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Juan is a urban music dancer from the slums. Due to his extraordinary talent, he is allowed to study in the most prestiogious dance studio in the city of Santo Domingo, but to become a star he'll have to go through many obstacles.

A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ COCOTE follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father’s funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father’s death, Alberto realizes that he’s been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It’s an unthinkable act — especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honor course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colors, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.

A team of professional thieves rob a bank, and the police go after them.

After the death of his mother, Raúl is forced to look for his father to solve a legal problem with a property, he finds him in a distant town married to a young woman and after 20 years without seeing him they begin a conflictive and longing relationship.

Luis

Hiding in a closet with his life on the line, a priest reflects on his darkest secret while calling for help.

La Femme

The career of Dominican Merengue Típico singer Fefita La Grande.

Cara a Cara

A cheating husband decides to seek revenge against the woman who infected him with HIV.

Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, eyewitness the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love, racial hate and an uncertain future.

Anna is a woman who sells flowers at the local market and whose only hope and joy in her life is her only son Amaurys. Raul, Amaurys' best friend, involves him in a drug deal which results in his death.

22/02/2022

Ben, a frustrated writer, has decided to end his life. But when his suicide attempt is unknowingly interrupted by his neighbor, his life is thrown in disarray following a series of misadventures that will bring his world truly upside-down, giving him the reality check he needed.

Nana

The life and love of Ruddy the boatman and his married Evangelist lover, Morena, at the banks of the Ozama river, the lowest part of Santo Domingo.

Camino a Higüey

A group of friends make a pact to break the record of crashing 100 parties without invitation.

Cristina, Belisario, and Benito become guardians of justice to combat neighborhood crime. Eventually, they confront an evil businessman who wants to gain political advantage using a dangerous virus.