Previous highest level of $30m set in 2017.
Despite a pandemic production shutdown from March to July, the Dominican Republic is on track for a record $80m in annual local spend on production boosted by a number of international features including M Night Shyamalan’s Old.
By December 31 the Caribbean locale will have hosted 28 film and TV shoots, of which eight were international.
The $80m figure has soared past the previous highest level of $30m set in 2017.
Besides Old, which wrapped several weeks ago and will open via Universal, there is Mark Wahlberg adventure Arthur The King, which Lionsgate has for...
Despite a pandemic production shutdown from March to July, the Dominican Republic is on track for a record $80m in annual local spend on production boosted by a number of international features including M Night Shyamalan’s Old.
By December 31 the Caribbean locale will have hosted 28 film and TV shoots, of which eight were international.
The $80m figure has soared past the previous highest level of $30m set in 2017.
Besides Old, which wrapped several weeks ago and will open via Universal, there is Mark Wahlberg adventure Arthur The King, which Lionsgate has for...
- 12/8/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Domestic violence, child trafficking, Caribbean myths, cyber terrorism and psychological thrillers were among the weighty subjects presented at the Dominican Republic’s June 25 online pitching sessions during Cannes’ virtual Marche du Film.
Some projects, however, were inspired by the millions of tourists that visit the country each year and one took on the Covid-19 lockdown that has forced families and friends to share confined spaces for months.
The pitching sessions were preceded the day before by the Dr Film Commission’s pitch to detail the country’s generous incentives and let it be known that it was opening for business on July 1, albeit with health and safety protocols in place. Film Commissioner Yvette Marichal led her team that included lawyer Boni Guerrero and Manuela German who fielded legal and technical questions. They were joined by Pinewood Dominican Republic Studio/Lantica Media COO, Albert Martinez, who expanded on the horizon water tank facility’s amenities,...
Some projects, however, were inspired by the millions of tourists that visit the country each year and one took on the Covid-19 lockdown that has forced families and friends to share confined spaces for months.
The pitching sessions were preceded the day before by the Dr Film Commission’s pitch to detail the country’s generous incentives and let it be known that it was opening for business on July 1, albeit with health and safety protocols in place. Film Commissioner Yvette Marichal led her team that included lawyer Boni Guerrero and Manuela German who fielded legal and technical questions. They were joined by Pinewood Dominican Republic Studio/Lantica Media COO, Albert Martinez, who expanded on the horizon water tank facility’s amenities,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The Dominican Republic’s lauded film law marks its 10th year amid general elections set for July. Fortunately, the three main candidates are said to be pro-cinema.
“The law is up for a review, but we don’t think there will be too many changes,” says film commissioner Yvette Marichal.
As the country gears up to emerge from its Covid-19 lockdown by July 1, it is still unclear when productions will restart and shuttered cinemas reopen. Nevertheless, pre-production on some shows is in full swing.
Set construction for a big-budget supernatural thriller by a major Hollywood director has begun at the world-class Pinewood Dominican Republic water filming facility, albeit with health and safety protocols in place. Another supernatural thriller, “Geechee” from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, will resume production at Pinewood Dr by the end of July.
A Rupert Wainwright-directed drama based on the Florida boating accident of three NFL players,...
“The law is up for a review, but we don’t think there will be too many changes,” says film commissioner Yvette Marichal.
As the country gears up to emerge from its Covid-19 lockdown by July 1, it is still unclear when productions will restart and shuttered cinemas reopen. Nevertheless, pre-production on some shows is in full swing.
Set construction for a big-budget supernatural thriller by a major Hollywood director has begun at the world-class Pinewood Dominican Republic water filming facility, albeit with health and safety protocols in place. Another supernatural thriller, “Geechee” from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, will resume production at Pinewood Dr by the end of July.
A Rupert Wainwright-directed drama based on the Florida boating accident of three NFL players,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Marking a new milestone for the Dominican Republic’s budding film industry, Dominican helmer-scribe-producer Dilia Pacheco is directing the first Romanian-Dominican co-production, “Vlad,” based on a treatment by Pacheco.
Pacheco credits the magic and serendipity of Cannes where she met Romanian producer Iuliana Tarnovetchi, producer and managing partner of Alien Film, on the red carpet for “The House that Jack Built.”
“When I found out Iuliana was Romanian, I told her about my project about Vlad the Impaler that I had been developing for more than 15 years,” she said.
“She was surprised how much I, a Dominican, knew about this historical Romanian figure,” said Pacheco. In a few weeks, Pacheco will be traveling to Romania to prep for the feature, which is slated to shoot on location in the country by 2020. Tarnovetchi is hiring a screenwriter to co-develop the project, budgeted at $3 million.
In “Vlad,” Pacheco hopes to provide a...
Pacheco credits the magic and serendipity of Cannes where she met Romanian producer Iuliana Tarnovetchi, producer and managing partner of Alien Film, on the red carpet for “The House that Jack Built.”
“When I found out Iuliana was Romanian, I told her about my project about Vlad the Impaler that I had been developing for more than 15 years,” she said.
“She was surprised how much I, a Dominican, knew about this historical Romanian figure,” said Pacheco. In a few weeks, Pacheco will be traveling to Romania to prep for the feature, which is slated to shoot on location in the country by 2020. Tarnovetchi is hiring a screenwriter to co-develop the project, budgeted at $3 million.
In “Vlad,” Pacheco hopes to provide a...
- 5/16/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
German world sales company Media Luna has snagged international sales rights to Dominican helmer-scribe Jose Maria Cabral’s latest film, “The Projectionist.”
Cabral is best known for his 2017 acclaimed prison-set drama “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”), the first Dominican film to compete at the Sundance Film Festival and the country’s official submission to the 90th Academy Awards’ foreign language film category. In 2012, Cabral’s kidnapping drama, “Checkmate,” represented the country at the Oscars.
Now in post, “The Projectionist” turns on a man who spends many lonely hours operating a projector. His only solace is a woman he sees on a film reel. After an accident with the projector destroys his only connection to her, he travels deep into the remotest and poorest parts of the Dominican Republic to find her.
“José María Cabral is confirming his talent with a maturity that is just impressive,” said Media Luna CEO Ida Martins who closed the deal in Cannes.
Cabral is best known for his 2017 acclaimed prison-set drama “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”), the first Dominican film to compete at the Sundance Film Festival and the country’s official submission to the 90th Academy Awards’ foreign language film category. In 2012, Cabral’s kidnapping drama, “Checkmate,” represented the country at the Oscars.
Now in post, “The Projectionist” turns on a man who spends many lonely hours operating a projector. His only solace is a woman he sees on a film reel. After an accident with the projector destroys his only connection to her, he travels deep into the remotest and poorest parts of the Dominican Republic to find her.
“José María Cabral is confirming his talent with a maturity that is just impressive,” said Media Luna CEO Ida Martins who closed the deal in Cannes.
- 5/12/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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