{"id":3103,"date":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2009-06-08T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T02:46:27","slug":"noti1725","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti1725\/","title":{"rendered":"First Showing of Dominican Film in Barcelona Ends to Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><br \/>\n<TABLE class=texto width=\"90%\" border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top width=70><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"First Showing of Dominican Film in    Barcelona Ends to Great Success \" src=\"\/Portal\/noticias\/muestracine9_65.jpg\" width=65><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top width=7><BR><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD class=texto vAlign=top><STRONG>First Showing of Dominican Film in Barcelona Ends to Great Success <\/STRONG><br \/>\n<P align=justify><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 35px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: chocolate; LETTER-SPACING: -6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 80%\">M<\/SPAN>ore than 3,400 spectators attended the First Showing of Dominican Film in Barcelona which ended last night after three weeks and twenty films, including two documentaries. The Film Showing, organized by the Consul General of the Dominican Republic in Barcelona included filmmakers such as Alfonso Rodr\u00edguez, Ren\u00e9 Fortunato and Archie L\u00f3pez. <\/P><br \/>\n<P class=quote style=\"BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; WIDTH: 30%; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 1px solid; FLOAT: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN: 20px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: whitesmoke\">\u201cWe are very happy and satisfied with the support shown us by the community for this Film Showing. Dominicans attended with great pride and spirit upon seeing films from their country&#8230;&#8221;<\/P><br \/>\n<P align=justify>During the weeklong, three daily sessions, movie theater B of the Verdi Park Cinema Barcelona was full most of the time. The theater\u2019s 218 seats were taken and people often stood in the aisles to watch the films, according to the organizers. The average attendance per session was 174 people (80% of the theater). <\/P><br \/>\n<P align=justify>The resident Dominican community welcomed the films with great appreciation. Dominican as well as Catalan and other nationalities filled the theaters and in some cases made up half the audience, explained Dominican Consular officers in Barcelona. <\/P><br \/>\n<P align=justify>\u201cWe are very happy and satisfied with the support shown us by the community for this Film Showing. Dominicans attended with great pride and spirit upon seeing films from their country. Many of the local Catalans were also delighted firstly because they didn\u2019t know we had such a rich film industry and, secondly, because of the high quality of work,\u201d said Consul Roc\u00edo Pichardo. <\/P><br \/>\n<P align=justify>Due to the warm and enthusiastic welcome received by the Film Showing, the directors in attendance decided to leave their films with the Consul so that it can hold screenings at different times and places in Catalonia. The Film Showing took place from May 29 to June 4th in coordination with the Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE). <\/P><br \/>\n<P align=justify><EMBED type=application\/x-shockwave-flash pluginspage=http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer height=400 width=500 src=\/portal\/espanol\/muestracine.swf quality=\"high\"><\/EMBED> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=top><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD class=texto vAlign=top align=right>Date of Publication: June 08, 2009 <\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Showing of Dominican Film in Barcelona Ends to Great Success More than 3,400 spectators attended the First Showing of Dominican Film in Barcelona which ended last night after three weeks and twenty films, including two documentaries. 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