EMBAJADOR MEXICANO-JOSE-IGNACIO-PIÑA LEONEL-FERNANDEZ ELLIS-PEREZ-
Mexico will be the country Guest of Honor at the 8th Dominican Global Film Festival in 2014, announced Festival Director Omar de la Cruz, at an event prior to the screening ofAmor a Primera Visa (Love at First Visa) at the Blue Mall Cinema Palace on Wednesday night.
Omar de la Cruz told the audience at the closing event of the FCGD, that during the 10 days of this year’s Festival, over 25 f...
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Catherine Murphy wrote, produced and directed the important documentary, Maestra, about young women’s participation in the Literacy Brigades that took place one year after the Cuban revolution.
“The small percentage of people who knew how to read and write in Cuba at the time went out teach the rest of the country,” said Ms. Murphy who recently earned a Masters degree in Social Development at the University of Havana where she lives when she is not on the road ...
Ellin Jimmerson wrote, directed and produced La segunda nevera, showing at the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD).
The title, “second cooler,” refers to a comment made by a US official who said that so many illegals die in the desert trying to get into the United States, that they will soon need another cooler in the morgue for their bodies. At least 7,000 migrants have died in the last decade crossing the huge Sonoran desert, which is 311,000 square kilometer...
Maharaki is here with her exquisite short film Vivre as one of the eleven finalists in the Global Shorts section of the 7th edition of the Dominican Global Film Festival. The 13-minute film opens in a classroom in Guadalupe with a teacher asking her students what they want to be when they grow up. One dreamy 10-year old, Thomas (Ydriss Bonalair) lets his mind wander to three different outcomes and takes the viewers along. The outcomes are all different –good, bad and tr...
A classic scenario...The Caribbean beckons you to stay...return once again. Two in a room with a view ocean surrounds sound. A full moon shines down, the ocean sings -Cap Cana Resort where a picture tells a thousand words...enough to make a silent film. A trip to remember, movies under the stars...thank you CineGlobal for sharing your beautiful country and festival with filmfestivals.com
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Miriam Kruishoop and Omar dela Cruz (Festival Director)
Miriam Kruishoop is the award-winning Dutch writer, director and producer ofGreencard Warriors, starring Manny Perez. The film is about the gritty life of Latinos living in East LA and what sacrifices they’ll make to get the coveted green card to work and live legally in the USA – even go to war.
How did a Dutch woman end up making a film in East LA?
“When I used to drive around LA, where I have been living ...
Award-winning actor Esai Morales continues to lend his outstanding talents to television, theater and film. Since his feature film debut in "Bad Boys" with Sean Penn in 1983, Morales has been consistently recognized for giving performances that strongly resonate in the hearts and minds of diverse and international audiences.
After graduating from New York's High School for the Performing Arts, Esai made his stage debut in "El Hermano." His other theater performance...
In 2002, Maharaki directs her first short film entitled, INNOCENTS. This film is nominated in several International Film Festivals, such as the 2003 FESPACO in Burkina Faso and “Vues d’Afrique, 2003” in Quebec.
In 2004, she is awarded the Grand Jury Prize of her Film School’s annual showcase for the directing of her short film, DIG IT. The film also receives the award for “Best Acting Performance”. Maharaki receives her prize at “La Cin&eacu...
Most of US soldiers who were hired to serve in Irak in return for the promise of a Green Card never received it.
The story follows a 14 year old boy Angel, a Latino teen and his family, who struggle to find a place in American society. With the promise of naturalization papers, the US military presents Angel’s father with the opportunity for a brighter future for his family if he sends his eldest son into the US Army which is recruiting for the war in Iraq. With his brother go...
The Cap Cana Marina restarted its cinema exhibition on Saturday November 16th when it showed Operation E, a political thriller starring Spaniard Luis Tosar, as part of the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD) 2013.
The showing of “Cinema under the Stars” included a number of prominent figures such as former Dominican President Leonel Fernández and Vice President Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, as well as other guests of honor who were host...
Spectacular settings, Screening with DR President attending, live concert and after party. Serious fun !
The Cap Cana Marina restarted its cinema exhibition on Saturday November 16th when it showed Operation E, a political thriller starring Spaniard Luis Tosar, as part of the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD) 2013.
The showing of “Cinema under the Stars” included a number of prominent figures such as former Dominican President Le...
Ellis Perez Film Commissionner of The Dominican Republic, lists 1,001 locations, offers a 25% transferable tax credit on local spend for feature films, TV films, Musical Videos and TV Series, with a minimum spend of US$500,000 in the Dominican Republic. Also offers the elimination of the 18% of VAT tax on eligible production related expenditures and allows the temporary import of goods and equipment necessary for film productions. The office serves as the liaison between the...
Day trip to Pinewood Studios Santo Domingo...
One of the largest and most advanced water pools, enormous sound stages against the back drop of the Caribbean Sea...
A day to remember.
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Improvised and fun! Thank you Andrez Cruzarios
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State of the art film and television production facilities 'Pinewood Indomina Studios' in the Dominican Republic offers:
50,000 sq ft of...
Super production for the opening of the Festival, staging the Tower of London and a musical homage to James Bond...Superb production, budget estimated to ùore 250 000$ plus in-kind
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The festival takes place in 5 cities in Dominican Republic and Haiti
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Watch the entire show, you will not miss a piece of the action in Santo Domingo.
Yvette Marichal Elis Perez and Omar de la Cruz
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The first ever Summit of Central American and Caribbean Film Festivals, held on Tuesday as part of the 7th annual Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD), resulted in a proposal to create the Caribbean Association of Film Festivals (CAFF).
The meeting was called and headed by Omar de la Cruz, Director of the Dominican Global Film Festival, who stressed the importance of this historic event, which, for the first time, brought together the region’s most important film festival promoter...
Carlos is a succesful spanish actor (Cell 211) and brother to Javier Bardem, and Nephew of director Juan Antonio Bardem.
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