Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2016: Value of Life Leaving its Mark in the International Film Scene

Washington, D.C., – Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)’s latest production, the short film Value of Life, has been selected to participate at the 5^th edition of Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2016 (BDFF), which will take place June 12 in Bangalore, India.

The festival, created in 2012 to mark the 100 years celebration of Indian cinema, provides a platform to aspiring and professional filmmakers for showcasing their talent and networking and marketing opportunities in film industry.  As explained by its organizers the festival’s objectives are: to generate a short films culture in India, promote upcoming filmmakers, and develop sources of revenue generation for short films and to make short film making a commercial enterprise.

Value of Life, produced by GFDD executive director Natasha Despotovic and Alexandra Tabar, exposes the little value that is placed on natural capital when looking at growth equations and socioeconomic development. It is difficult for big businesses, and more so for ordinary people, to quantify the significance of natural resources and make the value of nature tangible in our daily lives. The new GFDD production responds to those questions: How much is the natural capital of the Dominican Republic worth? How do we put a price on the ecosystem the planet has given us and that allows us to survive?

As Natasha Despotovic explains “GFDD, making environmental films, encourages other Dominican directors to follow their steps, promoting sustainable development in the country”. It’s an honor for GFDD to participate and promote its productions in renowned film festivals such as BSFF.

In this year alone, other than in Bangalore, Value of Life has been presented in three different international festivals: DCEFF in Washington, D.C.; Festival de Cine Pobre de Gibara, Holguín (Cuba), and Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) in New York.

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