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
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TITLE (ORIGINAL): 7 CAJAS
TITLE (English): 7 Boxes
DIRECTORS: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori
COUNTRY: Paraguay
YEAR: 2012
LENGTH: 100 min
FORMAT / COLOR / BW: Digital / Color
LANGUAGE: Spanish, Guaraní with subtitles in EnglishCREDITSDirector: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori
Producer: Tana Schémbori
Executive Producers: Tana Schémbori , Luis Collar, Rocío Galiano, Camilo Guanes, Jorge Moreno, María Victoria Ramírez Jou
Script: Juan Carlos Maneglia
Cinematographers: Richard Careaga, Pablo Meilicke, Martín Oddone
Editor: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Juan Sebastián Zelada
Music: Fran Villalba
Sound Design: Germán Acevedo
Cast: Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita, Manuel Portillo, Mario Toñanez, Nelly Dávalos, Roberto Cardozo, Johnny Kim, Luis Gutiérrez, Katia García, Junior Rodríguez, Liliana Álvarez, Atil Closs,FILM SYNOPSISVictor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow carter, dreams of being famous. The Market world where he works is hostile and competitive and there are thousands just like him waiting to get hired to carry something. Victor understands that he needs to hustle to make some money this day. He hears about a strange offer to carry 7 boxes of unknown goods for a nice crisp $100-dollar bill. However, the owner of the boxes rips the bill in half, gives Victor one piece and promises the other half upon delivery.Getting around the huge Market, the size of 8 city blocks, might seem easy but things get complicated when someone steals one of the boxes, he loses his cell phone he needs to communicate with the owner of the boxes and the police surround the market searching for something that Victor is totally unaware of. To add to Victor’s stress, there is no shortage of wheelbarrow carters who would also love to have the job of hauling the 7 boxes.
Winner of the Film in Construction of the San Sebastián Film Festival, 2011. 7 Boxes had its world premiere in September 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Director's BiographyJuan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori
Passion for filmmaking has united these two film directors for the past 20 years. All this time, their names have been on the screen as professionals who have marked a before and after of fiction in Paraguay. Juan Carlos and Tana knew it would not be easy in a country that had no audiovisual tradition.
