Discoveries from Dominican Republic World Cinema

Marcia lives with her invalid husband, Tony, who constantly abuses her. Marcia's life takes a turn after she gains the power to perform miracles but refuses to heal Tony’s illness.

Big eater Tubérculo and his neighbor Tirson broke their friendship because of a misunderstanding, but 20 years later, an unexpected event brings them together again.

A sensory dive into the lives of dancers and artists hungry for fame, clashing with police tactics and unorthodox views. 42nd Street unveils a defiant counter-culture in the Dominican urban scene—all unfolding on a bold, unrelenting 600-meter 42nd street.

José, tired of his wife's demands and the rumors that she is unfaithful, decides to confront her.

A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.

Dakota, a young American, arrives in the Dominican Republic at the dawn of the Trump era with little idea of why he is there, where he is headed, or what might come next. After checking into a beachside hotel, he finds himself in the crossfire of a volatile love triangle between two hotheads and the mysterious and elusive femme fatale Fabiola.

“Don’t end up alone like I did.” This plea expressed by her grandmother before passing, haunts Tatiana, a single, 40-year-old documentary filmmaker. Filled with questions about what it means to “not end up alone,” Tatiana explores her grandma Teresa’s life: an imposing woman who owned an iconic movie theater, divorced three times and challenged the Dominican social norms of her era. The filmmaker embarks on a journey through family archives, old films and hundreds of letters, constructing —or trying to deconstruct— a story about love, expectations and solitude.

filmed in La Romana, República Dominicana in the year 2020.

A group of male adolescents are recruited by their parents into a bootcamp to be forged into hustlers, players, “tigueres”. This archetype is the highest idealization of the male character in Dominican and Caribbean culture. Alberto is the head coach of this camp who decides that Pablo’s time has come to join the group. But Pablo, his son, is a Tiguere in his own right, unbeknownst to Alberto, whose coming-of-age process clashes with his father’s authoritarian views. This leads Pablo on a journey of self-discovery.

Two friends in Washington Heights take different paths to earn a living: one working in a grocery store, the other as a drug dealer.

If you live in Dominican Republic or Latin America for that matter, you, most likely, have heard the sound of the cameros, those who go around the entire city buying old things. "Hierro Viejo" tells the story of Luis and Nelson, two cameros who have continued their work in the midst of the pandemic, one of them is involved in a crime and will have to deal with the consequences and the karma behind his actions.

Two old friends enroll in an adult university, looking for adventure, love and fun. What could go wrong?

When an electrical job goes wrong, a cynical electrician must accept help from a spirit to bury the evidence of a fatal accident.

Cristina, Belisario, and Benito become guardians of justice to combat neighborhood crime. Eventually, they confront an evil businessman who wants to gain political advantage using a dangerous virus.

On a dark night, Javier desperately calls his mother-in-law Ana to ask about Alison, who has been missing. Javier, trying to remain calm, hides a dark secret.

Moises goes to the forest in search of a fruit that will heal his sick mother. During his search he encounters a strange girl who promises to help in exchange of protection from an evil monster haunting her.

The life of one of the world's most renowned hackers is in danger after he develops an app that can hack any social media account and get any information using just a phone number.

Story about a hypothetical religious conflict in the fictional region of Yuboskia.

The career of Dominican Merengue Típico singer Fefita La Grande.

Two friends compete for a mysterious woman at a party. Next morning, she's found dead in the apartment of one of them, and they can't remember what happened.

Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that seems to transcend their class conditions: they are the closest thing to a daughter-mother, but an accident will test their intimate loyalty and the innocent illusion of never separating.

As they prepare for the arrival of their first child, a middle-aged musician and florist are forced to confront a long-buried memory that may redefine the truth of their relationship.

A journey through the evolution of the urban movement in Monte Plata, from its roots in the neighborhoods to its national prominence. Through archives and testimonies, the documentary portrays how a generation turned music into identity, resistance, and local pride.

A shy, nerdy guy gets advice from his street-smart workmate to get the woman of his dreams.

In order to raise funds to pay off a lawsuit, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans get together to set up a circus.

During his first international tour, Zemi, an up-and-coming Dominican rapper, faces the age-old battle between creative integrity and encompassing ambition. While external voices challenge his values, Zemi calls upon a powerful spirit to defend his truth.

Emi must deal with the disappearance of his parents into another dimension after a magic trick spirals out of control.

A Life Well Lived traces Oscar de la Renta’s journey from Dominican immigrant to American fashion icon, celebrating six decades of creativity, vision, and a legacy in beauty, joy, and elegance.

In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Elena, the young protagonist of the film, and her family stand to lose their legal residency in the Dominican Republic if they don't manage to get their documents in time. Negotiating a mountain of opaque bureaucratic processes and a racist, hostile society around, Elena becomes the face of the struggle to remain in a country built on the labor of her father and forefathers.

Three elderly men decide to rob a drugstore in search of money to meet unfulfilled dreams. But things get complicated as a team of professional robbers shows up.

