The Muestra International de Cine de Santo Domingo, now in its 16th year, is open at the Novocentro Fine Arts movie theater on Av. Lope de Vega in Santo Domingo this week. This year the event is dedicated to Canada, but there will also be films from 20 other countries. It opens with the film Gabrielle, directed by Louise Archambault. The festival began on 30 April and will continue through 10 May. Many award-winning films are included in the selection.
Films from Canada are:
Gabrielle (Louise Archambault)
www.imdb.com/title/tt3106846/
Blackbird (Jason Buxton)
http://blackbirdthefilm.com/tag/jason-buxton/
Sarah Prefers to Run (Chloe Robichaud)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2384328/
Incendies (Denis Villeneuve)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/
Inch’allah (Anais Barbeau-Lavalette)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2336960/
Rebelle (Kim Nguyen)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1820488/
The other films include:
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Felix van Groeningen, Belgium)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2024519/
Los bastardos (Mexico, Amat Escalante)
www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10799794/year/2008.html
Cannibal (Spain, Manuel Martin Cuenca)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1718747/combined
Like Father, Like Son (Japan, Hirokazu Koreeda)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2331143/
Two Lives (Germany)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1783422/
Family United (Spain, Daniel Sanchez)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2252680/
The Notebook (Hungary, Janos Szasz)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2324384/
Love Steaks (Germany, Jakob Lass)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2960270/
La Paz (Argentina, Santiago Loza)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2753654/
La pelicula de Ana (Cuba, Daniel Diaz Torres)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN4_MbeNEB8
Bad Hair (Venezuela, Mariana Rondon)
www.imdb.com/title/tt3074610/
Dust on the Tongue (Colombia, Ruben Mendoza)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2126391/combined
Walesa: Man of Hope (Poland)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2113820/
The Great Beauty (Italy, Paolo Sorrentino)
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/the-great-beauty-film-director-honoured-rome-oscars
www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891/
The Grandmaster (China, Kar Wai Wong)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/
www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-wong-kar-wai-grandmaster-hong-kong-film-awards-20140413,0,3915275.story#axzz2zSWgWC85
Blue Is the Warmest Color (France, Abdellatif Kechiche)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2278871/
Blanco (Dominican Republic)
www.imdb.com/title/tt3426858/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rgr/blanco-the-first-documentary-about-albinos-in-the