NYFA Master Class in Punta Cana: “Environmental Documentaries: How to harness the power of the image.”

September 18, 2016

Punta Cana – The DREFF, with support from the Fundación Grupo Puntacana, Fundación Ecológica PuntaCana, and the Puntacana Environmental Film Academy, organized a Master Class on September 17^th in Punta Cana. “Environmental Documentaries: How to harness the power of the image.” The class was given by the director of the prestigious New York Film Academy’s School of Film, Claude Kerven, as part of the 6^th edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF).

Film students of all levels, experts and representatives of various media outlets participated in the event, which began with welcoming remarks given by DREFF representative, Artemis Diaz, who thanked the collaborators for their support in organizing this event. She then turned the floor over to Gil Matos, director of NYFA’s Registration for Latin America and the Caribbean, who gave an introduction, which was followed by Mr. Kerven’s 90-minute Master Class.

About the DREFF
Since its creation in 2011, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) – an initiative of the an 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, as well as examples of best practices to achieve them, while celebrating the unique beauty and natural heritage of the Dominican Republic.

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