Source: https://elnuevodiario.com.do EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO. – The Santo Domingo Technology Institute (INTEC) and Lantica Media, underwrote a cooperation agreement with the Caribbean Film Training Association (*Asociación de Entrenamientos Cinematográficos del Caribe) (ECC-RD) to develop academic activities that help promote, bolster and solidify the field of film development trainings in the Dominican Republic. The

SOURCE: https://elnacional.com.do The film “Cinderello” opened last night at the Palacio del Cine cinemas; the movie is a romantic comedy (rom-com) which tells the tale of a talented but unattractive photographer, whom transforms each night into a handsome hunk, under the protection of his “Fairy Godfather” , hence bound to living a double life while

SOURCE: https://variety.com BERLIN — “Holy Beasts” begins memorably with a shot of an inky sea, as black as death. Surveying it is Vera, played by Geraldine Chaplin, an actress who travels to the Dominican Republic to shoot the unfinished film of real-life Dominican director Jean-Louis Jorge, who died in 2000. Vera is most probably dying.

SOURCE: https://variety.com MADRID — Big Spanish-language arthouse sales company Latido Films has just acquired world sales rights to Berlinale Panorama entry “Holy Beasts,” a step up in scale for its directors, “Sand Dollars” Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas, which turns around the extraordinary, if ill-known, Dominican cineast Jean-Louis Jorge. The deal excludes producers’ home territories. Starring

SOURCE: https://listindiario.com Geraldine Chaplin (Vera) during one of the scenes from “Holy Beasts” filmed in Casa de Campo Santo Domingo The film “HOLY BEASTS” directed by the multi-award winning Dominican Mexican duo composed of Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cárdenas, will premiere in the prestigious Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale 2019) in its “Panorama” film section.

SOURCE: http://www.alpasodelosfamosos.com The Dominican film industry continues to pioneer. With this goal in mind, “Amigo D” opens in all movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, December 13th. The movie, directed by Francisco Valdéz, features performances starring Honey Estrella, Luis José Germán, Josué Guerrero and Bruno Lastra. This project, produced by Lantica Media and distributed by CORAL

SOURCE: https://www.thesun.ie Where was The Long Song filmed? Although the series is set in Jamaica, it was actually shot in the Dominican Republic: The Peninsula Hotel This Georgian style boutique hotel fitted in well as a filming location for The Long Song. It also served as the accommodation for the cast and crew. Director Mahalia Belo

SOURCE: https://www.kftv.com The BBC’s TV drama The Long Song filmed in Dominican Republic, doubling the Caribbean country for mid-19th century Jamaica. Based on the 2010 novel by Andrea Levy, the story follows young slave girl July and her experiences living through the end of slavery on a Jamaican sugarcane plantation. Heyday Television chose to film in Dominican

SOURCE: https://www.kftv.com A BBC One adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel The Long Song is set to film scenes at Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios in the Caribbean this summer. The three-part drama will film with a team of UK HoDs. Writer Sarah Williams turned Levy’s book Small Island into a TV drama in 2009 and also

SOURCE: https://variety.com PANAMA CITY — Fueled by one of the strongest film tax incentive schemes in the world – with a 100% break for national productions, 25% break for international productions, and 1.5% withholding tax – the Dominican Republic has seen a surge in film production since the new film law was enacted in 2010.

SOURCE: https://diariodigital.com.do Juan Dolio, San Pedro de Macorís.- Aiming to show the many advances of the local film industry and the first-class settings the country has to offer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) arranged a visit by members of the Corps Diplomatic to the Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios. Ambassador Angelita García-Vargas headed the group,

SOURCE: https://notaclave.com SD. New year, good news, and thegood news have much to do with what’s going on at the Juan Dolio-based film studios. Variety Magazine published last Friday, January 4th, a very praising feature of the Dominican film industry with special reference to how the work has boomed in the world-class facilities, which in