Introduction

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, bone of the organizing partners of the DRGFF, along with its sister organization Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, hosts professional industry panels which provide local filmmakers and students a forum for practical knowledge and advice from a prominent group of national and international programmers, filmmakers and professors.

The Festival's continuing appeal is founded upon nurturing firmly based partnerships and support from the many sponsors and volunteers who make it all possible. By their support they acknowledge that the DRGFF's staging of quality films and associated activities that enhance the development of the DR' educational and societal future.

1 - Film Preservation and Restoration: Nuremberg

Venue: Aud Pedro Mir, UASD
Date: Thursday, November 18
Time: 5:00PM

The film preservation, or film restoration, movement is an ongoing
project among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and
non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the
images which they contain. Although at least 50% of the world’s films are now considered lost, there are some recent developments that could change that statistic in the future. Prominent film figures are doing their part in this endeavor, like Martin Scorsese, who recently established the World Cinema Foundation to help countries preserve their cinematic treasures and to help strengthen and support the work of international archives, providing a resource for those countries lacking the archival and technical facilities.

Join film producer Sandra Schulberg and other restoration experts, such as Dennis Doros of Milestone Film and Video, to discuss the recently restored 1948 film Nuremberg about one of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, documenting how the international
prosecutors built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using
the Nazis’ own films and records.

Speakers: Sandra Schulberg, Producer and Restorer
Dennis Doros, co-Founder, Milestone Film and Video
Jerry Rudes, LVT Subtitling
Ambassador Roberto Alvarez, Former Dominican Ambassador to the OAS; Human Rights specialist

2 - Panel: Dominican Film Law

Venue: FUNGLODE
Date: Thursday, November 18
Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM

 

In July 2010, the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic approved
legislation that will facilitate the development of the country’s
flourishing film industry. The greatly anticipated enactment of the law
marks the end of a five year legislative process that began in 2005,
under the leadership of the nation’s President, Dr. Leonel Fernández.

The Ministry of Culture sees the Film Law as an important tool in both
the advancement of national film industry and the country’s emergence
as a regional Mecca for international production.
Join this panel to know more about the law and the advantages and opportunities that it brings to the local industry as well as international productions.

Panelists:  José Rafael Lantigua, Minister of Culture
Marlon Soto, Director, DINAC
Albert Martinez, Vice President for Physical Production, Indomina Group
Omar de la Cruz, Director, DRGFF
Jaime Piña, Filmmaker
Ivan Trujillo, Director, Guadalajara Film Festival

3- Panel: Co-Production and Financing

Venue: FUNGLODE
Date: Thursday, November 18
Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

Films are financed based on projections of how much income the film will earn after it's public debut, so, that said, how does one go about getting it financed and convincing an investor that they can expect good returns? In today's ever changing market, filmmakers need to have a working understanding of a wide variety of financial models in order to successfully fund the different phases of their projects. Join this fascinating panel where an array of directors, all too familiar with the trials and tribulations of getting a movie up and running, and learn the circumstances in which they financed and produced their movies.

Speakers: Mario Delatour, Filmmaker
Laura Guzmán, Filmmaker
Jaime Piña, Filmmaker
William Fay, President Production, Legendary Pictures
Dean Hamilton, Producer, Director, Actor, Empire Film Group
Ulises Rodríguez Noa, Production Coordinator (Arthur and Salt)
Israel Cardenas, Filmmaker
Marisol Gonzalez, HBO

4- Panel: Distribution

Venue: FUNGLODE
Date: Friday, November 19
Time: 10:00AM-12:00AM

Theatres, Festivals, DVD, Home TV, Video-on demand, simultaneous release, day and date, cell phones, ipods,YouTube.and soon Web 3...The options are many and increasing. This panel of distributors discusses how to make decisions about your strategic distribution plan.

Panelist: Carlos Gutiérrez, Co-Founding Director, Cinema Tropical
Alex García, Figa Films
Rob Williams, Vice President, Acquisitions, Indomina Group
Eugenio del Bosque, Executive Director, Cine Las Americas
Gustavo Rodriguez, Managing Director, 20th Century Fox Caribbean

5- Panel: Documentary Filmmaking

Venue: FUNGLODE
Date: Friday, November 19
Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

Documentary film straddles the categories of fact and fiction, art and document, entertainment and knowledge. And the visual languages with which it operates have different effects than does the written text. So, what are the strategies and techniques by which documentary films make meaning? How does the tension between making art and making history affect documentary filmmaking? Should documentary filmmakers think of themselves as "tribal storytellers"? What kind of historical consciousness is produced by documentary film? Learn answers to questions like these and more from a host of seasoned documentary film makers.

Panelist: Marisol González, HBO
Mario Delatour, Filmmaker
Michele Stephenson, documentalista, Rada Film Inc.
Joe Brewster, Director, Producer, Writer of Documentary Films, Rada Film Inc.

6- Panel: 3D- Be Inspired!

