Santo Domingo, August 13, 2019 \u2013 Organizers of the \u201cLib\u00e9lula Dorada\u201d International Short Film Festival recently announced that the sixth annual film event will be held from August 21-27 in Santo Domingo. This year\u00b4s Festival will feature 80 short national and international short films, which will be exhibited simultaneously in some of Santo Domingo\u00b4s most popular movie theaters: the Palacio del Cine in \u00c1gora Mall and in the Palacio del Cine in Sambil Shopping Center, both conveniently located in centrally located areas of the capital city. <\/p>\n
The Festival agenda will also include films for children and youth, and the annual \u201cMeet and Greet\u201d sessions, co-sponsored by Larimar Films, EGEDA Dominicana, Palacio del Cine and the Hidden Lotus Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n
It will also feature a retrospective of Dominican short film productions. <\/p>\n
As in the past, the goal of the Festival is to highlight the importance of short films in the Dominican and audiovisual movie industry, and this way contribute to the growth and strengthening of an industry that will have a true national identity and that has the standards and quality demanded by the international markets,\u201d expressed Festival director Katherine Bautista.<\/p>\n
In remarks delivered during the announcement ceremony, Bautista also referred to the
\neducational aspect of the Festival. This year, specifically, Festival organizers have included in the program agenda a series of workshops and speakers that will highlight the importance of this specific artistic medium. Distinguished professionals such as Fernando Rodr\u00edguez, CEO of the ad agency \u201cMente El\u00e1stica,\u201d will lead a workshop on \u00a8Film Brand Elements.\u00a8
\nOther workshops included in the program are \u201cSketching a Draft;\u201d \u201cSurvival Guide on How to Make a Movie Storyboard,\u00a8 by Lewis Castillo, and \u00a8Storytelling: From Films to Social Media,\u201d led by Marc Mej\u00eda. <\/p>\n
Another novelty in this year\u00b4s program will be a panel discussion on \u201cFilm Associations: Their Roles and Importance Within the Movie Industry.\u201d Six representatives of some of the country\u00b4s most important associations \u2013 such as the Dominican Association of Film Professionals (ADOCINE); the Dominican Association of Women in the Film Industry; the Dominican Press and Film Critics Association; the Association to Protect the Rights of Audiovisual Producers and the Dominican Association of Actors \u2013 will lead some of the workshops. <\/p>\n
The announcement ceremony was held at the Palacio del Cine, situated at the Blue Mall shopping center \u2013 one of Santo Domingo\u00b4s trendiest. Organizers also announced the members of this year\u00b4s jury: Sheyla Paz Hicks, Rub\u00e9n Peralta, Milbert P\u00e9rez, Jairo Cruz Silva and Elsa Turull de Alma, who this year will be the jury\u00b4s acting president. <\/p>\n
Through its six-year run the Festival has exhibited some 200 fiction, non-fiction, experimental, animation and documentary short films from all over the world. The Festival has continued to grow continuously both in the D.R. and international venues.
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