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On Friday, 31 January 2025, the 17th edition of the Global Film Festival (FCGD) got underway at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The leading regional film festival will continue through Thursday, 6 February.

Producers, directors and actors and actresses from around the world are in attendance. The guest nation this year is India, famous for “Bollywood” the Mumbai-based Indian movie capital, producer of films such as “Slumdog Millionaire.”

The festival film from India is “All We Imagine as Light” that has been nominated for a Golden Globe award and has already won the Grand Prize Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Films in Santo Domingo are showing at the Caribbean Cinemas Westpark (Silver Sun Gallery).

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