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Today Marks the Start of the Second Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF)<\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he Second Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF<\/A>), organized by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD<\/A>) and Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE<\/A>), starts today, September 5, with the Opening Night Ceremony in the auditorium of FUNGLODE in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at 6:00 pm. The evening will feature the screening of the documentary film My Father, The Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau. <\/EM>The film is an intimate portrait of oceanography legend, Jacques Yves-Cousteau, told by his son Jean-Michel. Opening Night will also include the participation of Jean-Michel\u2019s son, and Jacques\u2019s grandson, Fabien Cousteau, who will provide commentary on the making of the film, the legacy of his revered grandfather, and the future of the world\u2019s oceans.<\/P> The First Edition of DREFF, launched by GFDD and FUNGLODE in September of last year, raises awareness and deepens understanding of environmental issues among Dominican audiences, while celebrating the beauty and diversity of the country’s natural heritage.<\/P> From today until Sunday, September 9, the Festival will present film screenings, panel discussions, workshops and other activities in a variety of venues in the cities of Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macor\u00eds, Santiago, Punta Cana, Ban\u00ed, Puerto Plata and Sos\u00faa.<\/P> DREFF will feature a selection of 24 <\/A>documentary films:<\/P> All screenings are free and open to the public and all foreign films will be subtitled in Spanish.<\/P> The First Edition of DREFF, launched by GFDD and FUNGLODE in September of last year, raises awareness and deepens understanding of environmental issues among Dominican audiences, while celebrating the beauty and diversity of the country’s natural heritage. Through screening a diverse selection of high-quality films on matters of environmental concern, and organizing panel discussions with environmental experts, filmmakers and other stakeholders, the Festival seeks to foster dialogue and to inspire Dominican audiences to adopt practices that will ensure the health and environmental sustainability of the country. <\/P> By bringing together youth, scholars, experts, activists, filmmakers, representatives of public, private and nongovernmental institutions and the general public, the Festival promotes programs and projects that contribute to environmental protection, conservation and sustainability. <\/P> DREFF will also premiere its short film about the Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte. The First Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte, which took place April 2-5, 2012, was a spin-out of the 2011 Festival. DREFF coordinated the four-day trek for forty-five students from three Dominican high-schools — Centro de Excelencia Media Profesora Cristina Billini Morales \u201cFe y Alegria\u201d, Centro de Excelencia Rep\u00fablica de Colombia and Centro Educativo Rep\u00fablica de Guatemala, in partnership with Dominican professional mountaineer and seasoned Everest trekker, Karim Mella. The expedition included lectures by the students\u2019 teachers on the geography of the Cordillera Mountain Range, rivers, fauna, flora, the climate of the Dominican Republic, environmental protection, forest fires, reforestation and first aid, among other topics.<\/P> Panels and workshops<\/U><\/P> DREFF 2012 will organize panels and workshops with directors and experts in five critical areas: oceans, biodiversity, ecological economy, sustainable agriculture and climate change. Globo Verde Dominicano<\/U> Related links:<\/STRONG> Today Marks the Start of the Second Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF)Santo Domingo, September 5, 2012 The Second Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), organized by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), starts today, September 5, with the Opening Night … Continue reading “Today Marks the Start of the Second Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, September 5, 2012<\/EM><\/P>
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Film Festival participants will also have the opportunity to attend workshops on diverse topics, such as:<\/P>
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Through this initiative launched this year, DREFF recognizes talented Dominican filmmakers working to create productions on environmental themes. Globo Verde will select first, second and third place recipients in the areas of Short Film and Public Service Announcement. <\/P>
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www.drenvironmentalfilmfestival.org<\/A>
www.environmentaldictionary.org<\/A>
www.globoverdedominicano.org<\/A><\/P>
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