About DREFF
Since its creation in 2011, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) –an initiative of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the 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, 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.
By bringing together young people, scholars, experts, activists, filmmakers, representatives from the public and private sector, and non-governmental organizations, as well as wide audiences from all walks of life, the Festival serves as a catalyst for programs and projects that contribute to environmental and socio-economic sustainability. Thanks to the participation of more than 70 private, non-governmental and public institutions, every September the Festival reaches more than 10,000 viewers, in 11 cities in the Dominican Republic, with over 100 free film screenings at some 30 venues around the country.
To fulfill GFDD/Funglode’s commitment to contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, DREFF implements programs that operate throughout the year and work with diverse communities: ReCrearte, EcoHuertos, and RDescubre. It also organizes film screenings, panels, workshops, and activities with the community year round throughout the national territory.The DREFF Blog is a dynamic platform for information exchange and debate on issues related to the environment and sustainable development, at both the national and the international level.
In its mission to promote environmental filmmaking and raise the level of public awareness, DREFF organizes the Premio Globo Verde Dominicano contest and produces its own documentaries.
Festival Staff
Presidente / President
Dr. Leonel Fernández
Comité asesor internacional
International Advisory Committee
Charlotte Vick
Debbie Kinder
Denis Delestrac
Fabien Cousteau
Gaetano Capizzi
Jon Bowermaster
Peter O’Brien
Suzan Beraza
Stuart Sender
Comité asesor nacional
National Advisory Committee
Adolfo López
Cesáreo Guillermo
Eladio Fernández
Ernesto Reyna
Fernando Báez
Ginny Heinsen
Idelisa Bonelly
Jake Kheel
José Miguel González Cuadra
Lissette Fernández
Marialicia Urbaneja
Melania Milagros Rodríguez
Melba Grullón
Omar Ramírez
Oswaldo Vásquez
Rosaura Pimentel
Sixto Inchaústegui
Ydalia Acevedo Monegro
Directora / Director
Natasha Despotovic
Directora de Operaciones
Chief Operations Officer
Yamile Eusebio Paulino
Directora de Medios Digitales e Impresos
Director of Digital Media & Print Material
Semiramis de Miranda
Directora de Programación
Director of Programming
María Victoria Abreu Malla
Directora de Comunicación
Communications Director
Miryam López
Directora de Comunicaciones de Funglode
Funglode Communications Director
Elina María Cruz
Contabilidad
Bookeeping
María Tapia
Coordinadores de Paneles
Panels Coordinators
Arsenia Miranda
Catherine Florentino
Delia Blanco
Gabriela Márquez
Marc Jourdan
Omar Shamir Reynoso
Paul Goris
Coordinadora de talleres
Workshop Coordinator
Miryam López
Coordinación con cineastas e invitados especiales
Filmmaker & Special Guests Liaisons
Cristina Zegarra
Sara Ureña
Coordinadora de eventos especiales
Special Events Coordinator
Cristina Zegarra
Janny Sánchez
Tráfico y movimiento de películas
Film Traffic
Reydi Moreta
Asistente de Programación
Programming Assistant
Tatiana DaSilva
Asistentes de Multimedia
Multimedia Assistants
Ramón Cabrera
Juan Vásquez
Asistente administrativa
Administrative Assistants
Kenia Hernández
Asistentes de Comunicación
Communications Assistants
Mariakarla Nodarse
Tatiana DaSilva
Jenny Almonte
Danielis Fermin
Edel Aguasanta
Asistente de redes sociales
Social Media Assistant
Reydi Moreta