Lugar: FUNGLODE, 2ndo Piso
Date: Friday, November 19
Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

3d

Nowadays, anybody can create professional-quality 3D effects using readily available, userfriendly video recording technology, like Avid video-editing software, which itself was used for Avatar. Join the very best in the business, the team from Avatar, for a thrilling workshop that will have you reaching for those 3D glasses in no time.

Panelistas:
Craig Tanner, President, Digital Revolution Studios Int.
Gail Light Tanner, CEO/Producer, Digital Revolution Studios Int.
... Team from the movie, 3 To The Rescue

1. Workshop: Important Moments in Latin American Film

Venue: FUNGLODE

Dates and Times:

Friday, November 12
4:00PM – 8:00PM

Saturday, November 13
10:00AM - 2:00PM

Sunday, November 14
10:00AM – 2:00PM

In this workshop, follow the different stages of Latin Cinema as Cuban Philologist, writer, essayist, art and film critic and visual communicator, Frank Padron from International School of Film and TV (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. He specializes in Latin American cinema, which is rich and diverse, and highlights Latin America cinema and some of its more important moments, exploring the complex global interactions and transformational experiments that marked the development of the medium in the context of international trends, as well as in relationship to the continent's incipient modernity.

Speaker: Frank Padrón (Film Critic, International School of Film and TV, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba)

2. Workshop: Web 3

Venue: FUNGLODE

Date: Saturday, November 20
Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

Some internet experts believe the next generation of the Web -- Web 3.0-- will make tasks like planning an evening of dinner and a movie faster and easier. Instead of multiple searches, you might type a complex sentence or two in THE Web 3.0 browser, and the Web will do the rest. In one example, you could type "I want to eat at a good Dominican Restaurant and see a funny movie. What are my options?" The Web 3.0 browser will analyze all possible response, search the Internet for all possible answers, and then present you with the most optimal results.
That's not all. Many experts believe that the Web 3.0 browser will act like a personal assistant. The industry is getting ready to make all their goods ready available to you and therefore, a fierce battle among contents producers is being fought. And what does that mean for video itself on the web?

Speaker: Jonathan McIntosh, Rebellious Pixels

3. Actor's Workshops

Venue: Santiago, Bar Teatro De Cibao
Puerto Plata (UASD)
Nagua (UASD)

Date: Saturday, November 20
Time: 10:30AM-12:30PM

Venue: Higuey (UASD)

Date: Saturday, November 20
Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM

Venue: Santo Domingo, Club Mauricio Baez

Date: Sunday, November 21
Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM

Great actors are compelling individuals who can attract attention almost effortlessly. They have something, a magnetism that pulls others to them. When they enter the room, the energy level rises, you perk up, stop what you are doing and focus. You expect something interesting to happen as though a spotlight is shining on them. Come to this Actor's Studio to meet some of the best actors in the business who have amazing presence and learn what experiences and influences have made them stand out in their field.

Actors:
Zoe Saldaña, Actress/Founder, Cinestar Pictures
Roger Guenveur Smith, Actor/Writer
Vin Diesel, director/Actor/Producer/Director
Hemky Madera, Actor
Juan Fernandez, Actor
Shalim Ortiz, Actor
Sevy Di Cione, Actor
Victoria Abril, Actres
Loles León

4. Workshop: Technical Film Shorts: The Beginning Of It All…

Venue: FUNGLODE

Date: Saturday, November 20
Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM

Shorts tend to be showcases for aspirant Film directors and are invaluable in getting your name out there. If you are serious about making the best short film possible or producing the best web series on the Internet, then this "Short Film" 2 hour technical workshop is a must. This workshop will showcase some film shorts and focus on the process of making one using all digital online tools available

Speaker: Eugenio del Bosque, Executive Director, Cine Las Americas
Jonathan McIntosh, Rebellious Pixels

5. Workshop: Characterization and Make-up

Venue: FUNGLODE, 2nd Floor

Date: Saturday, November 13
Time: 10:00AM-6:00PM

Character development is essential to a good story. We should be aware of their emotional make-up through their responses to their surroundings, to others with whom they interact, and to events which occur. If characters don't come alive in the script, they will not come alive on the screen. This is also facilitated by make-up, when the actor is transformed into another person his or her appearance must be altered to fit the new character.

So, how does one successfully characterize the protagonist and other characters within the storyline? Learn techniques that will help answer these questions and more at a hands-on workshop by trade professionals.

Speaker: Alfredo Mora, The Art of Make up

This year the IV Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF) presents an exciting and new series of thematic panels and discussion sessions. The series offers audience members the unique opportunity of exploring topics, asking questions and interacting with experts, filmmakers, as well as cast and crew of the feature films presented. Under its motto, Global Issues, Personal Stories, the festival panels aim to utilize the medium of film as a platform to increase awareness and broaden perspectives of global, social and economic issues of importance to the Dominican Republic.
1. Buscón: Searcher/Swindler

Venue: Centro Cultural Mauricio Báez
Date: Friday November 19th
Time: 8:30 PM

Thematic Panel - The Business of Peloteros: Problems and Solutions

Panelists:

Anthony Alcalde
Director Buscón: Searcher/Swindler

Juan Marichal
Baseball Hall of Famer

Charles Farrell
Founder of the Dominican Republic Sports & Education Academy (DRSEA)

