San Francisco de Macorís Hosts 5th Edition of Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival

The Universidad Católica Nordestana (UCNE) is the venue for several activities to be held September 9-11.

The 5th edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), an initiative of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) is opening in San Francisco de Macorís on Wednesday September 9th through Friday the 11th.

All Festival screenings
and activities, free and open to the public, will be held at the Universidad Católica Nordestana (UCNE).

Yamile Eusebio, Director of Festival Operations, is inviting all residents of San Francisco de Macorís to attend the events, not just in their hometown but also other locations around the country. “We hope everyone will support us, not just here, but will also travel to Santo Domingo, Bonao, or Santiago to see movies,” said Ms. Eusebio.

The fifth edition of the DREFF will be held from September 8-13 in eleven cities around the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Baní, San Francisco de Macorís, Puerto Plata, San Juan de la
Maguana,  La Vega, Samaná, Punta Cana,  Bonao, and Azua and in 30 screening rooms.

“We have grown this year and are having screenings at new venues, which we hope everyone will enjoy,” added Eusebio.

For her part, Dr. Zamira Asilis, vice rector for Graduate
Studies, Research, and Extension at the UCNE, said the previous four Film Festivals have been a total success. “We have used them as teaching and learning tools for our students.”

Dr. Asilis noted that, “More and more students and teachers are getting involved, because they understand that film, especially documentaries, are educational tools.”

Wednesday September 9th at 11:00 am will be the inaugural event
at the UCNE with a screening of the documentary,Yakona. The film’s producer, Jillian Anne Hall, will be present as well as other national and international guests.

Jillian Anne Hall works as a producer at Arcos Films, a documentary production company dedicated to creating content about important social issues and distributing it in innovative ways. She also teaches film workshops in underserved local elementary and middle schools through the
Austin Film Society’s after school program.

On Thursday September 10th, short films made by the Academia de Cine Ambiental Puntacana will be screened at 11:00 am.

On Friday September 11th two Dominican productions, Biodiversidad de la República Dominicana and Diarios del fin del mundo, will be shown at 11 am.

DREFF app:
Apple (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dreff/id1029535649?mt=8
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sched.dominicanrepublicenvironmen2015

www.dreff.org / info@dreff.org
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