Santo Domingo.- The director of the Directorate General for CinemaMarianna Vargas Gurilieva, and the Director of Internationalization of the National Film and Audiovisual Institute (INCAU), Marcio Migliorisi, held working meetings with the interest of generating co-production projects audiovisual between the Dominican Republic and Uruguay.
The presence of Uruguayan and Dominican producers in the recent edition of the San Sebastian Festival allowed the exchange and identification of common points on which projects could be developed.
As an example, the combination of existing financing models and mechanisms in both countries offers an important platform for the co-production of both majority and minority works.
In this way, Uruguay could serve as a strategic partner for the Dominican Republic in its relationship with the Southern Cone region, as well as the Dominican Republic for Uruguay’s relationship with the Caribbean and Central America.
The Dominican Republic and Uruguay, countries that have experienced great growth in their audiovisual activity in recent years, present complementary possibilities and capabilities, as well as strategic locations in their regions, a combination of factors that represent a great opportunity for joint work.
Participation of the Dominican delegation in San Sebástian
Within the framework of the festival, the DGCINE supported the delegation of Dominican producers on the way to capture possible co-productions, meetings with sales agents, possible distributors and buyers of audiovisual content.
The filmmakers Fernando Santos, Leo Proaño, Alexandra Santana and Ulla Prida participated.
The Dominican project “Under the Same Sun”, by Ulla Prida and Ulises Porra, was part of the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, whose objectives are to promote the development of audiovisual projects, encourage collaboration between professionals and enhance their access to new international markets.
DALE Award!
The Dominican Republic was part of the jury members of the “DALE Award!” (Development Latin America-Europe), together with representatives of Creative Europe and the British Film Institute (BFI), on behalf of the Conference of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities of Ibero-America (CAACI). This event hosted the projects that participated in the X Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum of the San Sebastián Film Festival.
The DALE Award! aims to promote collaboration between Europe and Latin America in the field of the film industry and is organized by the Conference of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities of Ibero-America (CAACI) and the European Film Agency.
