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Helena Ortiz, returns to her village to recover the daughter she abandoned. Doña Lola, her mother, refuses to hand her over. The girl runs away. Despite the pain of the past, women come together to find her and forgiveness along the way.
Despite living in a conservative society, Daniela, a closeted queer, commits to a young high school girl named Lucía, but a traumatic event threatens their relationship.
Maia, a young woman consumed by insecurity, participates in a beauty pageant where every question and every glance awakens her deepest fears. As the competition progresses, the comparisons, the painful memories, and the voices of those around her fracture her self-perception, until her own reflection begins to deteriorate, revealing the distorted image she has always been afraid to confront.
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.
The only survivor of an illegal boat trip bound for Puerto Rico struggles to survive in a deserted isle. As time passes, the castaway comes to believe the island is testing him by granting him what he needs if he chooses to stay.
Juan Carlos returns to the Dominican Republic to reunite with his longtime fiancee, only to find her already married and pregnant. Sunk into despair and with nothing to do, he meets Patricia, who will change his life.
The life and love of Ruddy the boatman and his married Evangelist lover, Morena, at the banks of the Ozama river, the lowest part of Santo Domingo.
After years of absence, a man returns to his village in seeks of redemption, but he must win the forgiveness of his family members, especially, his brother's.
An exploration of dominican naming dynamics through testimonies, interviews and introspection.
Samuel, the last free-diving fisherman, has lived isolated in the island of La Aguja since he was abandoned by his wife and son 15 years ago. His life is disrupted when his son shows up now as Priscila, a transgender prostitute from the streets of Santa Marta, Colombia.
A young man wakes up in a tennis court, and then he is terrorized by many different zany characters for many many years because of his childhood traumas that are unconventional to say the least.
A young couple decides to go to a river avoiding city chaos, because that day the end of the world has been announced.
A crumbling art dealer sees in a new talent, the salvation of his business and the redefinition of his life, but first he must convince himself and at the same time change his vision of art.
Ten stories that begin the same way: a couple enters a love-hotel room.
Short film for the stand of the First Lady of the Dominican Republic at the 2016 Book Fair. Summary of the life story of the writer, poet and pioneer of female education in the Dominican Republic.
Uncle and nephew try to recover their lands from a corrupt casino owner. A farmer is pressured to pay his gambling son's huge debt. Both problems have the same source, and will come together.
Elías, a man unemployed for four years, depressed and tired of life, decides to commit suicide. To do so, he tries to jump off a bridge, but ends up confusing his own reality, not knowing if he's still alive.
Alone in his room, Michael, a young boy, its getting ready for a party but his thoughts invades him. He faces his reflection, where every glance reveals the quiet weight of insecurity and the fragility beneath his skin.
Mikael, a Haitian immigrant, lives with his mother in Boca Chica, he practices basketball every day with Yeison and other young people from the neighborhood, but one day when he returns from practice his mother has disappeared. The immigration police have taken his family in “la camiona” back to Haiti. Yeison decides to take Mikael into his home, but this brings family conflicts to Yeison's home.
First work by the Dominican director Agliberto Meléndez (“Un Pasaje de Ida”). Based on a short story by Horacio Quiroga, it tells the story of a son who goes on a hunting trip and a father worried about his failure to return.
After serving a sentence of 10 years, Aquiles has to choose between saving the life of his son or starting a new path of honesty.
Alma is a young film lover who dreams of one day making a living creating stories. Determined, she decides to go to the city to study film, but finding herself alone and without the care of her mother, she collides with the dangers of the big city, which makes her question whether she is following a good path or has just let herself be carried away by the illusion of a dream.
Dominican short film tribute to Ludwig Van Beethoven on his 250th anniversary.
Through an interviewer played by actress Mariela Guerrero Monegro, 'Rebeca' documents the opinions of people who enjoy the licence to become characters on the occasion of the Dominican Carnival.
A shut in begins a romantic relationship with an artificial intelligence, which is put to the test when she rekindles her friendship with her childhood friend.
Iván, a young newspaper delivery boy, discovers that Vera, a girl who receives his deliveries, puts them to an unexpected use. Intrigued by her, Iván decides to get to know her.
A journey to the childhood memories. Animated with nostalgia and imagination. It tells the events that happened one day to the kids in a small Dominican neighborhood.
Leo, a 26-year-old Dominican screenwriter, is in a session with his psychiatrist. Just as the psychiatrist is about to give Leo the answer he's been seeking, Leo's hysterical mother interrupts the session. Now, Leo, in a state of confusion, will search for answers to the obstacles holding him back.
A young girl has some visions about her future that will change her relationship with her mother, forever.
The career and legacy of Spanish-Dominican photographer Wifredo García.
Omar and Nini are a young couple in bloom, sharing a small apartment in Santo Domingo where they make love and tend to their blind cat Luna. When their paths as creative freelancers begin to sour and financial uncertainty exposes deep resentments, a new job opportunity for Nini offers a potential lifeline. They chase for whatever can give a spark to their relationship, but in the harsh light of adulthood, they might realize that there’s no such thing as a fresh start.
A coming-of-age story set in the Dominican Republic, where a group of young aspiring bachata musicians seek answers to love and life through their music. Filmed at the Academia de Bachata, the world's first bachata music school. Featuring maestro Martires de Leon, guitarist and arranger for Romeo Santos.
Last audiovisual student project from Juan José Namnún's days as a cinematography student at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD).
Carmen is a nostalgic girl who loves music and movies. She perceives the world as lonely and sad. Men adore her. But what people don't know is that during the dark nights of the city, Carmen goes to clandestine rock & roll parties to have fun and drink. At the end of the parties, she gets drunk and falls in love with Valentino, which causes her to have problems with alcohol and love dependency. She will have to stop drinking and take a different path in her life, or else she will end up lost in the world of alcohol for the rest of her life and the path of the love dependency.
On a remote beach in the Caribbean, a fisherman, trapped in the monotony of his daily life, wakes up to the call of Yemayá, the goddess of the sea.
Attracted by a prize offered by a radio station, a group of people try to spend a night in a haunted house.
Miguel, a 21-year-old, inherits his father's grocery store after his death and discovers that a debt threatens to close it.
Tino, a carefree young man, takes a hallucinogenic mushroom he accidentally found in his mother’s urn. However, his night takes an unexpected turn when his mother manifests herself, bringing along friends from Tino’s childhood. What begins as an ordinary evening turns into a surreal journey, filled with encounters with the bizarre, conversations with the beyond, and attempts to tie up loose ends.
In a small village in the Dominican Republic, 12-year-old Anna is living a difficult childhood. She is faced with the absence of an irresponsible mother and must take care of her two young sisters. Her dream is to make her first communion and to wear an immaculate white dress. Unfortunately, her spiritual quest is endangered.
Emilio receives a call from his son, who suggests meeting up with some old friends to play dominoes. As the afternoon unfolds, it fills with secrets and confessions that force him to confront his greatest fear.
Preparing for a role, an actress holds conversations with pregnant young girls. Throughout the process, the girls lay out the stories of their own lives on camera, changing the course of the production of the film.
A young man of humble origins who studies at a prestigious university thanks to a scholarship falls in love with an upper-middle-class girl. Both are forced to face multiple obstacles and challenges, due to their social environments.
The life of Dominican comedian, writer, TV producer and philanthropist Freddy Beras-Goico.
¡Yankis, Go Home!
An overview on social-political activism in the Dominican Republic.