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): The Last Intervention
TITULO (English): The Last Intervention
DIRECTORS: Giovanny Blanco
COUNTRY:USA
YEAR: 2012
LENGTH: 94 min
COLOR/B/W: Digital / Color
LANGUAGE: SpanishCREDITSDirector: Giovanny Blanco
Producers: Rafael Blanco, Giovanny Blanco
Executive Producer: Sarah Thorp
Script: Sarah Thorp
Cinematography: Daniel Salazar III
Editors: Giovanny Blanco, Gil Gil
Composer: Robert Gonzalez, Jaswho
Sound Designer: Giovanny Blanco
Cast: Hemky Madera, Alyssa Abreu, Katherine Dickson, Wanda Nobles Colon, Justine S. Harrison, Amanda Brooke Lerner, Damaris Blanco, Nercido Mota, Mark Gonzales, Thelonius Griffin, Rafael BlancoFILM SYNOPSISMelky (Alyssa Abreu), the rebellious 17 years old daughter of divorced Dominican parents discovers her family is having an intervention in her honor.
She has been kicked out of her house by her mother, Marisela (Dickson) who disapproves of her friends and her hobbies. This forces Melky to move in with her grandmother Abuela (Blanco) who allows her to stay in the basement. Melky’s father Cheche (Madera) worries about her and, in an effort to repair his own standing within the family, he recruits a documentary crew to help him stage and film an intervention. As the accusations escalate, other family members join in on the proceedings; some reluctantly like Melky’s brother Jupiter (Mark Gonzalez) and others a little too enthusiastically like her aunt Tia Fefa (Wanda Colon) and Melky’s cousin Hector (Nercido Mota). Leading the Intervention is Dr. Barb (Lerner) a self-made interventionist who’s seen more than her share of drug related catastrophes. In the meantime the film crew deal with problems of their own as their producer goes missing and an inexperienced PA steps in to fill her shoes.Director's BiographyBrooklyn born, and raised partially in the Dominican Republic, Giovanny Blanco’s career in music and film began at the age of 10 when he made a super 8 short based on the 1980 film “The Idolmaker”. He was soon creating his own stories and shooting them using anything he could get his hands on, including super 8 cameras, security cameras, and Fisher Price’s Pixelvision toy camera. He went on to study Music Theory and Engineering, as well as Film Production at The New School in New York City, before heading west to California.
