{"id":485790,"date":"2025-10-06T20:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-rejects-will-open-the-14th-dominican-film-festival-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:28:55","slug":"the-rejects-will-open-the-14th-dominican-film-festival-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/movies-and-series\/the-rejects-will-open-the-14th-dominican-film-festival-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Rejects” will open the 14th Dominican Film Festival in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"New York.\u2013<\/strong> The Dominican film \u201cLos Rechazados: Operaci\u00f3n Submarino\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, directed by Yasser Michel\u00e9n, will be in charge of opening the 14th Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNYC)<\/strong>, one of the most important events of Caribbean cinema in the United States.\n\nThe opening gala will take place on Thursday, October 23rd at the emblematic United Palace<\/strong> theater, located in the heart of Washington Heights<\/strong>, a community that is a symbol of the Dominican diaspora in the Big Apple. This year, the festival will also include a special screening in the Bronx<\/strong>, expanding its reach to another of the city’s main Dominican hubs.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> \u201cLos Rechazados\u201d, arrives in theaters in March 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“We are pleased to start this edition with a film that combines humor, action, and social criticism, highlighting the creativity and talent of Dominican cinema,” said Armando Guare\u00f1o<\/strong>, director of the festival.\n\n“The Rejected: Submarine Operation”<\/em> \u2014one of the highest-grossing productions of the year in the Dominican Republic\u2014 tells the adventures of a group of antiheroes who face a secret mission with global consequences. Its irreverent tone mixes comedy, action, and science fiction with a critical look at social reality.\n\nThe film features an all-star cast led by Frank Perozo, Hony Estrella, Manolo Ozuna, Fausto Mata, Salvador P\u00e9rez, Gabi Desangles, Vicente Santos and Pepe Sierra<\/strong>, along with special appearances by Santiago Mat\u00edas (Alofoke), Pedro Casals, Ariel Santana, Harakakiko, El Nephew and Manolay<\/strong>.\n\nFor the international premiere, producer Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Alam\u00e1<\/strong> and actor Fausto Mata<\/strong> will be present, who will share with the New York audience during the opening gala.\n\nTickets are available through Eventbrite<\/strong> on the festival’s official link, while the complete schedule and more information can be found at www.dominicanfilmfestivalny.com<\/a><\/strong> and on social media @dffnycofficial<\/strong>.\n\nThe Dominican Film Festival in New York<\/strong> will be held from October 23 to 28, 2025<\/strong>, reaffirming its commitment to the promotion of Dominican and Latin American cinema, as well as to the strengthening of cultural ties between the Dominican Republic and the United States.\n\n\n

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New York.\u2013 The Dominican film \u201cLos Rechazados: Operaci\u00f3n Submarino\u201d, directed by Yasser Michel\u00e9n, will be in charge of opening the 14th Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNYC), one of the most important events of Caribbean cinema in the United States. The opening gala will take place on Thursday, October 23rd at the emblematic United […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":485791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[37880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies-and-series"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22nk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-06-at-8.16.52-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Movies and Series"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-06-at-8.16.52-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}