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11-11-2009, 04:20 PM
Actor Omar Sharif, the legendary star of Dr. Zhivago (1965), will be in Santo Domingo for the opening of the III Dominican Republic Global Film Festival at the National Theater on Wednesday, 18 November. He will receive an award from President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace the following day. Sharif will travel from Cairo with several family members, including son Tarek Omar el Sharif, wife Mariana Zherdeva and grandchild Omar Sharif, said festival spokesperson Jenny Almonte. He will also be accompanied by Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who is known for her success in the search for the tombs of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Also coming is Zahi Hawass, director of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF) will be screening world-class films and premieres for local audiences, with 32 feature-length and documentary films from Wednesday, 18 November to Sunday, 22 November at 7pm. Admission is RD$50 for adults and RD$25 for students. DRGFF is being held in five locations this year - Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Cap Cana and Nagua - and in eight theaters.
"Touched," a Shalim Ortiz production about domestic violence, opens the festival on 17 November. It will be shown at the main auditorium of the National Theater in Santo Domingo after the red-carpet ceremony. DRGFF will open in Santiago with "La Soga," by Dominican filmmaker Manny Perez. The event will close with the film "Sol Caribe", which is about the history of merengue and Dominican culture, in Santo Domingo.
See www.drgff.org (http://www.drgff.org)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)
The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF) will be screening world-class films and premieres for local audiences, with 32 feature-length and documentary films from Wednesday, 18 November to Sunday, 22 November at 7pm. Admission is RD$50 for adults and RD$25 for students. DRGFF is being held in five locations this year - Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Cap Cana and Nagua - and in eight theaters.
"Touched," a Shalim Ortiz production about domestic violence, opens the festival on 17 November. It will be shown at the main auditorium of the National Theater in Santo Domingo after the red-carpet ceremony. DRGFF will open in Santiago with "La Soga," by Dominican filmmaker Manny Perez. The event will close with the film "Sol Caribe", which is about the history of merengue and Dominican culture, in Santo Domingo.
See www.drgff.org (http://www.drgff.org)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)