The movie S.O.S. concluded its filming between the Dominican Republic and Colombia after a little over a month of shooting and moved on to the post-production stage in Colombian territory, in a project conceived from its inception as a co-production between 64A Films and Hannah Films to naturally integrate both countries into the story.
More than 70% of the cast is Dominican and the production was organized under the co-production mechanisms provided for by the film legislation of both countries. According to PRODU, that scheme combined creative and technical talent from both industries and distributed specific functions among the partners.
The film is a romantic comedy starring Juan Fernando Sánchez, Manuela González, and María Camila Giraldo. Dominican actors Shalim Ortíz and Danilo Reynoso also participate.
Diego F. Ramírez and Nancy Fernández produced the film on behalf of 64A Films, while Hans García and Ingrid Cruz took on that task from Hannah Films. The screenplay was written by Ana Lucía Gurisatti, Leila Fachini, Carolina Barrera, and Andrés Guevara; the direction was in charge of Nicolás Reyes and the cinematography in the hands of Lucas Cristo.
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The romantic comedy S.O.S. stars Juan Fernando Sánchez, Manuela González, and María Camila Giraldo, with the participation of Shalim Ortíz and Danilo Reynoso.
According to PRODU, Diego Ramírez reported that the filming included four weeks in the Dominican Republic and a final week in Bogotá. During that journey, the team filmed in Santo Domingo, La Romana, waterfalls and caves near Monte Plata, and the beaches of Las Terrenas, in the north of the island.
“We filmed for four weeks in the Dominican Republic and traveled across the country in search of the best locations. We were in Santo Domingo, in the east in La Romana, at waterfalls and caves near Monte Plata, and then on the paradisiacal beaches in Las Terrenas, in the north of the island. Then, we finished filming in the last week in Bogotá,” said the producer in statements reported by PRODU.
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The distribution of work also followed a defined logic. Colombia provided the direction, the script, the main cast, and the cinematography, while the technical team for the filming carried out in the Dominican Republic was integrated with local professionals in wardrobe, makeup, and other areas of production.
The co-production shared costs and relied on the film laws of both countries
Ramírez maintained that the project functioned as an effective co-production between partners from both markets. “It was a very real co-production. Each one contributing their knowledge, talent, and ways of working. We learned from them just as they learned from us. There was a bidirectional transfer of knowledge,” he said.
The filming of S.O.S. went through Santo Domingo, La Romana, Monte Plata, and Las Terrenas before concluding in Bogotá.
The financial model, cited by PRODU, consisted of each partner assuming the costs linked to their participation and managing their own financing mechanisms. In Colombia, the film took advantage of the incentive system under Law 814, while in the Dominican Republic, it operated under the local film law scheme.
Ramírez highlighted the functioning of those regulatory frameworks and drew a distinction between both countries. He explained that in the Dominican Republic “the tax benefit for the investor is 100%. That is the reason why so much cinema is produced there.”
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With filming now complete, S.O.S. has entered post-production in Colombia. The film brings together professionals from both countries both in front of and behind the camera as part of a collaboration between the Colombian and Dominican film industries.
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