The Second Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) will take place from 5-9 September 2012 in the cities of Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macoris, Santiago, Punta Cana, Bani, Puerto Plata and Sosua. Organized by the GFDD and Funglode foundations, the festival seeks to raise awareness and enhance understanding of environmental issues among Dominican audiences, while celebrating the beauty and diversity of the country's natural heritage.

This year's screenings include:

Anna, Emma and the Condors - Directed by Katjia Torneman. 2011, USA.

Big Miracles - Directed by Ken Kwapsis. 2012, USA.

Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life - Directed by Bill Finnegan. 2011, USA.

Carbon for Water - Directed by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez. 2011, USA.

Dominicana Bajo el Mar - Directed by Roberto Llerena

The Happy Movie - Directed by Roko Belic. 2011, USA.

In Organic We Trust - Directed by Kip Pastor. 2012, USA.

Life: Challenges of Life - Directed by Martha Holmes. 2009, United Kingdom.

My Village, My Lobster - Directed by Joshua Wolff. 2011, USA.

My Father, The Captain - Directed by Jean-Michel Cousteau. 2012, France.

Revenge of the Electric Car - Directed by Chris Paine. 2011, USA.

Sea the Truth - Directed by Claudine Everaert. 2010, Netherlands.

Someplace with a Mountain - Directed by Steve Goodall. 2012, USA/Federated States of Micronesia.

Surviving Progress - Directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks. 2011, Canada.

Taste the Waste - Directed by Valentin Thurn. 2011, Germany.

Terra - Directed by Juan Emilio Yanes

The Whale - Directed by Michael Parfit. 2011, USA.

Vegucated - Directed by Marisa Miller Wolfson. 2011, USA.

Yasuni: A Wild Idea - Directed by Veronica Moscoso. 2011, Ecuador.

The venues are Funglode (Calle Capitan Eugenio de Marchena No. 26, Tel 809 685-9966), UNPHU Conference Hall (Av. John F Kennedy 6-1/2), Centro Cultural Narciso Gonzalez (Calle Americo Lugo esq. Marcos Adon, Villa Juana) in Santo Domingo. In San Francisco de Macoris, the Universidad Catolica Nordestana, in Santiago, the Centro Leon at Av. 27 de Febrero 146, in Punta Cana, Galerias Puntacana, in Bani, the Centro Cultural Perello, in Puerto Plata, Asociacion Cultural Suenos de Colores, Fortaleza San Felipe, Sosua Bay Grand Casino.

www.drenvironmentalfilmfestival.org

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