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Iron Road and Emmanuel Jal: War Child Win Audience Awards
New York, December 18, 2008
We now have the winners! The Audience Award for Best Fiction Film and for Best Documentary went to Iron Road by David Wu and Emmanuel Jal: War Child by C. Karim Chrobog.
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Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Participates in International Film Festival Summit
Santo Domingo, December 15, 2008
Members of the Dominican Republic Global Film Festival attended the V International Film Festival Summit (IFFS), which united more than 200 professionals from the film festival and entertainment community.
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The Path to 2009
New York, December
1,
2008
The countdown begins. The Dominican Republic Global Festival
team has already begun working towards the celebration of the
third edition of the Festival, to take place November 18-22,
2009. However, we do not want to move forward with the next
edition without thanking everyone for their enthusiasm and
participation in the 2008 Festival...
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Baseball and film find perfect mix
by Anna Marie De La Fuente
Santo Domingo, December
2,
2008
Tourists descend in droves but major league baseball scouts
are also a common sight in the Dominican Republic as they
trawl for fresh talent with the meanest curveball. The bulk
of major league players in the U.S. reportedly hails from
this baseball-obsessed Caribbean nation.
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"Responsibility Not Proportional
with Size or Age"
Santo Domingo, November 24,
2008
A group of men and women, mostly octogenarians, were doing what they always do to get out of their daily routines and to have fun singing. But they don´t sing just for pleasure; they are very clear about their sense of responsibility and mission to spread a positive message with their music.
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Panel of Experts Analyze Marketing and Distribution
Santo Domingo, November 24,
2008
Many ideas were put on the table because the goal of the panel was to tackle to the difficult issues of marketing and film distribution. These are fundamental aspects, as was mentioned throughout the festival, are often put on the back burner at the moment of creation. But the film industry is the creation and much more.
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The power of film critics
Santo Domingo, November 23, 2008
"A film review should be a conversation that involves the readers, something
that people want to read,” was the main conclusion determined at this Sunday’s
panel “Art and the power of the film critic.” Americans Julie Salomon, John
Anderson and Ana Marie de la Fuente; Chilean Iván Pinto and Dominican Arturo
Rodríguez participated in the II International Dominican Film Festival to debate
the main features and elements of film criticism.
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"Sleep dealer" A Connection with the Future
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
With a vision toward the future and their feet planted in the present, viewers
of the film, “Sleep Dealer” allowed their imaginations to fly in this movie
where technology, immigration and globalization are the themes around which this
Mexican production by Alex Rivera revolves.
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"Responsibility Not Proportional
with Size or Age"
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
Responsibility has no age. That message was clear in the Mexican film, Cochochi, the story of 2 fourteen-year-old boys, Tony and Evaristo, whose grandfather asks them to carry some medicine across the Tarahumara Mountains, in the north of the country.
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The II Dominican Global Film Festival Comes to an End with Young@Heart, a Song of Hope
Santo Domingo, November 23,
2008
Young@Heart will lower the curtain tonight on the II Dominican Global Film Festival. The film will give the final, golden touch to this Film Festival that has featured not just brilliant films but educational activities and social events that have been going on for the past six days in five cities around the country.
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