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
Buscando a Larisa
Country: Mexico
Year: 2012
Memories stuffed into a box of family photos and old Super 8 videotapes bought at an antique shop unleash a search for the little blond girl who appears in them. Who would get rid of such mementos and why?
Chasing Ice
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Chasing Ice is a film in which Orlowski and Balog give voice to one of the most crucial problems of our time. While celebrating the beauty of the world we live in, they examine the difficulties our planet is undergoing. Audience Prize South by Southwest 2012.
Happy
Country: USA
Year: 2011
The secret to happiness: Happy combines powerful human stories from around the world with cutting edge technology to give us a deeper understanding of our most valued emotion.
Francesco e il Papa
Country: Germany
Year: 2011
The film takes us behind the walls of the Vatican, framed by the story of Francesco, the 11 the-year-old boy whose biggest wish is to sing for the Pope in the choir of the Sistine Chapel.
IN BERLIN
Country: Germany
Year: 2009
By accompanying 20 very different individuals in today's Berlin, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and filmmaker Ciro Cappellari sketch a portrait of a modern, stimulating metropolis.
Knuckleball!
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Action-packed documentary about the Major League's only knuckleballers in 2011, Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey, as they pursue a mercurial art form in a world that values speed, accuracy, and numerical accountability.
LAS CARPETAS
Country: Puerto Rico - España
Year: 2011
How fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past when they open their "files", the records obtained of the illegal surveillance and persecution that the Puerto Rican government held against citizens and organizations that disagreed with the establish- ment. Through their daily life, they will tell us their stories, experiences and intimate feelings of the persecution they suffered. Taking their past as an example, we will confront the present. Are these activities still being practiced? Who are the new subversives?
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, a documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence. "Hip-hop didn't invent anything … hip-hop reinvented everything". – Grandmaster Caz
Del Fondo de la noche
Country: Dominican Republic
Year: 2007
The final moments of the dictatorship of Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic as seen through the eyes of three characters who play decisive roles in the struggle to recover their country´s freedom: Juan Bosch, a politician, Pedro Mir, the national poet and the heroine and martyr Minerva Mirabel.
