) Argentina
El viaje silencioso (2007) Estados Unidos
G.W.B. (2011) Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos (2011) Estados Unidos
Jaque Mate (2011) República Dominicana
Jean Gentil (2010) República Dominicana
Hombres al dente (20101) Italia
Las llaves de la independencia (2005) España
November 20
Closing Night with Fernando Trueba (Chico and Rita) at Teatro NacionalNovember 19
Tower Heist Film, Screening in Cap Cana
Panel: Actors Studio (by: Steven Bauer) at MAURICIO BAEZNovember 18
11 Finalists of 3rd Short Film Competition WinnersNovember 17
Tribute at National PalaceNovember 16
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Opening Night with the Blue Carpet - TEATRO NACIONAL
Welcome Cocktail - FUNGLODE
Gathering for Special Guests - Hotel Embajador
Chico and Rita
IGM Shorts Contest (WINNING)
6:00 PM Teatro NacionalGun Hill Road
6:00 PM Centro Cultural Mauricio BaezAll your dead ones
5:00 PM UASD, Auditorium Manuel del CabralDetective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
6:00 PM Centro Cultural de las TelecomunicacionesCatching Hell
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5:00 PM
CURE - HIGUEY
The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival is proud to honor and dedicate this year´s 5th edition of the Festival to María Montez, the first Dominican actress to achieve fame in Hollywood as she became a reference for filmmaking worldwide. Next year, 2012, is the 100 year anniversary of the birth of María Montez, “the Queen of Technicolor.” For that reason, the Dominican Global Film Festival has honor to of placing her name first on this year´s list of Tributes.
We are equally proud to welcome other national and international film and entertainment greats to this Festival. Welcome Geraldine Chaplin, Danny Glover, Vin Diesel, Agliberto Meléndez, Moctesuma Esparza and Rafael Solano.
Festival Dedication to María Montez
Continental Focus: Africa
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Guest of Honor: India
Lifetime Achievement Award: Geraldine Chaplin
"Arturo Rodríguez" Hispanic Pride in the Seventh Art Award": Moctesuma Esparza
"Camilo Carrau" National Film Pride Award: Agliberto Meléndez
Humanitarian Award: Danny Glover
Musical Contributions in the Audiovisual Arts: Rafael Solano
Support for National Cinema Award: Vin Diesel
People’s Choice Award for the Best Picture 2010: “Jean Gentil”
People’s Choice Honorable Mention for Best Picture 2010: “La Hija Natural”
There will be two types of Prizes during the Festival:
1. Awards for the 3rd Short Films Competitions to be awarded by a special jury.
The prizes include the following: An iMac, The opportunity to make a short film under the auspices of the Dominican film production company, Panamericana, Scholarships to study at the Film School at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV), Free online courses for one year offered by www.video2brain.com2. Audience Awards (for best dramatic film and best documentary film), to be selected by ballot after each screening.
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18
Laws Relative to the Film Industry
Dominican Film Law and its benefits
Entertainment Industry
“I’m in L.A. Now What?”
Rubirosa: The Last PlayboySATURDAY NOVEMBER 19
Journey of a Comedian
Journalists and Reporters in the Film Industry
Actor Studio
Acting workshop
Business of FilmSUNDAY NOVEMBER 20
Real Steel and its special effects
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Santo Domingo, November 20, 2011
Film Nights at the National Theater
Santo Domingo, November 20, 2011
“GWB” Plays to a Full House in Santo Domingo
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Santo Domingo, November 19, 2011
Advice from Hollywood Stars to Aspiring Dominican Actors: Work Hard with Passion
These are the 11 finalists of our 3rd Short Film Competition.
Congratulations to everyone!
