''Secuestro'' is an action film about three rookie kidnappers who scramble as their ill-fated plan falls apart. About the terrible wages of violence and crime. Filmed in four days on location in the mountainous central region of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

as the

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-United States Secretary of the Treasu ...

film school masters thesis of Dominican-American filmmaker Juan Castillo.

Awards

NYU Graduate Film Program awards: Screenwriting, Production, Ensemble Cast, Cinematography, Editing, Directing – the only foreign language NYU graduate thesis film to garner all key category awards. *Showtime Network Latino Filmmakers Showcase. *NYU

Spike Lee Fellowship Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Books * ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilto ...

. *Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE)

Maria Montez María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known professionally as Maria Montez, was a Dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume ...

short film first prize presented by Dominican president

Leonel Fernández Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna () (born 26 December 1953) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican lawyer, academic, and was the 50th and 52nd President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. From 2016 until 2020, he was ...

Cast

*Leidy Luna, Segunda *Elvis Nolasco, Jefe *Tony Pascual, Novato *Robert Santana, Victim

Other

Genre: Action-Suspense-Thriller Duration: 30 minutes Color: color Format: 35mm Locations:

External links

Internet Movie Database
{{italic title 2005 films Films shot in the Dominican Republic