Samana got recognized as film destination at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The province on the northcoast of the Dominican Republic is probably one of the most filmed destinations in the Caribbean.
Film Destination Samana
For years, survival-style realities have been filmed there. This year, the Dominican Republic won the Emerging Location award with the project “Film Friendly Samana,” that promotes Samana province as a film destination.
The Dominican Republic Film Commission (DGCine) was in Cannes, France, to receive the Global Production Award as an outstanding production destination. This award recognizes the production work being done in outstanding and emerging locations around the world, and great work in areas including sustainable production and diversity.
The Screen International and KFTV & Broadcast, with the support of Olsberg SPI, organized the awards event held during the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Opting for the award in two categories, the Dominican Republic received the Emerging Location award with the project “Film Friendly Samaná.” This section rewards the film agency for demonstrating a higher number of productions, attractive incentives, better service levels, a growing staff base and infrastructure, and a wide variety of filming locations. The country was nominated alongside Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Croatia and the United States.
Marianna Vargas Gurilieva, general director of DGCine, said the award is the result of months of efforts for the recognition of Samaná as an ideal filming destination. She explained the work in the province with senator Pedro Catrain and the mayors of six municipalities that all understood the value of the film industry for their communities and supported the Cinemateca on Wheels program.
The Award team highlighted that “the Dominican Republic was selected for the increase in productions developed in Samaná, its attractive incentives, its improvement in service levels, the growth of the specialized crew and its infrastructure, as well as its diversity of filming locations.” The jurors praised the work of the DGCine for its level of understanding of film tourism and the impact that film has on the region.
The country was also nominated in the Film Commission TeamAward section (best general film management) with the project “Dominican Republic – Dream It, We Have It,” along with countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, Jordan, the United States, Croatia and Australia, which was the winner with its project “The Australian Job.”
Dominican film industry is key to promoting the Dominican Republic to markets abroad and for the multi-sector employment, it generates in the tourism destinations all year round.
Famous Movies filmed in the Dominican Republic
Due to its beautiful beaches, for years the Dominican Republic has not only been a very attractive destination for vacationing but also for filming movies, series, documentaries and video clips. In 2021 alone, according to DGCine, the country hosted 49 international film projects. Just recently: “Shotgun Wedding” with Jennifer López and Josh Duhamel, and in 2022: “The Lost City” with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.
There have been many famous movies filmed in the Dominican Republic already, films that have received the most prestigious awards and are known all around the world. Here’s our TOP 6 of them:
No. 1: Fast & Furious (2009/2015)
No. 2: Miami Vice (2006)
No. 3: Jurassic Park (1993)
No. 4: Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
No. 5: The Godfather Part II (1974)
No. 6: Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Source: dr1.com – 30 May 2023
Photo credit: raidenemess, denise_cosma, godominicanrepublic, IIC Spanish School
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