In addition to being organized by non-profit organizations, the Dominican Republic Global Film Festival is distinguished for its role in promoting the Dominican Republic 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 to 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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6 Locations
14 Venues
Santo Domingo: Funglode, Teatro Nacional, Auditorio Pedro Mir (UASD), Palacio del Cine Blue Mall, Palacion del Cine Ágora Mall, Centro Cultural Mauricio Baéz, el Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones y Cinemateca.
Santiago (CURSA), Palacion del Cine Bella Terra
Puerto Plata (CURA)
Nagua (CURNA)
Capcana
Haití (Puerto Príncipe)
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November 20
Inauguration of the First Fashion Film Showcase of the FCGDNovember 18
Screening of "Desconocidos" at Agora MallNovember 17
Farewell Party for Festival guests at the Jet SetNovember 17
"Mediterranean Blue" Screening at Agora Mall.November 16
view photo galleries
Screening of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail"
at Mauricio Baez Cultural Center
Michael D.Olmos, Youssef Delara
7:00 p.m. Teatro Nacional
Lucy Mulloy
7:00 p.m. Santiago (CURSA)
Gonzalo Justiniano
7:00 p.m. Nagua (CURNA)
Tom Gustafson
7:00 p.m. Puerto Plata (CURA)
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos was born on February 24, 1947 into a Mexican-American family in California. Raised in Los Angeles, he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. While that did not happen, he burst onto the rock scene as a teenager and even enjoyed some fame in the local nightclubs around town.Luisito Martí
Luis Bernardo Martí Hernández, better know as Luisito Martí (1945 - 2010), was a Dominican comedian, producer and television presenter. He was known for his film role as Balbuena, a dreamer who dreamed of going to New York.
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Awards for the 4th Short Films
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An iMac; the possibility of participating in the Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico), the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) or the Havana International Film Festival (Cuba) with all expenses paid. The winner will also receive support to make his/her next short film under the auspices of the Dominican film production company, Panamericana.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10
This is a one-day seminar with ample interaction with the participating public. Learn how to get the most out of your DSLR digital reflex camera, sound recording techniques, analysis of a piece.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 12 AND TUESDAY NOVEMBER
A Master Class given by the renowned British filmmaker, Philip Bloom. This will be two-days of intensive learning and interaction with the guru of HD digital cameras.
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The 3 Winners of our 4th Short Film Competition.
Subterráneo
El primer día
El prisionero 614
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Santo Domingo, Nov 20, 2012
Santo Domingo, Nov 20, 2012
Santo Domingo, Nov 20, 2012
GERMANY
The Dominican Global Film Festival and the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) is proud to introduce Germany as this year’s invited Guest of Honor. We are also pleased and honored to have an excellent selection of films from this European nation as part of the screenings we will be showing throughout the week to the great delight of Dominican audiences.
Thanks to support from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Santo Domingo, the German Dominican Center and the Goethe Institute of Mexico,
Festival audiences will take part in the viewing of new German productions that have achieved popularity and success at other important film festivals around the world.
Germany (or Deutschland in German), officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a Central European country and part of the European Union. Germany is 357,012 square kilometers which, in this historic extension of land that is currently an example of development, has a population of 82 million citizens.
Germany is one of the iconic film-producing countries with an industry that has developed the technical, artistic and professional elements necessary for the expansion of the seventh art.
German film was especially influential during the years of the Weimar Republic with German Expressionists, such as Robert Wiene (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari) and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. In the 1940s, under Adolf Hitler, important films were produced, such as Münchhausen or the controversial films of the director, Leni Riefenstahl.
Between 1970–1980, directors such as Volker Schlöndorff, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder once again put German film on the international scene with their provocative movies. More recently, films like Das Boot (1981), Run Lola Run (1998), Good bye, Lenin! (2003), Gegen die Wand (Head-On) (2004), Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004) and Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (2007) have all enjoyed international acclaim.