Astin Jacobo
Agent

Sammy Sosa
Former Major League Baseball Player

Barry Bonds
Former Major League Baseball Player

Rubert Johan
Baseball recruit

2. Boys of Summer

Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Auditorio Pedro Mir
Date: Sunday, November 21st
Time: 7 PM

Discussion session on The Dream of Baseball: Opportunities and Challenges

Panelists:

Keith Aumont
Director "Boys of Summer"

Anthony Alcalde
Director Buscón: Searcher/Swindler

3. Countdown to Zero

Venue: FUNGLODE
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 6:30 PM

Discussion session: Global Threats through Local Lenses

Panelists:
Josefina Reynoso
Center for Security Studies and Defense, FUNGLODE

Brian Finlay
Senior Associate and Director, Stimson Center

4. Monica and David

Venue: NAGUA, Centro Universitario Regional de Nagua (CURNA)
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 8:30 PM

Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Auditorio Pedro Mir
Date: Friday, November 19th
Time: 6:30 PM

Discussion session on the rights of the handicapped

Panelists:

Alexandra Codina
Director Monica and David

Edgar Reyes Tejeda
President of the National Association of Disabled Dominicans

Dr. Rosa Guerra de Valdez
Genetecist and Down Syndrome Expert

5. Oceans

Venue: National Theater
Date:Wednesday, November 17th
Time: 11:30 AM

Discussion session on the Importance of Marine Biodiversity

Panelists:

Deborah Kinder
Director Blue Ocean Film Festival

Oscar Oviedo
President Vida Azul Foundation

Oswaldo Emiddio Vásquez Ravelo
Marine Consulting and Technology (ATEMAR, Inc.)

6. Sins of my father

Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Auditorio Pedro Mir
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 10 PM

Venue: NAGUA, Centro Universitario Regional de Nagua (CURNA)
Date: Friday, November 19th
Time: 9 PM

Q & A Session

Panelist:

Sebastian Marroquín
Protagonist Sins of my Father

7. Restrepo

Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Auditorio Pedro Mir
Date: Friday, November 19th
Time: 10:00 PM

Venue: NAGUA, Centro Universitario Regional de Nagua (CURNA)
Date: Saturday, November 20th
Time: 9:00 PM

Q & A Session

Panelist:

Sergeant Major Lamonta Caldwell
Protagonist Restrepo

8. To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America

Venue: PUERTO PLATA, Centro Universitario Regional del Atlántico (CURA)
Date: Friday, November 19th
Time: 9 PM

Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Auditorio Pedro Mir
Date: Saturday, November 20th
Time: 7 PM

Thematic Panel - Microcredit: A tool for poverty alleviation and empowerment

Panelists:

Gayle Ferraro
Director To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America

Alethia Méndez
Center Manager Grameen America

Carlos Pimentel
Executive Director Esperanza International

9. Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

Venue: HIGUEY, Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE)
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 9 PM

Venue: Cinemateca
Date: Friday, November 19th
Time: 8 PM

Discussion session on the legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade on América

Panelists:

Katrina Browne
Director, Producer, and Writer: Traces of the Trade

Juanita Brown
Producer Traces of the Trade

10. Southern District

Venue: SANTIAGO, Palacio del Cine
Date: Saturday, November 20th
Time: 8:40 PM

Q & A Session

Panelists:

Juan Carlos Valdivia
Producer and Writer Southern District

Joaquín Sánchez
Art Director and Production Designer Southern District

Albert Martinez Craig Tanner Hemky Madera Juan Carlos Valdivia Marlon Soto Sevy Di Cione
Alethia Méndez Dean Hamilton Israel Cardenas Juan Fernandez Michele Stephenson Shalim Ortiz
Alexandra Codina Deborah Kinder Ivan Trujillo Juan Marichal Omar de la Cruz Ulises Rodríguez Noa
Alfredo Mora Dennis Doros Jaime Piña Juanita Brown Oswaldo Vásquez Vin Diesel
Anthony Alcalde Lic. Edgar Reyes Tejeda Jennifer Arnold Katrina Browne Rob Williams William Fay
Brian Finlay Eugenio del Bosque Jerry Rudes Keith Aumont Goldberg Ambassador Roberto Álvarez Zoe Saldaña
Carlos Gutiérrez Frank Padrón Joe Brewster Lamonta Caldwell Roger Guenveur Smith  
Carlos Pimentel Gail Light Tanner Jonathan McIntosh Laura Guzmán Dra. Rosa Guerra de Valdez  
Charles Farrell Gayle Ferraro Jorge Cámara Mario Delatour Sandra Schulberg  
Charlotte Vick Gustavo Rodriguez José Rafael Lantigua Marisol González Sebastian Marroquin  
1. Albert Martinez

Vice President for Physical Production
Indomina Group

2. Alethia Méndez

Center Manager
Grameen America

3. Alexandra Codina

Director Monica and David

Alexandra Codina was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2009" by The Independent. She is involved with advocacy and strategic planning for several nonprofits and is currently directing a short documentary on a 96-year-old farmer in rural Connecticut. Monica & David is her first feature film.

