5TH Dominican Film Festival, NYC

The 5th Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNY) announced today its official program. More than a dozen films will participate in what has become the biggest celebration to the Dominican film industry outside of the Dominican Republic’s boundaries. DFFNY runs June 22 thru 26, with several actors and filmmakers in town to participate in the Q&As and panel discussions. The program –featuring a wide range of genres, from comedy to thriller and drama to romance films– starts on Wednesday June 22nd, 7:00pm, with the U.S premiere of La Familia Reyna (The Reyna’s Family) directed by Tito Rodriguez at the United Palace Theater (4140 Broadway, between 175th – 176th Street)

The directorial debut of Tito Rodriguez is a cheerful comedy-drama that puts a new spin on the prodigal son’s old tale. When the rebel eldest son of a prosperous family returns home, his arrival sets off a series of events that will help them forget old feuds. This is a family drama and an entertaining and moving story of love and forgiveness. Shot in El Valle Constanza, The Reyna’s Family boast an impressive array of prominent actors, including David Maler and Danilo Reynoso and the special participation of Adalgisa Pantaleón, Cuquín Victoria, Evelyna Rodríguez and Carasaf Sánchez.

A diverse program with the slogan, “Our Culture, Our Music, Our People, Our Cinema!” presents films from the Dominican Republic and films co-produced with countries such as Spain, Venezuela, and USA. The festival offers a platform for filmmakers in the Dominican film industry while allowing new and established producers to promote their works to the public and has become a loved premiere cultural event for the Uptown and Washington Heights community. The screening venues are, the Alumni Auditorium of Columbia University Medical Center (650 West 168th Street, corner of Broadway); the United Palace Theater (4140 Broadway, bet. 175th – 176th Streets); the Hall of Fame Theater of the Armory Foundation (at 216 Forth Washington Avenue, near 168th Street) and the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura in U.S. (541 West 145th Street, 2nd Floor.)

The festival closes on Sunday June 26th, 9:00pm, with the world premiere of the hilarious comedy: “Todos los hombres son iguales” (All Men Are the Same), directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira and starring superstars Christian Meier, Frank Perozo and Nashla Bogaert.

“DFFNY has become a unique outlet for Dominican talents both living in the Island and those working in USA and around the world. The Festival also invites first-time filmmakers to show their creativity, talent, and artistic view of the world. Our goal is to bring unique voices that prove that we Dominicans come from diverse backgrounds and cultures,” said Armando Guareño, Founder and Executive Director of DFFNY.

Some of the participating films are:

Algún lugar (On the Road, Somewhre) directed by Guillermo Zouain – NY Premiere
La Graduá directed by Adrián Manzano – World Premiere
Detective Willy directed by Jose Maria Cabral – North American Premiere
Dos policías en apuro directed by Francis Dislas – North American Premiere
A orillas del mar (By The Sea) directedBladimir Abud – U.S Premiere
Maria Montez directed byVicente Peñarrocha
Nana (Nany) directed by Tatiana Fernandez – U.S Premiere
Oro y Polvo (Powder and Gold) directed byFelix Limardo – U.S Premiere
Republic Del Color – directed by Hector Valdez — North American Premiere
El fondillo maravilloso directed by Cesar Rodriguez – NY Premiere
Size Does Matter (El tamaño importa) directed by Luis Camilo – U.S Premiere

The DFFNY is organized by Cine Art Entertainment Productions, in collaboration with The Global Film Festival of the Dominican Republic. Its roster of sponsors include the Dominican Film Commission (DGCine), Columbia University Medical Center, the Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights and Inwood, Telemicro Internacional, Apple Bank, The Hispanic Federation, Delta Air Lines, Councilman Hon. Ydanis Rodriguez, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dominican Republic Tourism Board, Univision Nueva York, UniMás Nueva York, The Armory Foundation, Univision Radio, Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en New York, LatinTrends Magazine, Dyckman Beer, Emblem Health, Chivas Regal, among others.

J. Edgar Mozoub

Actor, locutor, fotógrafo y editor de varios medios de comunicación. Antes de cumplir los dieciséis años de edad ya había trabajado en calidad de actor con tres de los directores puertorriqueños más destacados y respetados de teatro; Victoria Espinoza, Pablo Cabrera y el señor Héctor Luis Rivera. Tuvo el honor de trabajar al lado de Ilka Tania Pagan, Virginia Rambal, Teresa Yenque, Ramon Albino y Luis Caballero, recibiendo de todos ellos un sin número de consejos y hermosas experiencias. Aparte de su trabajo actoral, a esa edad ya tenía en su experiencia varias posiciones técnicas entre ellas regidor de escena y asistente de utilería. Cursó sus estudios secundarios en la distinguida escuela de artes escénicas profesionales de NY (Professional Performing Arts School) donde se entrenó en las distintas disciplinas escénicas, actuación, canto y baile; al lado de Alicia Keys, Britney Spears y Claire Daines entre otros.

Durante la escuela secundaria y la universidad también trabajó en una de las más exclusiva y reconocidas escuela de baile latinos y de salon. Ahi tuvo la oportunidad de aprender los diferentes bailes sociales y latinos bajo la tutela de la aclamada coreógrafa, bailarina, actriz y filántropa Maria Torres. Fue en ese momento cuando su carrera como bailarín tomó impulso hasta llegar a bailar y coreografiar para varios artistas nuevos del genero pop. Al igual que impartir clases de Latin Jazz y Hip-Hop/Funk. Culminando en su última presentación bailando en la prestigiosa sala de las artes Lincoln Center. Su tenacidad, talento y amigable personalidad lo llevó a compartir y trabajar en ocasiones con figuras exitosas del medio artístico como los son Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Williams, Sean Combs y John Leguizamo.

Su fotografía ha sido publicada en varios libros de mesa y sitios de la web. En los últimos cinco años se ha dedicado a la comunicación, participando como reportero de arte y cultura en “Essex Voices” un programa de televisión local de acceso público. También fue co-locutor de “The Morning Wood” un programa radial matutino en ingles, en la cual también era productor de su propio segmento de dos horas llamado “The J. Edgar Chronicles”. En estos días se dedica entre otras cosas a editar su otro blog W5H Media y a manejar su negocio de fotografía, media production y graphic/web design.

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