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Yanillys Perez | Dominican Republic, France | 2016 | doc | color | DCP | 78 min | Spanish | e.s.
For three years, filmmaker Yanillys Perez filmed 12-year old Jeffrey and his family. Jeffrey, whose name is actually Joselito, lives in a small home in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic’s capital with his mother, brothers and sister. He has washed windshields on the city’s busy streets since he was six to help keep the family alive. Jeffrey dreams of becoming a famous reggaeton vocalist and, thanks to a catchy tune he has penned with his brother, it seems as if that might actually become a reality.
In her first feature-length documentary, Perez mixes the harsh reality of Jeffrey’s life (and that of many other children) with subtle editorial interventions such as scenes in which Jeffrey seeks calm, comfort or an outlet in his favourite tree. Jeffrey won the Dropbox Discovery Filmmakers Award at Toronto International Film Festival for the unique collaboration between the director and the lead as well as the mingling of realistic and poetic elements.
Place: CINEMA 4
Date: 6 April 2017
Time: 17:00
Duration: 1:00
Place: CINEMA 4
Date: 7 April 2017
Time: 14:15
Duration: 0:57
Place: CINEMA 4
Date: 8 April 2017
Time: 13:30
Duration: 1:03
Year in
Festival
2017
Director
Yanillys Perez
Camera
Jan Everetz
Francis Adames
Gibran Abrales
Oliver Mota
Yanillys Perez
Country
Dominican Republic
France
Editor
Language
Spanish
Length
78 min
Music
‘Jeffrey’ Joselito de la Cruz
Jeyson de la Cruz
Producer
Production Company
YPR Films
Sales
LOCO FILMS
Scenario
Yanillys Perez
Sound Design
Olivier Goinard
Irving Deschamps
Juliette Heintz
Bobadilla Baez
Year of Production
2016
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