Author: Consulate

Celebration of the “5th Annual Comilona” of the Dominican community in Los Angeles, California.

Consular support for the Dominican team in the community baseball tournament in Los Angeles, California.

First Dominican Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

Los dias 6 y 7 de noviembre, 2018 celebramos la apertura de la primera Muestra de Cine Dominicano en Los Angeles, encabezado por la Cónsul General, licda. Janet Blandino, y por la Directora General de Cine, licda. Yvette Marichal, bajo la responsabilidad de SollyDuran, coordinadora para la industria del cine del Consulado General, en conjunto

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Este pasado viernes 29 de noviembre, 2018 GRULAC realizó un almuerzo con motivo a la presentación de nuestra Cónsul General Janet Blandino por parte de la Sra. Belinda Beauchamp, Vice -Cónsul de la República Dominicana en California y Decana del GRULAC en Los Ángeles, CA. El Grupo de América Latina y el Caribe (GRULAC: Grupo

Visits to senior executives of film studios in Hollywood

Sources: DGCINE The Consulate of the Dominican Republic in California, United States, and the General Directorate of Film (DGCINE) recently developed an unprecedented strategic agenda to promote the incentives and locations offered by the Dominican Republic to senior executives of the most important film companies in Hollywood, in order to attract major productions to the national territory. After several months

Meeting with Lions Gate executives

Continuing with the agenda of visits to important film studios in Hollywood, the Consulate and DGCINE held a meeting with the heads of Physical Production and Finance at Lions Gate, Donna Sloan and Mark Pedante, to discuss the incentives and locations available in the Dominican Republic for the film industry.

Netflix offices

At the Netflix offices after a productive exchange with the executive producers about the advantages the Dominican Republic offers to the global film market. The consulate team was accompanied by Ms. Yvette Marichal and Mr. Jorge Hazoury, producer for Palmera Films.

Meeting with film executives in LA

The Honorable Consul General Janet Blandino, Director of Film Yvette Marichal, and our Consulate team, along with Lee Rosenthal, Head of Physical Production, Nicole Beaudoin, Physical Production Manager, and Rick McCarthy, Film and Television Coordinator at Paramount Studios.

Meeting with Universal Studios Production and Finance Executives

The Consulate of the Dominican Republic in LA, together with DGCINE, held a meeting with production and finance executives from Universal Studios, regarding the Film Law and locations on our beautiful island.

Locations for cinematographic filming in the Dominican Republic

To promote the beautiful locations available for cinematographic filming in the Dominican Republic, the Honorable Consul General, the General Director of Film, the Film Coordinator of our Consulate and the Director of Communications met with some of the main Scouts and Location Managers of Hollywood, in order to attract more productions to the territory.