4. Alfredo Mora

The Art of Make Up

5. Anthony Alcalde

Director Buscón

Anthony is an Award-Winning Nicaraguan filmmaker based in Brooklyn, N.Y.. Anthony began his film career in Utah as an accounting clerk for USA Networks Series, "Cover Me" and as an accountant for the Sundance Film Festival in 2001. After interning at Bikini Edit in Soho, NY, Anthony moved up to Production Accountant and Production Manager for E! Entertainment and Style Network working on shows like Howard Stern, Fashion Police, Isaac and Fashion Week.

6. Brian Finlay

Senior Associate and Director, Stimson Center

Brian D. Finlay is a Senior Associate at the Stimson Center where he directs the Managing Across Boundaries Program, a multi-year initiative focusing on combating transnational crime including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the global drug trade, human slavery, small arms trafficking, and counterfeit intellectual property. Prior to joining the Stimson Center, he served as an Executive Director with Veterans for America, as an International Program Officer for The Century Foundation (formerly the Twentieth Century Fund), and as a Senior Researcher at the Brookings Institution. Before emigrating from Canada, he was a Project Manager for the Laboratory Center for Disease Control in Ottawa. He has also served as a consultant to The Department of Foreign Affairs where he worked on the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. He holds an MA from Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, a Graduate Diploma from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and an Honors BA from the University of Western Ontario. He sits on the Advisory Board of Trojan Defense, LLC, and is a member of the Board of Directors of iMMAP, a pioneering organization leading the way forward in the effective use of information management practices in the service of humanitarian relief and development.

Finlay is author of numerous books and articles on national security issues including, The Next 100 Project: Leveraging National Security Assistance to Meet Developing World Needs (2009), Minding Our Business: The Role of the Private Sector in Managing the WMD Supply Chain (WMD Insights, 2009), Old Plagues: New Threats: The Biotech Revolution and its Impact on US National Security (2008), Manufacturing Possibility: Expanding Resources to Meet Global Challenges, Promote Economic Development, Support Innovation, and Prevent Proliferation (The Henry L. Stimson Center: 2008), and Cooperative Nonproliferation: Getting Further Faster (The Henry L. Stimson Center: 2006). He is the co-editor of Ultimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (Century Foundation Press: 2003), and contributor to Grave New World: Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century (Georgetown University Press: 2003).

The Managing Across Boundaries Program works to address an array of transnational challenges by providing a forum for information sharing and the development of innovative partnerships across the public and private sectors.

7. Carlos Gutiérrez

Co-Founding Director
Cinema Tropical

8. Carlos Pimentel

Executive Director Esperanza International

Carlos Pimentel Sanchez joined Esperanza International as country director in 1998. After twelve years of exemplary leadership, Mr. Pimentel was recently promoted to executive vice president of international operations. Mr. Pimentel directs and supervises all functions of Esperanza International’s operations in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Mr. Pimentel received his bachelors of science in business systems analysis and design from APEC University in 1992.

9. Charles Farrell

Founder of the Dominican Republic Sports & Education Academy (DRSEA)

Charles S. Farrell is a a cofounder of the Dominican Republic Sports & Education Academy,sports and education academy in the Dominican Republic aimed at giving talented baseball players the opportunity to attend U.S. colleges and universities on athletic scholarships.

He is also founder, principal and senior consultant with Sports Perspectives International, a sports advocacy, marketing and consulting firm. He is a previous president of SPI . He was director of Rainbow Sports, a division of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Wall Street Project, whose mission is to address diversity within the sports industry. He also served as special projects coordinator at the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University.


10. Charlotte Vick

Google Earth

Charlotte Vick

Charlotte Vick has worked with the OCEAN in Google Earth for the last two years, She works with noted oceanographer, Dr. Sylvia Earle, and her Deep Search Foundation and directs RVLL Ocean Endeavors providing communications, technology, resource management and economic development expertise. She has participated in the evolution of online media since 1996. Living most of her adult life on islands, Charlotte has a passion for finding ways to improve life in and around coastal communities.

Charlotte graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and did additional studies at the University of Hawaii in ocean sciences. Her career has included government service at the state, national and international levels as well as extensive work in marketing and communications for business, industry and non-profit organizations. She is keen to aid in applying emerging web-based technology, sustainable ocean and energy solutions in island environments.

11. Craig Tanner

President, Digital Revolution Studios Int.

12. Dean Hamilton

Producer, Director, Actor
Empire Film Group

13. Deborah Kinder

Director Blue Ocean Film Festival

Debbie Kinder is an ocean conservationist, an award winning documentary filmmaker and the Co-Founder & CEO of the BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit (BLUE), based in Monterey, California.

The film festival, now in its second year, is an international event dedicated to showcasing the world's best ocean films and filmmakers along with an underwater filmmaker's industry conference and an ocean conservation symposium. Debbie is also the founder BLUE's parent non-profit organization Make A Difference Media, whose mission is to leverage the power of media for the greater good.

