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News
DRGFF Begins Its Journey to Visit World’s Most Renowned Film
Festivals
Park City, Utah, January 26, 2009
The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF), an initiative
of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación
Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), attended the 2009 edition of the
Sundance Film Festival, which took place January 15 – 25 in Park City, Utah.
This year the world’s most prominent independent film festival celebrated 25
years of presenting new voices and means of transmitting stories through
film. DRGFF was there to participate in the celebration, which commenced its
2009 journey to attend the most distinguished film festivals worldwide in
order to identify the international cinematographic works that will be
premiered in the Dominican Republic during the third edition of the
Festival.
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Asunción Sanz |
The Festival team, represented by DRGFF Promotion and Marketing Director
Asunción Sanz and DRGFF Local Production Director Yamile Eusebio,
participated in the event in an effort to increase awareness of the
Festival’s vision and mission, as a means of supporting the advancement of
the cinematographic industry in the Dominican Republic, and thus the
development of the country.
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Yamile Eusebio |
Participation in Sundance also provided the Festival team with the
opportunity to become familiar with the latest industry trends, first hand,
from some of the world’s most innovative artists and vanguard projects –
trends that will impact the growth and quality of GFDD and FUNGLODE projects
in the area of audiovisual arts, amongst them initiatives realized by the
Global Media Arts Institute.
During its 25 years, Sundance has identified new voices, innovative styles
and provocative perspectives that have forged new channels of
cinematographic creation and artistic expression worldwide.
Over 200 Films
More than 200 films were presented over the course of 10 days, some of which
DRGFF hopes to share with the Dominican public during the third edition of
its Festival, which will be celebrated November 18-22, 2009. In addition to
the film categories featured every year --US Documentary Competition; US
Dramatic Competition; World Cinema Documentary Competition; World Cinema
Dramatic Competition; Premiers; Spectrum; New Frontier; Park City at
Midnight; From the Collection; Animation Spotlight; and Shorts -- this year
in celebration of its 25th anniversary, Sundance presented Storytime
Project, which included some of the most memorable Festival moments told by
the directors, actors and leaders of the project.
“During our time at Sundance we were able to meet and connect with many of
our partners and invited guests from past Festivals and had the opportunity
to converse with them about new projects and ideas related to this year’s
Festival,” commented Sanz.
DRGFF plays a leading role in nurturing film culture in the Dominican
Republic by bringing the best of international narrative and documentary
film to a wide audience. The Festival raises awareness and deepens
understanding of global challenges while using film as a modern platform for
the discussion of political, social and economic issues. It supports
capacity building, provides network opportunities for Dominican
professionals and fosters the development of a strong and sustainable
national film industry.
Related link:
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/
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