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GMAI Organizes Screenwriting Workshop for Short Films
New York, March 30, 2009
Thirteen students participated in the workshop, “Screenwriting for Short
Films,” organized by The Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), an initiative
of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)
and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE),
March 23-26, 2009, at FUNGLODE headquarters.
The workshop, instructed by author and award winning screenwriter Mark
Haskell Smith and author, screenwriter and Director of the MFA in Creative
Writing and Writing for Performance at the University of California,
Riverside, Tom Lutz, featured both theoretical and practical instruction on
cinematographic screenwriting.
GMAI is dedicated to providing professionals in the television and film
industry with comprehensive instruction in the latest trends in audiovisual
production, as part of its overall mission to expand the multimedia industry
of the Dominican Republic. The Institute seeks to play a key role in the
development of a highly qualified Dominican audiovisual industry that
significantly contributes to the economic development, competitiveness and
modernization of the nation.
GMAI regularly offers introductory, intermediate and advanced courses. It
also organizes events that promote greater understanding of the media arts,
such as conferences, screenings and interviews with filmmakers.
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