14. Dennis Doros

Co-Founder
Milestone Film and Video

15. Lic. Edgar Reyes Tejeda

President of the National Association of Disabled Dominicans

Born in Monte Plata in October, 1964, lost his sight at the age of eight because of an eye ailment. He entered the National School for the Blind where he studied basic education.

He attended the following high schools: the Republic of Paraguay school, the Republic of Argentina school, and the Julio Abreu Cuello de Monte Plata school.

He earned a BA Cum Laude in Social Communication Sciences at the Dominican University O & M in Santo Domingo in July, 1990.

He has worked as a reporter, editor, scriptwriter, columnist and producer at various print media, television and radio, in his home province and in Santo Domingo.

He has participated in various events on library services for the blind and the deaf-blind which have taken place in Latin America, Europe and Oceania.

In 1991 he received the Supremo de Plata award from the Jaycees 72 institution, and in 1995 a scroll from the National Senate in which he was declared "Outstanding Youth".

For 15 years he has been director of the Cultural Services Unit for the Blind at the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National Library, and since 2000 serves as president of the Dominican Association of Deaf-Blind Inc. Between 2001 and 2007 he served as vice president of American Federation of the Deaf-Blind (FLASC), and currently he is President of the National Federation of the Disabled Inc. (FENADID).

In 1998 he published Monte Plata, Notes on its Cultural Heritage, and in 1999 he co-authored the anthology Contemporary Narrative of Monte Plata; currently he writes the column Listening to Radio for the Today newspaper and runs the newspaper El Medio de )

16. Eugenio del Bosque

Executive Director
Cine Las Americas

17. Frank Padrón

Film Critic, International School of Film and TV

18. Gail Light Tanner

CEO/Producer, Digital Revolution Studios Int

19. Gayle Ferraro

Director To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America

Gayle Ferraro, founder of Aerial Productions, brings personal accounts of extraordinary and socially compelling stories to the film circuit. To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks of America is Ferraro's fourth independently produced and directed feature documentary, and a recipient of the prestigious Sundance Documentary Program/Skoll Foundation Stories of Change grant.

20. Gustavo Rodriguez

Director
20th Century Fox Caribbean

21. Hemky Madera

Actor

22. Israel Cardenas

Filmmaker

Israel was born in February 15th 1980, in Monterrey, Mexico. After some film workshops in Cuba, New York and Netherlands he began a young company. Since then he's produced, directed and photographed several projects, among regional music videos. "Cochochi" is his first feature film, in which he shares script, photography, production and direction credits with his wife Laura Amelia. He is currently producing their second feature film "Jean Gentil", which he co-directed and photographed. At the same time he is producing two features films "Ocaso" by Theo Court and "Riverol" by Gabriel Nuncio. Together with Matías Meyer he is co-writing the script "Los Ultimos Cristeros", to be produced in Mexico in 2010.

23. Ivan Trujillo

Executive Director
Guadalajara International Film Festival

24. Jaime Piña

Filmmaker

25. Jennifer Arnold

Director A Small Act

Jennifer Arnold graduated from UCLA and University of Nairobi and returned to UCLA for a MFA in Film. Her award-winning short, MAID OF HONOR screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival before airing on HBO/Cinemax. She returned to Sundance with the Web series, "The Mullet Chronicles," which was developed into the AMERICAN MULLET, released by Palm Pictures/Lionsgate. A Small Act is an HBO Documentary film.

26. Jerry Rudes

LVT Subtitling

27. Joe Brewster

Director, Writer
Rada Inc.

28. Jonathan McIntosh

Rebellious Pixels

29. Jorge Cámara

President, Hollywood Foreign Press Association

30. José Rafael Lantigua

Minister of Culture

31. Juan Carlos Valdivia Director

Producer and Writer Southern District

Juan Carlos Valdivia began his film career with Jonah and the Pink Whale, a story of love and drug trafficking that shattered Bolivian cinema of the time. After a career in Mexico, Valdivia returns to Bolivia to work in a wide range of audiovisual projects with his production company, Cinenómada.

32. Juan Fernandez

Actor

33. Juan Marichal

Baseball Hall of Famer

34. Juanita Brown

Producer Traces of the Trade

Juanita Brown co-designed Traces of the Trade’s trans-Atlantic journey and served as a facilitator during some of the DeWolf family discussions. Prior to the film, Juanita creatively engaged students and teachers at San Francisco Bay Area schools in difficult dialogue around community building, race, class and gender identity politics. She also developed policy and organizational analyses for education and nonprofit organizations in California such as Oakland Unified School District, Oakland Small Schools Foundation, and Bay Area International Development Organizations. She most recently served as the Assistant Director for Development at the Coalition of Essential Schools, a national education reform organization. Juanita holds a Bachelor’s from Stanford University and a Master’s of Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. She also studied at the University of Ghana in West Africa. Currently, she is pursuing a career in dance and choreography, and is facilitating post-screening dialogues with Traces of the Trade part time. A Chicago native and lover of things creative, Juanita lives in San Francisco where she enjoys writing and tea-warmed conversations.

