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

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 as the NYU 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 Lee Fellowship
  The Spike Lee Fellowship is a top award for thesis film in New York University's graduate film program. Select graduate thesis films are nominated by the department's faculty and one film is selected winner. The award is based on a contribution by filmmaker Spike Lee, who also operates as that...
  
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• Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) Maria Montez
  María Montez
  María Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling...
  
   short film first prize presented by Dominican president Leonel Fernández
  Leonel Fernández
  Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and the current President of the Dominican Republic since 2004. He held the same office from 1996 to 2000...
  
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Other

Genre: Action-Suspense-Thriller

Duration: 30 minutes

Color: color

Format: 35mm

Locations: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...