{"id":7301,"date":"2015-06-12T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T11:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2015-06-12T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T11:10:47","slug":"noti5807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti5807\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth Edition of the \u201cLa Semana M\u00e1s Corta 2015\u201d Short Films Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"



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Eighth Edition of the \u201cLa Semana M\u00e1s Corta 2015\u201d Short Films Festival <\/STRONG>
Santo Domingo, Jun 15 2015<\/P>
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S<\/SPAN>tudents from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) will pay tribute to the memory of journalist Orlando Mart\u00ednez and reveal the threats received in the 70s by the 2014 National Journalism Award, Juan Bol\u00edvar D\u00edaz, as the focal point of the Social Communication festival: The Shortest Week 2015..<\/P>
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During its eighth year edition, the audiovisual festival will revolve around journalism and freedom of expression. The students advocate for the inherent right of the citizens through 12 short films, eight of which were made using cellular technology; four documentaries; 10 educational campaigns and 15 exclusive festival productions ranging from capsules, newsreels, up to the school\u2019s institutional audiovisuals.<\/P>
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Several generations that are currently studying Social Communication at the Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino Campus take advantage of these productions to use them as evidence against anyone who wants to undermine freedom of expression in the Dominican Republic and throughout the world. These audiovisuals are made with one goal in mind: to fight censorship, individual interests and information imbalance.<\/P>
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The Shortest Week 2015 will be held between June 15 (evening of the premiere) and June 19 (awards ceremony), in the A I auditorium of the Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino Campus.<\/P>
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On this occasion, twenty professors will support and guide the student production team, which is made of 33 students of the Audiovisual Production and Corporate Communications programs. The overall production falls under the responsibility of the director of the program, Elvira Lora; teacher Onoris Metz heads the corporate communications team; filmmaker Daniel L\u00f3pez heads the technical production; journalist Itania Mar\u00eda directs casting; and communicators and dancers Karina Garc\u00eda and
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Elvis Guzm\u00e1n head the artistic production.<\/STRONG>
The student team of The Shortest Week 2015 is headed by In\u00e9s de los Santos, the students\u2019 general producer; Alexandra G. Roca, director of corporate communications; Jorge Uceda, audiovisual producer; Isabella Bret\u00f3n, technical producer; Gabriela Pe\u00f1a, casting director; Maril\u00fa Hern\u00e1ndez, red carpet producer; and, Erwin Villanueva, artistic producer.<\/P>
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Forums and workshops<\/STRONG>
The forums and workshops that will be held in the SMC’15 will take place in the morning in the AO2 and in the evening in Auditorium I of the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra.<\/P>
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For a week, the scenario will put on its finest to welcome renowned journalists such as the honoree Juan Bol\u00edvar D\u00edaz, teacher Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez Grassals and the National Journalism Award 2015, Margarita Cordero. Prominent figures of the Dominican film industry, such as Yvette Marichal, Fernando B\u00e1ez, Pedro Urrutia, Pericles Mej\u00eda, Nereyda Castillo, Laura Amelia Guzm\u00e1n, Rafael Su\u00e1rez, Ernesto Alemany, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral, Tabar\u00e9 Blanchard and Bladimir Abud, will attend. Those interested in corporate-visual communication may attend the presentation of the Central Bank\u2019s Communications Director, Luis Mart\u00edn G\u00f3mez, on Friday, June 19, at 11:15 a.m. In addition, graduates Karla B\u00e1ez, Vianny Pe\u00f1a, Orlando Jorge and Jes\u00fas Pe\u00f1a, who currently work in front and behind the scenes in the television and film industries in the country, will share their experiences with the public.<\/P>
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Singing, dancing and live performances will also be present during the festival through the Seis Libres Sextet, singer Arturina Brito, Royalty and the theater companies for the communicators of the Social Communication program.<\/P>
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The Shortest Evening<\/STRONG>
The event will close with The Shortest Evening on July 10, at the Narciso Gonz\u00e1lez Cultural Center, where the winning entries of the festival in the short film and documentary categories will be screened. <\/P>
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On this occasion, the festival has received support from Banco Central, Banco Popular, Banreservas, the Directorate General of Cinema, Blue Country, Claro, the Excel Group, the Ramos Group, NCDN, IMC, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de las Am\u00e9ricas (ITLA), Peravia Motors, Camilo Then, Magazine Am\u00e9rica Studio, Kcettes, Lights and Music, Magazine America Studio, Sting Marketing, Sony, Grupo F\u00edlmico, McDonalds, Baskin Robbins, Sophistique\u00e9, Laura Freitas, Gatsby, Srta Apfel, Bakers, D\u2019Bertha Shoes, Nerk, Magazine, Bonita Fashion, Elisa Morat\u00f3, Katia Ropa Casual, Sal\u00f3n Pamel\u00fa and D\u2019Imagen Sal\u00f3n. <\/P>
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