Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience and Primeros Pasos Selected as Finalists at the ECOFILM Festival 2014

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) production Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience, as well as Primeros Pasos, 1st place winner in the second edition of Globo Verde Dominicano Award, has been selected as finalists in the 2014 edition of ECOFILM Festival.

The GFDD production, directed by the Foundation’s Executive Director, Natasha Despotovic, had received more than 10 awards since its official launch during the 3rd edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF). The film shows in detail how recycling has become an important economic opportunity for Dominicans. Through various
business and educational projects the viewer notes that besides the obvious benefit to the environment, recycling allows economic development through the creation of new businesses and industries. A short film that inspires, moves and calls for action.

Meanwhile, Primeros Pasos is a short film directed by Sebastián Cabrera, which was awarded the 1st Place of the second edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award, an initiative of GFDD which recognizes
the best short films and public service announcement in the area of ​​environmental and sustainable development.

ECOFILM is an International Environmental Short Film Festival, held annually in Mexico. It responds to the need to raise awareness on environmental topics, promoting audiovisual production and ecological culture with solutions that balance human beings in interaction with their environment. This year’s theme was Solid
Waste.

For more information visit
http://garbage.dreff.org
www.dreff.org
http://www.globoverdedominicano.org/
http://ecofilmfestival.org/