Arturo Rodriguez Fernandez, director of the Muestra Internacional de Cine de Santo Domingo has announced that 50 high quality films from 16 countries and the Dominican Republic will be part of the upcoming film festival that opens at the Diamond Mall cinemas in Arroyo Hondo this coming Wednesday, 7 September. During the press conference announcing the festival, Culture Minister Jose Rafael Lantigua highlighted the quality of the films scheduled for the event. Scenes from Andy Garcia’s soon to be released film, “The Lost City” will be shown during the festival, as many of these were filmed in the DR.
He mentioned that among the films are:
“Doble juego” (Peru), a story about fraud and deceit.
“Familia rodante (Argentina), winner of the Berlin Film Festival.
“Contra la pared” (Germany), story of Turkish immigrants.
“Contra todos” (Brasil), about society’s double standards.
“Tres veces dos” (Cuba), a trilogy by three young Cuban directors.
“Un amor silencioso” (Canada). A story of inter-racial passion.
Other films are: “Papa se volvio loco” (Argentina), “Amor idiota” and
“Inconscientes” (Spain), “Contra todos” (Brazil) and “Piratas en el Callao” and “Doble juego” (Peru).
In total, 50 films from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic will be screened.
For the closing of the event, on 17 September, the film by Felix German, “La maldicion del Padre Carmona,” starring Zoe Saldana and shot in the mountain town of Constanza will be shown.