SINOPSIS
The life of Yuli, a hatian woman living in the Dominican Republic for more than 35 years, it´s been a permanent fight to rise up her children with dignity, dealing with the precarious immigration status which she has lived with. The child who caused Yuli to cross the border in the beginning of the 80’s is back and he finds his mother after all this time is still trying to fix her situation by the regularization plan that the Dominican government has launched. But, what really makes us belong to a place? How the links between the land and its people are made?
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
"I wanted this documentary to be optimistic, for it to do its part in solidifying relationships between the two worlds that inhabit this small island. Also, to show how these communities, so confronted by history and tradition, are filled with care and harmony. I wish to personify the ongoing debate of Haitian immigration in the Dominican Republic, to give the human faces and names. I want to remind us twhat we have in common is very big, and what is different between us is very interesting."
CREW
Director : Jean Jean
Script & Production : Jean Jean & Rocío Barba
Edition : Marcos Caraballo
Cinematography : Leo Pérez
Prologue's cinematography : Quetzalli Malagón
Sound : Ariel A. Sosa & Franklin Figueroa
Color correction: Adrian Pucheu
Production: Soup Joumou Films
Associated Production : ColorLAB Films
Music : Boukman Eksperyans
TECHNICAL ASPECTS
Original title : Si Bondye vle, Yuli
English title: Si Dios quiere, Yuli
Documentary
Year : 2015
Length : 70 min
Shooting Format : HD
Screening format : Blu-Ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Stereo
Color
Countries: Haiti & Dominican Republic
Language: VO spanish & creole / Subtitles: english, french, spanish
AWARDS
BEST FEATURE FILM - DOCUMENTARY. Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, 2016
BEST DOCUMENTARY. Caribbean Tales International Film Festival, 2016
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE. Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, 2016
BEST DOCUMENTARY. Rencontres Cinémas Martinique, 2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY. Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale - LIFFY, 2017
FESTIVALS
Official Selection at International Documentary Film Festival, Dominican Republic - RDOC 2016
Dominican Documentary Panorama at Santo Domingo International Film Festival - Dominican Republic 2016
Official Selection at the Caribbean Tales International Film Festival - Canada, 2016
Official Selection at Acampadoc - Panama, 2016
Official Selection at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival - 2016
Official Selection at ATLANTIDOC - Uruguay, 2016
Official Selection at Guadeloupe International Film Festival- 2017
Official Selection at Rencontres Cinémas Martinique - 2017
Official Selection at Panama International Film Festival - 2017
Supported by Sparring Partners Project and the the Foundation Fokal
SI BONDYE VLE, YULI (God willing, Yuli)