A painter recovering from a creative crisis falls into a conflict between his new inspiring muse and his wife/manager.

Olivia & the Clouds explores love's complexities through a Rashomon effect. Olivia, haunted by a past love, hides it under her bed. She trades flowers with this ghost in exchange for comforting rain clouds. Barbara, rejected by Mauricio, escapes reality through fantastical stories. Mauricio, full of regrets, is swallowed by the earth. Ramon, smitten by Olivia, witnesses the growth of a strange plant mirroring her. With surreal elements, the film delves into the enduring power of love's memory.

Eliot seeks revenge after a one-night stand leads to a costly misunderstanding.

Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's childhood experiences in her world of addiction to seek the redemption of the weight that her mother has loaded for 20 years and get both to forgiveness.

Alexander, a young scriptwriter, deals with his family trauma by writing a script about the night he was taken out of the closet. By immersing himself in writing, Alexander imagines an alternate version of that family conflict, finding a way to express himself and heal emotionally.

A young college girl, marked by a quiet and solitary routine, begins to notice subtle hints that something is wrong in her apartment. Everything takes a chilling turn when, after an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger, it is revealed that a stalker has been hiding in her home. Now, she must face her deepest fear: that the real danger was always closer than she thought.

Over the weekend, Andrea visits her father, Alberto, who suffers from Alzheimer's and wants to ride a mysterious white horse that, for some reason, Andrea feels has bad intentions towards her father and, before returning to her village, she wants to make it disappear.

Emi must deal with the disappearance of his parents into another dimension after a magic trick spirals out of control.

Olivia & the Clouds explores love's complexities through a Rashomon effect. Olivia, haunted by a past love, hides it under her bed. She trades flowers with this ghost in exchange for comforting rain clouds. Barbara, rejected by Mauricio, escapes reality through fantastical stories. Mauricio, full of regrets, is swallowed by the earth. Ramon, smitten by Olivia, witnesses the growth of a strange plant mirroring her. With surreal elements, the film delves into the enduring power of love's memory.

Adrián, a teenager grappling with the recent loss of his father, finds himself in the unexpected company of his blind cousin Ángel. As they forge an unlikely friendship, Adrian will face the choice of remaining tied to what he has lost or losing what he has left.

Pedro, a man trapped in the rutine and silence of his room, where an water drop turns into the echo of an emotional pain. What starts as an odd sound, leads him to discover a box full of memories that detonates a silence catharsis.

A Mini Market employee finds herself in a very terrifying situation: a robbery. This robbery is carried out by a man who, arguably, isn't the typical intimidating, burly robber we see in movies. Our protagonist doesn't fall for his games and threats, which leads to a very interesting resolution.

A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn’t understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.

After returning to the Dominican Republic, Vera finds out that her stepbrother, Andres, has dropped out of his MBA and that her stepfather has not been seen around the house for a few days. She also meets Santiago, a charming photographer, who quickly invites her to the south of the country: a region she longs to see. Andres stumbles upon a devastating reality about his father that forces him to flee along with Vera and Santiago to the south to avoid facing the truth.

Nora, a night janitor at a theater and passionate about music, discovers Miguel's office and, through his personal objects, begins to imagine the life of this stranger.

As she struggles to finish her short film, a first-time filmmaker travels through her memory bank in search of inspiration.

Bionico is a hopeless romantic, and also addicted to crack, who must take control of his life before his fiancée leaves a rehabilitation center. It's a raw vision of love in a hostile Caribbean city.

Liborio is a peasant who disappears in a hurricane and returns as a prophet. He says he’s been given a mission: to bring the good and take away the evil, curing the sick and teaching by example. People begin to congregate by his side and they move to the mountains to have total freedom and develop his dream of an independent community. Everything changes when the invading US Marines wants to disarm and disband the community. Liborio wants to avoid a confrontation but they know they can't run forever.

Two old friends enroll in an adult university, looking for adventure, love and fun. What could go wrong?

Andrés, a young man desperately trying to reach his father. With every unanswered call, his frustration grows, transforming the silence into an echo of all the things left unsaid.

A young college girl, marked by a quiet and solitary routine, begins to notice subtle hints that something is wrong in her apartment. Everything takes a chilling turn when, after an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger, it is revealed that a stalker has been hiding in her home. Now, she must face her deepest fear: that the real danger was always closer than she thought.

Twins separated at birth have taken very different paths: one is an exemplary Christian family man, the other is a delinquent. When they reunite by chance, a sudden circumstance will make the evil twin disguise himself as the good one.

A collection of NICOLE COCHÓN & ORIANA LUCAS

A group of male adolescents are recruited by their parents into a bootcamp to be forged into hustlers, players, “tigueres”. This archetype is the highest idealization of the male character in Dominican and Caribbean culture. Alberto is the head coach of this camp who decides that Pablo’s time has come to join the group. But Pablo, his son, is a Tiguere in his own right, unbeknownst to Alberto, whose coming-of-age process clashes with his father’s authoritarian views. This leads Pablo on a journey of self-discovery.