1. Bajo la Mesa
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2. Bienvenida a Casa
3. Cara // Escudo
4. Casimente
5. El Dinero
6. !Hola Mamá! (Third Place)
7. Iguales (Second Place)
8. Irresponsabilidad Cívica
9. La Mujer (First Place)
10. Promesa de Lechón
11. Regresión
Dev.D
- Film Title: Dev.D
- Director: Anurag Kashyap
- Country: India
- Year: 2009
- Running Time: 144 minutes
- Format: 35mm / Color
- Language: Hindi with Spanish subtitles
- Genre: Drama
- Film Credits
- Producers: Ronnie Screwvala, Deven Khote, Zarina Mehta
- Executive Producers: Vikas Bahl, Siddharth Roy Kapur
- Screenwriter: Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, de la novela "Devdas" de Saratchandra Chatterjee
- Cinematographer: Rajeev Ravi
- Editor: Aarti Bajaj
- Music: Amit Trivedi
- Composer: Amit Trivedi
- Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechli, Sindbad Phgura, Parakh Madan, Kuldeep Singh, Gurkirtan
Film Synopsis
Dev (Abhay Deol) is the son of a rich Punjabi businessman. He and Paro (Mahi Gill) are childhood sweethearts. But Dev, being an insecure narcissist, instead of acknowledging her affection and caring ways, picks on Paro over frivolous things. Dev is sent to London to do university studies when his father senses how spoiled his son is. While separated by distance, Paro and Dev's youthful love blossoms more. Dev arrives in Chandigarh to meet Paro. Their endeavor to make love makes for some dark yet comic moments. The seeds of suspicion are sown and the couple seemingly will never be able to overcome them. When Dev hears rumors about Paro, he immediately believes them and dumps her. What causes their destruction as a couple is mutual suspicion and an essentially male view of how a woman should conduct herself sexually. Paro turns her back on Dev when she hears him insult her; she agrees to marry whoever her parents choose for her. On her wedding day, Dev realizes the rumors about Paro were false. But his ego won´t allow him to admit his mistake and he lets her marry someone else.
Enter Chanda aka Leni. She is a Delhi schoolgirl of half-European descent. A date with her much older boyfriend lands her in an MMS sex scandal. Her father commits suicide as he is deeply humiliated by his daughter's reputation. She is disowned by her family. Refusing to live a life of shame and ridicule with her family, she comes back to Delhi where she works as a prostitute at night, while continuing her studies during the day. She adopts the nickname Chanda for her profession. Her 'foreign' looks mean her services are reserved for the highest-paying customers and she finds some dignity and independence in this new way of life. One night a customer is brought to her room in half-conscious state - it turns out to be Dev.
Dev, tormented by Paro’s marriage, has been seeking refuge in alcohol and drugs. He finds some solace with Chanda, but is unable to forget Paro. Once, after calling Paro's husband in the middle of the night, Paro visits him at the cheap lodge where he is staying. Paro shows her love for Dev by taking care of him, but spurns his attempts at physical intimacy. The meeting ends on a bitter note, after which Paro goes back to her married life and Dev resolves to go back to Chanda. However, confronted by the reality of her profession, he abandons her too. It is only months later, after hitting rock-bottom in his aimless life, that he gets a wake up call and decides to get his act together. He looks for Chanda once again, and with her help, sets out to start a new life.
Director's Biography
Anurag Singh Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for “Black Friday” (2004), a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by “No Smoking” (2007), “Dev D” (2009) and “Gulaal” (2009). As a screenwriter, he wrote the scripts for the Filmfare Award-winning “Satya” (1998) and the Academy Award-nominated Canadian film, “Water” (2005).
In 1999, Kashyap won the Best Screenplay award for “Satya” at the Star Screen Awards. The next year, his short film “Last Train to Mahakali” won the Special Jury Award at the same awards. His feature film debut “Black Friday” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 3rd Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (2005), and was a nominee for the Golden Leopard (Best Film) at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival (2004). Recently, he announced his association with Tumbhi where he and his team will make 6 short films for Tumbhi. He will begin his blog with them as well: Anurag's official blog (2010).
