GFDD/FUNGLODE Scholarship Recipient is Member of 2009 EICTV Graduating Class

On July 21, the first GFDD/FUNGLODE scholarship recipient – Johanne Goméz — formed part of the 2009 graduating class of Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba. Awarding scholarships to Dominican students forms part of the agreement signed by EICTV and GFDD and FUNGLODE in December 2006, establishing the three
institutions’ shared commitment to realizing collaborative training and capacity building programs. Scholarships cover the cost of enrollment and tuition.

Goméz graduated with a specialization in Production. Dominican student Pablo Lozano was also a 2009 EICTV graduate, completing his program of studies in Documentary Film Directing.

About EICTV

EICTV is the creation of
Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Foundation for New Latin American Film), based in Havana, Cuba. The school was inaugurated in December, 1986, by the Latin American Film Makers Committee, which has been headed by acclaimed Columbian writer, Gabriel García Marquéz, since its inception.
Dominican Filmmaker, Tanya Valette, is the academic institution’s current General Director.

The Escuela Internacional de Cine
y Televisión is the only school in the world to have received the Cannes Film Festival’s distinguished Roberto Rossellini Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the areas of progress, generosity and humanity.

About GMAI

GMAI, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), is dedicated to providing up-in-coming professionals in the television and film industry with comprehensive instruction in the latest trends in audiovisual production, as part of its overall mission to expand the multimedia industry of the Dominican Republic. The Institute seeks to play a key role in the development of a highly qualified Dominican audiovisual industry that significantly contributes to the economic development,
competitiveness and modernization of the nation.

Related link:
www.eictv.org