Monthly Archives: April 2017
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DREFF Joins Forces with Cinema Planeta to Promote Dominican Environmental Filmmaking
The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) once again joined forces with Cinema Planeta from Cuernava, Mexico, to co-present two Dominican environmental film productions during the ninth edition of the Mexican competition, which will take place from May 2 to May 7, 2017: the documentary “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” by Jake Kheel and Juan Mejía Botero, and the winner of the 2015 Globo Verde Dominicano Award, “7 gramos”, directed by Hadzael Gómez and
Jonatán Vila.
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InteRDom Joined Dominican Diaspora Students During the 11th Annual National Dominican Student Conference at Babson College
InteRDom participated in the 11th National Dominican Student Conference (NDSC) hosted by HOLA Babson (Hispanic Organization of Latin Americans) at Babson College in Boston, MA, which was held from March 31st until April 2nd, 2017
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ReCrearte Holds 8 Workshops with More than 250 Students from Across the Country
Throughout the month of March, ReCrearte, an initiative of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), held eight art recycling workshops with nearly 250 students from schools across the Dominican Republic. Done in collaboration with the ECOESUELA project of the Dominican Republic Institute for Environmental Law (IDARD, for its acronym in Spanish), the projects intended to promote environmental awareness and recycling efforts among young people by engaging them in fun
recycling activities and discussions.
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Dominican Productions “Woodpeckers” and “Jeffrey” at the Havana Film Festival, in collaboration with the DFS and the DR Film Commission
The Dominican films Woodpeckers and Jeffrey are part of the program of the eighteenth edition of the Havana Film Festival, an internationally recognized film festival that celebrates Latin American cinema. Thanks to the support of the Dominican Film Showcase of GFDD and the Dominican Republic Film Commission (DGCine), both productions are premiering in New York accompanied by José María Cabral and Yanillis Pérez, the directors
of the productions, respectively.