35. Katrina Browne

Director, Producer, and Writer: Traces of the Trade

Katrina Browne is the seventh generation descendant of Mark Anthony DeWolf, the family’s first slave trader. Before launching this film and family process in 1999, Ms. Browne served as Outreach Planning Coordinator for the film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith’s critically acclaimed play about the LA riots, Twilight: Los Angeles. She consulted with race relations and media experts to plan a national outreach campaign to use the PBS broadcast and video distribution as the basis for community dialogue on race, ethnicity and equity. She came to that work and to filmmaking from writing a Masters thesis comparing the role that Greek tragedies played in civic life in ancient Greece to the untapped potential of film to catalyze civic dialogue today. She wrote this thesis while earning a Masters in Theology at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. Prior to her graduate studies she worked as a senior staffperson at Public Allies, an AmeriCorps program now operating in twenty-one cities that she co-founded in 1991 in Washington, DC to recruit more young people and people of color into nonprofit careers. She held responsibilities in national start-up, site program development, evaluation and fundraising. She has a B.A. from Princeton University, where she studied cultural anthropology with a focus on oral history, and wrote a senior thesis on France’s role in the Holocaust.

36. Keith Aumont Goldberg

Director Boys of Summer

Keith Aumont completed a masters' degree at Columbia University's Graduate Film School, where his short film "American Exquisite" won the National Board of Review award and Microsoft's "Most Outstanding Digital Short." As president of The Putty Division in Brooklyn, New York, Keith also produces and directs commercials, videos and interstitials. In 2005, Keith married writer Jennifer van der Kwast on the island of Curaçao, where she grew up. BOYS OF SUMMER is Keith's feature debut.

37. Sergeant Major Lamonta Caldwell

Protagonist Restrepo

38. Laura Guzmán

Filmmaker

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on May 7th 1980, Laura Amelia Guzmán graduated from Altos de Chavón / The School of Design, where she studied fine arts and photography. After exhibiting in photography shows, she attended the International Film and Television School in Cuba, specializing in cinematography. During that period she photographed and directed several short films and documentaries; one of them, "Antesala", selected in the International Competition at Cinema du Reel Film Festival.

Since 2004, she has lived in Mexico where she works with her husband Israel Cardenas, with whom she shares script, photography, production and direction credits in their first feature film "Cochochi" that had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival Official Selection 2007 (Orizzonti Section). Cochochi won the Diesel Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award at the Miami and Toulouse Film Festivals and Fipresci Awards at Gijón and Toulouse Film Festivals. The film has been screened at Rotterdam, Habana, Río de Janeiro, Jeonju, Goteborg, Gramado and Buenos Aires, among others. She is currently working on her second feature film "Jean Gentil", which she filmed in her hometown

39. Mario Delatour

Filmmaker

40. Marisol González

Producer Spanish Broadcasts
HBO

Marisol González is a Dominican filmmaker and producer who lives in New York. Currently, she works for HBO producing the sports programs in Spanish which air on HBO main network and HBO Latino. With more than 15 years in production, she has covered landmark events like the Pope’s visit to New York, the United Nation’s 50th anniversary, the 1994 World Cup and more. She has also worked for the two major Hispanic networks in the country - Univisión and Telemundo NBC, and has contributed as a writer for newspapers and magazines.

González graduated from Brooklyn College, with double majors in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish Literature. At the present, she is directing and producing the documentary “Children Behind the Wall” (in production). For her social work with this documentary, in 2008, she was awarded “The Always Inspiring” award in the United States by Siempre Mujer magazine, together with Maria Elena Salinas and Ingrid Betancurt. Most recent, González was invited to her former school, Brooklyn College, to host a workshop about “How to Succeed in a Male Dominated Workplace”. Furthermore, she is working as a consultant producer for the documentary “Gods and Kings” (in production).

41. Marlon Soto

Director
DINAC

42. Michele Stephenson

Documentarian

43. Omar de la Cruz

DRGFF Director

44. Oswaldo Vásquez

Marine Consulting and Technology (ATEMAR, Inc.)

A researcher and conservationist of marine mammals in the Dominican Republic and other regions. He studied at the State University of Odessa, Ukraine, USSR, obtaining a master's degree in Hydrobiology in early 1983. Upon his return he joined UASD's Research Center of Marine Biology (CIBIMA) where, among other duties, served as Coordinator of the Marine Mammal Program (PROMMAR).

He specialized in Marine Ecology and Aquaculture at the Graduate School of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). In 1987 he received technical training on Humpback Whale research at the Center for Coastal Studies, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

At CIBIMA in 1987 he founded the Caribbean Network of Sightings and Stranding of Marine Mammals. Between the years 1987 to 1989 he coordinated the scientific research on whale population carried out in the Bay of Samaná, which led to the creation of the highest scientific research effort known up to that point, which was named YONAH (Years of North Atlantic Humpbacks).

In 2004 he organized and represented the country at MONAH (More of North Atlantic Humpbacks), research project on the population status of Humpback Whales in the North Atlantic, using benign techniques.

Through these projects he has become one of the researchers that have performed more biopsies on Humpback Whales in the world.

