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  • GFDD/Funglode’s Film Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience wins the award for Best Documentary at the Miami Short Film Festival

    The documentary Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience, produced by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), won Best Documentary Award at the 13th Edition of the Miami Short Film Festival (MSFF), held from December 5 to 12, which showcased over 100 short films. This is the third award that the Dominican film -directed by Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD- has received from some of the
    most prestigious film festivals of its kind worldwide in addition to eleven official festival selections.

  • Hundreds Enjoyed the Screening of Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience at the Blue Ocean Film Festival 2014

    An enthusiastic audience attended this year’s edition of BLUE Ocean Film Festival, held during November 3-9, 2014 in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, where they had the opportunity to see the documentary Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience on Friday, November 7, a film produced by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode). The documentary, which was a
    finalist in the category of Foreign Language Film, was directed by Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD.

  • III Dominican Film Festival in New York to Present GFDD/FUNGLODE Shorts

    On June 18, 2014, the Alumni Auditorium of the Columbia University Medical Center hosted the III Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNY) with a screening of the new Dominican film “To the South of the Innocence” (Al Sur de la Inocencia). The DFFNY will be held until June 22, 2014.

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