Oscar-winning director, Louie Psihoyos, and his film, Racing Extinction, protagonists at DREFF closing night

The acclaimed director and photographer will receive the Colibrí Prize during the event

GFDD/Funglode is excited to announce that Oscar winning filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, director of the documentary Racing Extinction, will be present as a guest of honor for the closing night of the 2015 Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF). Louie Psihoyos will be the recipient of a special award
for Inspirational Documentary Films, the Colibrí award.

Louie Psihoyos is the Executive Director of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), and is widely regarded as one of the world’s most prominent still photographers. He has circled the globe dozens of times for National Geographic and has shot hundreds of covers for other magazines including Fortune Magazine, Smithsonian, and Discover. His work has also been seen on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic
Television, and the History Channel. His imagination, wit, and iconic imagery have helped illustrate a wide array of complex subjects and is carried over to his filmmaking. In 2009 he directed and appeared in the feature-length documentary The Cove, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

Racing Extinction brings viewers on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to
protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world’s most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction, Racing Extinction reveals stunning, never-before seen images that truly change the way we see the world.

About the DREFF
Since its creation in 2011, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival
(DREFF)- an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) -has been providing Dominicans with a platform of knowledge and debate on the environment and sustainable development, along with its challenges and best practices while celebrating the unique beauty and wealth that is the Dominican Republic’s natural heritage.

With a diverse selection of films and numerous panels, workshops, seminars,
and community activities, the DREFF promotes dialogue and the exchange of knowledge and experience, inspiring Dominicans to adopt actions that contribute to the appreciation, conservation, and sustainable use of their environmental resources.

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