Today we’d like to introduce you to Elsa Alma.
Hi Elsa, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
The movie business found me… as I can recall I have always been involved in the creative industry, years ago someone presented a movie that wanted to be filmed and need help with the production aspect, and that’s how I started helping someone to make a dream a reality and since that first movie I haven’t stopped.
It’s been a learning process that has evolved to a place today I can explore my inner self by directing several documentaries, this has made me fall in love again with my beloved movie industry. This industry has given me the opportunity to make visual documents that will withstand time and will promote the Dominican culture throughout the region.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Movies are never easy, and more so from a production point of view where you must optimize time and resources to make those scripts a reality. When you are working with a team that everyone is essential you realize the vulnerability of the system and then the windows open for things to go wrong, is an everyday reality.
And let me tell you, there are days where things just don’t work out.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We are an independent production company based in Dominican Republic, we have filmed more than ten movies and three documentaries in the past ten years, and we have coproduced movies with Colombia, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Chile, and the UK.
Now we owned more than 8 tittles and you can see them through several streaming services. We have been recognized with awards in Dominican Republic, United States, and Europe. Finally, my most proud accomplishment to this day is that we have introduced hundreds of people to the movie business, who now are working continuously in mayor world-class productions.
Brands wise my brand and company are a referral of quality filmmaking in the independent segment of the movie business.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
As much as I love to put people in front of the camera, personally, I don’t feel comfortable in front of the camera, and I try to avoid it as much as I can.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.larimarfilmsrd.com
- Instagram: produxer_life
- Twitter: laduradelcine
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyi2MbE0KhbXtltA9xc1kwA
