ON THE OTHER ISLAND: New Films and New Visions from the Dominican Republic

Sponsored by:

ON THE OTHER ISLAND: New Films and New Visions from the Dominican RepublicIn the Dominican Republic, cinema is a relatively new tool, which means that, due to its novelty, it can bear witness to what it means to live here, socially, politically, and poetically. The films in this programme are made through the eyes and voices of young students, as well as some veterans, such as Jaime Guerra. Most of these films are self-financed or produced in university contexts, such as the Chavón Film Department, and deal indiscriminately with fiction, documentary and essay film, questioning the nature of what a film should be. Let us consider a cinema of the smaller form, which expresses itself by experimenting and taking risks with language and its tools: from the tactile explorations of nature and family memories (Sin Título, Campanario), to the development of a new way of seeing by means of the liberation of the camera (Cumpleaños en San Carlos, Camino de Vuelta) to the questioning of our present, our history and our memory through the creation of artefacts that provoke their trembling (Diablo, La Administración del Rubio), and finally, using cinema to reconstruct broken spaces with affection (Ariel, Depeyize).Programme curated by Julia Scrive-Loyer and Diego Cepeda.

 

This program will be followed by an extended chat led by HIFF’s HOCCI cohort.

Presented in Multiple Parts