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José María Cabral (1988) is a Dominican director, screenwriter and producer whose work combines intimate storytelling with urgent social themes. One of the leading voices of a new generation of Dominican and Caribbean filmmakers, he has explored the region’s social, political and historical complexities across both fiction and documentary. His films include “Jaque Mate” (2011), “Carpinteros” (“Woodpeckers ”, 2017), the first Dominican feature selected for competition at Sundance, and “The Projectionist” which was also selected as the Dominican Republic’s submission for the Academy Awards. “Hotel Coppelia” (2021) was released internationally on HBO Max. “Parsley” (2022) which won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival. His documentary “La 42” had its world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2025.