Since 2001 he is a member of the Dominican Foundation for Marine Research (FUNDEMAR) and together they founded the project Friends of the Dolphins in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, which built the first index of dolphin identification in the Dominican Republic.

Currently he heads Atemar, Inc., an environmental consulting firm which coordinates major research projects carried out in the Dominican Republic on Humpback Whales.

He is a Consultant and Contractor of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and has participated in PRIEST and SPLASH projects researching Humpback Whales in the North Pacific Ocean and the Right Whales of the North Pacific, respectively.

Currently he is Honorary Advisor to the Secretary of the Environment, in which capacity he has been able to solve the Rockash case, to secure the adherence of the Dominican Republic to the International Whaling Commission and to create standards for dolphin captivity in the country.

He is also a founding member of the first computer network in the country before the advent of the Internet known as REDID, organized by the Latin Union office. In addition to Spanish, he speaks fluent Russian and English, as well as his mother tongue, Greek. He is a candidate to Alderman for Ward # 1 of the National District by the National Party of the Dominican Liberation.

45. Rob Williams

Vice President of Acquisitions
Indomina Group

46. Ambassador Roberto Alvarez

Former Dominican Ambassador to the OAS, Human Rights Specialist

47. Roger Guenveur Smith

Actor/Writer

Actor-writer Roger Guenveur Smith adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm, directed by his longtime colleague Spike Lee. Also among Mr. Smith's many screen credits are Mr. Lee's DO THE RIGHT THING, MALCOLM X, GET ON THE BUS, and HE GOT GAME, as well as EVE'S BAYOU, KING OF NEW YORK, DEEP COVER, ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS, HAMLET, and AMERICAN GANGSTER, for which Mr. Smith was nominated for the Screen Actors' Guild Award. He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's HBO series, K STREET.

For the international stage Roger has created and performed FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 1992, IN HONOR OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, WHO KILLED BOB MARLEY?, ICELAND, INSIDE THE CREOLE MAFIA, TWO FIRES, and JUAN AND JOHN, inspired by the friendship of baseball greats Juan Marichal and John Roseboro.

In this year's festival Roger plays The Prime Minister in Storm Saulter's Jamaican feature, BETTER MUS' COME.

48. Dra. Rosa Guerra de Valdez

Genetecist and Down Syndrome Expert

49. Sandra Schulberg

Co-Creator and Producer Nuremberg

Sandra Schulberg

Sandra Schulberg restored her father's historic film about the 1st Nuremberg trial, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration], a project that took 5 years to complete with the collaboration of archives in the U.S., Germany, and Holland. Since 2003, she has also preserved more than 25 Marshall Plan films with the Academy Film Archive. A distinguished independent film producer, Schulberg was a senior film & TV executive for the PBS drama series "American Playhouse" for 7 years. For 3 years, she served as executive producer of the private German media fund, Hollywood Partners. Her many credits include the Oscar-nominated Quills; Sundance Grand Prize winner Waiting for the Moon; the 1st U.S./German/Chinese co-production Shadow Magic; and two winners of the Cannes Camera d'Or, Alambrista and Northern Lights.

A longtime advocate of "Off-Hollywood" film artists, Schulberg founded the IFP in 1979, the largest organization of indie filmmakers in the U.S. In 2010, she launched IndieCollect, a campaign to preserve U.S. independent films. She is currently writing a book about the making of Nuremberg called The Celluloid Noose, and teaching Feature Film Financing & Co-Production at Columbia University.

50. Sebastian Marroquin

Protagonist Sins of my Father

51. Sevy Di Cione

Actor

Sevy was born in Caracas, Venezuela. At an early age he moved to his parents' hometown Materdomini, in the province of Avellino, Italy. He began performing in theater at age 4 for the town theater company. Half way through middle school, his family moved back to Venezuela where he joined the Loyola drama department and was cast in several plays. He also started his career as a professional actor, appearing in several television projects with various featured roles. At the same time he started a career in modeling working in TV commercials, print ads, and some runway shows. He then moved to Orlando, Florida where he continued his training as an actor. Later on Sevy moves to Miami, Florida and initiates his professional career as an actor in the USA. After incredible success in the commercial market, he decided it was time to move to the movie capital of the world. Sevy Di Cione currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

He has appeared in over 80 commercials and campaigns for the US, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. He has appeared in several television pilots for both the Latin and American Markets. 2007 was a groundbreaking year when Lionsgate picked up Mauro Borrelli's "Haunted Forest" with a world wide release making it Sevy's first mainstream film in the lead role. Since then, Sevy has worked in several other films including Lionsgate's "Neowolf", Dan Neira's "Touched," and collaborated in two projects with Italian director Loris Lai. He is currently working on Jerry G. Angelo's "Horro Torium" scheduled to be released late 2011.

