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GFDD and FUNGLODE Award Scholarship to Dominican
Student to Study at EICTV in Cuba
New York, June 2, 2009
In April of this year,
GFDD and
FUNGLODE’s Global
Media Arts Institute (GMAI), in collaboration with the Escuela Internacional
de Cine y Televisión (EICTV – International School for Television and Film)
in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, held EICTV entrance exams for Dominican
Students between the ages of 22 and 29. A National Evaluation Committee
comprised of Dominican filmmakers, sociologists, film critics and creators
of art and culture then evaluated scholarship candidates based on their
artistic ability and creative potential, in addition to previous work
experience.
Martha Checo, EICTV Representative to the Dominican
Republic, and Omar de la Cruz, Director of the GFDD/FUNGLODE Audiovisual
Department, affirmed following the National Evaluation Committee’s
submission of selected candidates, the EICTV Selection Committee has
selected Carlos Ortíz, who will be specializing in directing. Ortíz will
complete a three-year degree program during the period of 2009-2012.
Awarding scholarships forms part of the agreement
signed by EICTV and GFDD and FUNGLODE in December 2006, establishing the
three institutions’ shared commitment to realizing collaborative training
and capacity building programs. As a result of the agreement, GFDD and
FUNGLODE’s Global Media Arts Institute has been offering classes and
workshops on film and television production, in association with EICTV,
since February, 2006.
EICTV is a creation of Fundación del Nuevo Cine
Latinoamericano (Foundation for New Latin American Film), based in Havana,
Cuba. The school was inaugurated in December, 1986, by the Latin American
Film Makers Committee, which has been headed by acclaimed Columbian writer,
Gabriel García Marquéz, since its inception.
Dominican Filmmaker, Tanya Valette, is both a
member of EICTV’s first graduating class and the academic institution’s
current General Director.
The Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión is
the only school in the world to have received the Cannes Film Festival’s
distinguished Roberto Rossellini Award, which recognizes outstanding
achievement in the areas of progress, generosity and humanity.
GMAI is dedicated to providing up-in-coming
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.
Related link:
www.eictv.org
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