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International Premiere

Papi

Directed by Noelia Quintero Herencia

Dominican Republic | 88 minutes | 2020

A young girl is consumed by elaborate daydreams as she awaits the visit of her absent father, a Dominican mobster whom she idolizes.

Sonia is a precocious 8-year-old girl with a vibrant imagination. Her flashbacks and surreal flights of fancy help her navigate life as the daughter of Papi, a drug dealer who returns from New York to become the biggest crime lord in the city.
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Noelia Quintero Herencia is a filmmaker, researcher, and professor on the Faculty of Communications at the University of Puerto Rico. Quintero studied Digital Visual Culture from La Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona; earned a master's degree in Cinema Studies from New York University, and received her bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Puerto Rico. She has worked as a television producer and director in Mexico, New York, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, where she created and produced a TV series entitled Prohibido Olvidar consisting of more than 52 documentaries featuring Puerto Rican cultural icons. Quintero wrote and directed "La Motora Roja Tiene Que Aparecer," a documentary film about urban art, and she has been developing and directing music videos and content for Dominican writer and composer, Rita Indiana. "Papi" is her first feature film. She is currently writing a science fiction TV series.
Type of Film Feature
Country of Origin Dominican Republic
Year Film Was Completed 2020
Runtime 88 minutes
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Director Noelia Quintero Herencia
Written by Noelia Quintero Herencia
Producers Rafael Elías Muñoz
Cinematography PJ Lopez
Edited by Nino Martínez Sosa
Music by Rita Indiana & Luis Amed Irizarry
Sound Design La Bocina
Art Direction Wilhem Perez
Main Cast Amauris Perez, Avril Alcántara, Olga Bucarelli, Hony Estrella

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