52. Shalim Ortiz

Actor

53. Ulises Rodríguez Noa

Production Coordinator

54. Vin Diesel

Actor, Producer,Director

55. William Fay

President Production
Legendary Pictures

56. Zoe Saldaña

Actress



SANTO DOMINGO
Theater Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Tue 16 Wed 17 Tru 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22
Teatro Nacional
Dirección: Palacio de la Cultura, Av. Máximo Gómez Esq. Pedro Henríquez Ureña
809.687.3191
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
11 AM
Student Program: The Dream of Baseball: Opportunities and Challenge
11:30 AM:
Discussion session on the Importance of Marine Biodiversity
  11:00 AM:
Student Program: The transformative power of Art
     
Biblioteca Pedro Mir (UASD)
Dirección: Auditorio de la Biblioteca, Av. Alma Mater, Zona Universitaria
809.535.8273 - 809.682.1754
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
    5:00 PM:
Panel on Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today [The Schulberg and Waletzky restoration]

10:00 PM:
Q&A Session after the screening of Sins of my father
6:30 PM:
Discussion session on Down Syndrome and the challenges faced by disabled people

10:00 PM:
Q&A Session after screening of Restrepo
7:00 PM:
Thematic Panel - Microcredit: A tool for poverty alleviation and empowerment
7:00 PM:
Q&A Session after the screening of Boys of Summer
 
Cinemateca Nacional
Dirección: Plaza de la Cultura Av. Máximo Gómez Esq. Pedro Henríquez Ureña
809.685.9396 - 809.683.6102
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
            8:00 PM:
Discussion session on The Legacy of Slavery in América
   
Centro Cultural Mauricio BÁez Calle Mauricio Báez No. 175.
Villa Juana
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
          11:00 AM:
Student Program- The Power of One: Making a Difference in the World
9:00 AM:
Alternative and Communitary Video in Colombia

8:30 PM:
Thematic panel on the business of peloters: problems and solutions
11:00 AM
Student Program: The Dream of Baseball: Opportunities and Challenges
10:00AM-12:00PM
Workshop: Actors Studio
9:00AM
Workshop AUTODESK
Palacio del Cine, Blue Mall
Dirección: Av. Winston Churchill esq. Gustavo M. Ricart
809.788.0705
            10:00AM-1:00PM
3D Workshop

2:00PM-5:00PM
Sound Design and Editing Workshop
     
FUNGLODE
Calle Capitán Eugenio de Marchena No. 26, La Esperilla
809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
www.funglode.org
4:00PM-8:00PM
Workshop: Important Moments in Latin American
10:00AM
2:00PM

Workshop: Important Moments in Latin American
10:00AM-2:00PM
Workshop: Important Moments in Latin American
    10:00AM-12:00PM
Panel: Dominican Film Law
10:00AM-12:00PM
Panel: Distribution

6:30 PM- 7:30 PM
Discussion session on Global Threats through Local Lenses
10:00AM-12:00PM
Workshop: Film-Shorts
   
FUNGLODE
2nd Piso

10:00AM
6:00PM
Workshop: Charachterization & Make-up

    2:00PM-4:00PM
Panel: Co-Production and Financing
2:00PM-4:00PM
Panel:Documentary Filmmaking

6:45PM-9:30PM
Retrospective: Raoul Peck
2:00PM-4:00PM
Workshop: Web 3
   


SANTIAGO
Theater Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thr 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Santiago
Centro Universitario Regional de Santiago (CURSA)
Avenida Olímpica, La Barranquita.
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
10:30 AM
Student Program: Down Syndrome and the challenges faced by disabled people
11 AM
Student Program: The transformative power of Art
11 AM
Student Program- The Power of One: Making a Difference in the World
 
Santiago Bar
Teatro CIBAO
10:30AM-12:30PM
Workshop: Actors Studio
 
SantiagoPALACIO DEL CINE
Av. Juan Pablo Duarte casi esq. Estrella Sadhalá,
Plaza Bella Terra Mall
809.685.7170
8:40 PM
/Q&A session after screening of Southern District
 


PUERTO PLATA
Theater Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thr 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Puerto Plata
Centro Universitario Regional del Atlántico (CURA)
Carretera Puerto Plata Santiago, Km 2 ½
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
  11 AM
Student Program- The Dream of Baseball: Opportunities and Challenges
9 PM
Thematic Panel on Microcredit: A tool for poverty alleviation and empowerment
10:30AM-12:30PM
Workshop: Actors Studio
 


NAGUA
Theater Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thr 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Nagua
Centro Universitario Regional de Nagua (CURNA)
Calle Principal. La Cruz.
Contacto: FUNGLODE 809-685-9966 Ext. 2447 y 2449
  11 AM
Student Program: Student Program: The power of one: making a difference in the world
8:30 PM
Discussion session on Down Syndrome and the challenges faced by disabled people
11:30 AM
Student Program: The Importance of Marine Biodiversity

9 PM
Q & A Session after screening of Sins of my father
9:00 PM
Q&A Session after screening of Restrepo
10:30AM-12:30PM
Workshop: Actors Studio


HIGUEY
Theater Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thr 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Higuey
Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE)
Km. 1 ½ Carretera Higuey – Yuma No. 199
  10: 30 AM
Student Program: The business of peloters: problems and solutions
9 PM
Discussion session on The Legacy of Slavery in América
2:00 PM - 5:00PM
Workshop: Actors Studio