[Auto/Moto] The pandemic brings back the auto cinema to the DR

[EvKirito]

The film “Playing with fire”, by Andy Fickman, inaugurated on Tuesday the new “Drive-in” concept of auto cinema, an initiative that marks the return of this cinematographic modality to the Dominican Republic.

"Cinema under the stars" is the result of a strategic alliance between the companies Caribbean Cinemas and Sirena, to open the cinema in the face of the pandemic that keeps the so-called seventh art premises closed throughout the country due to the issue of physical distancing.

The cost of tickets is RD $ 750.00 per vehicle (Itbis included + service charge) and a maximum of 4 people per vehicle will be allowed to enjoy modern laser digital projection technology, the same one that has been operating with The company was successful on the neighboring island of Puerto Rico.

Zumaya Cordero, director of Operations for Caribbean Cinemas, reported that the drive-in project is temporary, taking into account prevention, distancing and hygiene measures to enjoy with friends and family in a healthy and safe environment.

 

 

Cordero added that they are simultaneously working on the next reopening of movie theaters, with the great Hollywood premieres, under strict safety and hygiene protocols.

For her part, Ana María Ramos, marketing director of Grupo Ramos, said that through this recreation proposal the Sirena brand joins to offer Dominican families the entertainment that is so much needed in these distant times, “to make them a happier life, offering them solutions that allow them to live better and enjoy the emotions that matter ”.

Drive-In will operate Monday through Friday with batches starting at 6:30 p.m. and parking open to the public from 6:00 p.m. To comply with the current curfew time, short films will be scheduled, allowing people to get home on time.

On billboard. Caribbean Cinemas Drive-In Sirena will have a varied and thematic program, with films for all tastes: action-adrenaline, romantic nights with friends, Dominican cinema of various genres, extreme suspense, as well as family and animated films for the little ones at home.

Among the films that will be screened in the first two weeks, at 6:00 pm, are “Playing with fire”, “Colao”, “Trolls 1”, “Veneno”, “The boss baby”, ”Like a boss ”,“ Who's boss? ”,“ Despicable Me 3 ”,“ The turning ”,“ Secret life of pets ”and“ Qué León ”.

 

Four car cinemas in Santo Domingo

In the 1970s, there were four drive-ins in the Dominican capital: Autocinema Naco, located on the land that today occupies Plaza Naco; Autocima Iris, on Independencia Avenue, a site occupied by Coca Cola; Divertilandia, also on Av. Independencia, (Carretera Sánchez Km 11), and in Ensanche Ozama, in what is now Santo Domingo Este, the Autocinema Ozama, on José Cabrera Street.