GFDD and the DR Environmental Film Festival collaborate with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital

Washington DC, March 24, 2013

The Twenty-first edition of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital came to a close today after two intense weeks, during which more than 190 documentary, narrative, animated, archival, experimental and children’s films were screen throughout the Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia region.

Many of the screenings included panel discussions with the filmmakers and the most prominent experts on the topics, making the Festival a real agent for dissemination, top-level discussion hub, outreach of environmental causes.

GFDD partnered for the first time with the organization of the Festival joining in their effort to reinforce and expand their Spanish speaking program and the involvement of the Hispanic community in the program. To this end, the Festival created the program Living Waters, Ocean Life, under which six films were screened at the GALA Hispanic Theater in Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, in addition to other collaborations with Latin American embassies and diplomatic representations in the area.

The program included two Dominican shorts, the winner of the first Globo Verde Dominicano competition in 2012, Our Backs to the Sea, and the GFDD production, The Growth of Lake Enriquillo: Environment, Social and Scientific Implications. Armando Larrauri, director of Our Backs to the Sea, was also present during the Festival and was part of the screenings, followed by a discussion with Alexandria Bomback, director of Julio Solis, A Moveshake Story. A lively question and answer discussion followed the screenings.

Part of the DR Environmental Film Festival mission is to motivate and disseminate Dominican environmental productions and burgeoning filmmakers, facilitating their exposure to international audiences and specialized venues and experts.