Diseño gráfico
Graphic Design
Beatriz Rodil
Asistente de diseño gráfico
Graphic Design Assistant
Sofia Cristina Tamayo Acosta
Diseñador de página web
Web Designer
Jonathan Grullón
Coordinadora del App
App Coordinator
Sara Ureña
Asistentes del App
App Assistants
Brandon Bonair
Neville Fitch
Premio Globo Verde Dominicano
Globo Verde Dominicano Award
Semiramis de Miranda
Ivonne Vásquez
Reydi Moreta
Fotógrafos / Photographers
Anne Casalé
Apolinar Moreno
Jose Ulises Guzmán
Ramón Cabrera
Traductores de material escrito
Translators of Print Material
Mariakarla Nodarse
Silvia Gutiérrez
Begoña Recaséns
Maureen Meehan
Asistentes de Operación
Operation Assistants
Marielly Gallardo
Distribución de materiales impresos
Distribution of Printed Materials
Arsenia Miranda
Coordinadora de voluntarios y transporte
Volunteers and Transportation Coordinator
Marielly Gallardo
Asistente de transporte
Transportation Assistant
Sebastián Polanco
Apoyo general
General Support
Elisa Cely
Transmisión en linea
Live Transmition
Paul Goris
Con apoyo y colaboración Instituto Global de Multimedia (IGM) y Departamento Audiovisual de Funglode / With support and collaboration from Instituto Global de Multimedia (IGM) and the FUNGLODE Audiovisual Department
Representantes en / Representatives in:
Santo Domingo
Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
Mariela Ramírez
Colegio Loyola
Diana Murcia
Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)
Loraine Amell
Milagros Rodríguez
Liceo Francés / Alianza Francesa de Santo Domingo
Marc Cabale
Jérôme Bousquet
José Moreno
Instituto Técnico Superior Comunitario (ITSC)
Victor Delance
Saint George School
Donald Gotz
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU)
José Rafael Espaillat
Dolly Martínez
Embajada de Francia en la República Dominicana
Frederique Aubert
Carol Comas
Keyvan Sayar
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Rosaura Pimentel
Palacio del Cine – Agora
Hugo Pagán
Biblioteca Infantil y Juvenil Republica Dominicana
Dulce Elvira de los Santos
Centro Cultural Narciso Gonzalez
Luis Amauris De los Santos
Claudia Lizardo
The Colonial Gate 4D Cinema
Lenin Paulino
Cristóbal Justiniano
Universidad APEC
María Cordero
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino
Tamara Mera
Guillermo Vanderlinde
Colegio Bilingue New Horizons
Priscilla Garrido
Nancy Canó
Instituto Tecnológico de Las Américas (ITLA)
José Armando Tavarez
Carlos Miranda
St. Michael’s School
Yvonne de Ripoll
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Celeste Mir
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Ydalia Acevedo
Nina Lysenko
Maribel Chalas
Caribbean Cinemas Acrópolis
Zumaya Cordero
Santiago
Centro León
Luis Felipe Rodríguez
José D' Laura
Colegio Bilingue New Horizons
Irka Taveras
Colegio Dominicano Santiago
Melba Pacheco
Paula Bussi
Palacio del Cine- Bella Terra, Santiago
Hugo Pagan
Instituto Iberia
Víctor Martínez
Baní
Centro Cultural Perelló
Julia Castillo
Son Will Feliz
Puerto Plata/Sosua
UTESA
Sol Graveley
Iván García Teatro Escuela
Arisleyda Beard
San Juan de la Maguana
Centro Cultural Monina Cámpora
Angelo Valenzuela
La Vega
Casa de la Cultura de Constanza
José Ramón Peralta
UNPHU – La Vega
Dolly Martínez
Scarlett Ramírez
Samaná
Hotel Villa Serena, Las Galeras
Marina Dvornik
Fernando Robinson
Punta Cana
Puntacana Village
Jake Kheel
Candy Gómez
Bonao
Cinema Oasis
Wellington Mejía
Arelys Jerez
La Romana
Caribbean Cinemas Multiplaza
Zumaya Cordero
Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo)
Liceo Científico Dr. Miguel Canela Lázaro
Gabriel Maldonado
Oficina Técnica Provincial de Salcedo
Caterina Clemente
