Discoveries from Dominican Republic World Cinema

A guy who tries to make a girl fall in love with him.

A couple at the seaside of Santo Domingo reflects about their relationship, memory, and coconut. While the noise from nearby cars and sellers interrupts them.

Stories of outstanding Dominican personalities in the USA, Canada, Spain, Colombia and Egypt.

Two Dominican taxi drivers plan to travel illegally to Puerto Rico in search of two high-class women they met and fell in love with.

Juan, Ded, Barca, and Roberto — members of the famous band “Esos 4” — find themselves locked inside their school. Suddenly, a vengeful ghost begins to stalk them through every hallway, as they struggle to make it out alive.

Leonel, a young boy from the Dominican Republic living in the countryside, receives a harsh punishment from his father after his best friend lies to save himself. The beating will forever break the friendship between Leonel and Carlos.

A woman moves to an antique house, where she's constantly chased by the vengeful spirit of a girl who lived there and was abused by her mother.

A boy sends a letter to his mother telling his experience living in the capital

The route poses a danger to anyone who walks. The traffic noise threatens the ears, drowning out the serenity of the sea.

A story of disability and inclusion from the point of view of a child, based in the filmmaker’s own life.

Every day, from 5pm to 10pm, a particular cinema opens its doors in the city center.

Due to the lack of memories of Samuel's childhood, an obsession was born to generate a film archive of short scenes, portraits of his loved ones and poetry in the city of Santo Domingo.

A young journalist searches for a woman, Moraima (now 36), who was given up for adoption when she was two years old and whose family has known nothing about her since. In the process of investigating in a remote area of the Dominican Republic where children being put up for adoption is common, she finds other cases that plunge her into a roller coaster of emotions. The long and complicated investigation leads her to a town, El Seybo, where she will make many discoveries.

The habit of despair is worse than despair itself

A priest leads a double life with no restraint, ignoring the boundaries and the consequences of surpassing them.

The most famous female comics of the Caribbean tag alone for a comedy special.

A few years after Angela’s death, her granddaughter Frangery, a young filmmaker, decides to visit the house where her grandmother used to live, now home to her aunt Tona. She hopes to find and perhaps capture her essence among the objects and memories of her family. However, grief is different. Despite fear crossing her path, each space offers memories and gifts—the recollections of her grandfather, her cousin's fulfilled dreams, a promise on the verge of being kept, and the deep desire to remain.

Blue Sunshine is a meditation on grief. Through dreamlike images and fictional scenarios, the director dialogues with her past and present, reflecting on the loss of her mother, the complex relationship with her father and the thought of her own farewell.

A survivor of an illegal migrant trip to Puerto Rico struggles on a deserted island. As time passes, the castaway learns to cope with his isolation with what the island provides. However, an unexpected turn makes him question his reason for leaving.

Alicia, who had decided not to cry since age 6, faces separation from her family for work reasons.

Sarah, an astronaut comes back to earth after her first experience at space, who in her struggle to re-adapt to an ordinary reality, will be born again on her own planet.

A little girl narrates the myth of the original sin: a tear in the Garden of Eden. On the other side of that crack, a cold and bare bedroom. On the faded wall, a little piece of lost paradise.

Papi recounts a day in the life of Sonia, an 8-year-old girl with a vibrant imagination. Her flashbacks and surreal flights of fancy shed light on her relationship with her father, who is only ever known as the elusive "Papi" figure.

Sebastián, a frustrated writer, locks himself into his bedroom until he can finish his latest book. Through memories and dreams, his relationship with his girlfriend, Ana, is called into question.

729 tells the story of Nia Rosen, a stranded fighter pilot who must try to survive as natives, who seem to know who she is, try to capture her. It is a story of universal themes and international appeal, told without the use of dialog and verbal language.

A small personal exploration on the subject of immigration and separation using personal archives and documents.

In a desolate town in the Cibao region, two brothers and their mother live in the midst of a crisis. Their father, a perico ripiao musician, has been murdered for speaking out against the Trujillo dictatorship. This prevents Luis, the older brother, from obtaining his mother's approval to accept a long-awaited scholarship to a polytechnic school in the capital. Patria gradually changes her mind, while Chico, her younger brother, can't understand why Luis wants to leave.

Honguito, a novice public transport driver, drives along a highway under construction while deciding how he's going to pay off a debt to his abusive boss, El Rubio.

In a house in the middle of nowhere, Enmanuel is waiting for his girlfriend, Ella. The unexpected arrival of his brother, Elías, with an envelope left by their deceased father, sparks a conflict over the inheritance. Hidden secrets, family tensions, and the fight over Ella lead to a tragic confrontation, where greed unleashes chaos and destruction.

A woman in her fifties who works as a maid in a motel, awaits news from her daughter, who lives in Brazil.

Carla is a young housewife who finds out that her husband has been unfaithful with her cousin, but decides to turn a blind eye for the well-being of her newborn baby.

Eva tries to confront her problems with menstruation but escaping the cycle of pain seems to be impossible.

Titan FC 81 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday, April 14, 2023 at the Pabellón de Esgrima, Centro Olímpico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Compilation of disturbing shorts by Gamp.

When a couple of filmmakers decide to shoot a documentary about couples in love, problems and tensions between the two force them to question their own relationship and the meaning of cinema.

Hiding in a closet with his life on the line, a priest reflects on his darkest secret while calling for help.

I almost did not know her, because for me she always has lived outside. The missing grandmother who appeared from time to time at the airport and called the day of my birthday. We did not talk too much but felt close, like a mountain you don't have to climb to know is there. Then I also left the country, but to a different place and never asked her how or why she immigrated. At the age of ninety-one in a town of New Jersey, she receives me. This is the story of our last meeting.

In the middle of the national carnival parade, a devil walks along the Malecón of Santo Domingo, asking participants and spectators what they feel during the carnival. For what purpose?

More of an urban sonata than an urban symphony, the interior of a bus bears witness to moments of contemplation among passengers during a working day.

Pedro José falls in love with Natalia after meeting her in a gym. She is a teacher and coordinator of a summer camp, with her boyfriend Hector. Pedro José will try the impossible to enter the camp in the company of his friends and conquer Natalia's love.

BŌRU is a documentary that explores the unexpected cultural bridge between the Dominican Republic and Japan through the stories of Dominican baseball players who found a second home on Japanese soil. Through intimate testimonies, powerful memories, and a journey across two distant worlds, the film reveals how baseball became more than a sport: it became a language of identity, sacrifice, discipline, and belonging. BŌRU uncovers the invisible thread that connects two cultures, showing how migration, dreams, and human devotion can unite countries separated by geography but connected by heart.

Going through his memories, Adrian faces a series of feelings and family difficulties linked to the lack of support he receives throughout his life from his father, towards his choice to be a theater actor.

It may seem cute, overwhelming and worth celebrating depending on how attached you are and what role you play, but... what happens when a mother does not feel euphoria? Sarah is young, full of plans, desires and now she is also a mother.

Expecting mothers as young as 14 reveal their hopes, fears, and fierce determination in a country where sexual education is absent, teen pregnancy is the norm, and abortion is illegal in all circumstances.

In a rapidly transforming industrial neighborhood, young Ariel finds joy and escape playing in the nearby hills with his best friend, Cholo. But as the community faces forced evictions and families disappear, Ariel discovers that Cholo is gone without a trace. Determined to find him, Ariel sets out on a heartfelt search through the labyrinthine alleyways, confronting loss, change, and the quiet erasure of the world he once knew.

Documentary about the art movement in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo.