Team members of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival will participate in Toronto’s Planet in Focus film festival
Washington, October 10th, 2014
The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) is already warming up to carry out its next edition, which is scheduled to be held on September 8th to the 13th, 2015, in various cities of the Dominican Republic. In this regard, several DREFF team members will attend as guests the Planet in Focus environmental film festival next November in Toronto (Canada), which this year will celebrate its fifteenth edition.
Planet in Focus is an environmental organization dedicated to audiovisual art. It has programming throughout the year and its mission is “to produce, promote and disseminate artistically made films and videos that explore and tell stories about the world in which we live.”
The Festival, which this year will be held from November 6th to 9th, exhibits and promotes environmental films and videos of all genres: documentary, animation, experimental, short films and drama of Canadian and international filmmakers.
According to the organizers, its objective is to enlighten, engage and entertain audiences of all backgrounds through film.
DREFF
In turn, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) aims to raise awareness among Dominican audiences and to deepen their understanding of today’s environmental issues. DREFF is also dedicated to celebrate the beauty and natural diversity of the Dominican Republic, as well as to provide information and proposals that contribute to its appreciation and which promote its conservation and sustainable use.
The most recent edition of the DREFF, which took place between September 10th and September 14th of this year, was held in 10 cities throughout the Dominican Republic and in more than 20 locations, and it screened 37 films from around the world. With a total of 80 screenings -50 of which were aimed at students of all ages- DREFF brought together filmmakers and experts from all over the world for five days to attend the screenings and to participate in panels, workshops and discussions about the latest trends in films and technology, the environment and sustainable development.
The DREFF team, which will hold its fifth edition on September 8th to the 13th, 2015, works throughout the year to bring to the Dominican Republic the best films during each of its editions and to create networks with members of the industry worldwide with a view to serving as a catalyst for the creation of projects and programs that promote good practices in the area of the environment, and which result from the interaction of young people and the general public with teachers.
Related links:
http://www.planetinfocus.org/
