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Rene Dongo
director, producer
Rene Dongo, a Boston native, began to make short films as a student of Boston's ICA Fast Forward program. He strives to create new emotions with the use of humor or charged imagery in his films. Rene has shown his work in festivals across the country, including the Atlanta Teen Screen, Future Filmmakers Festival Chicago, Cloud Place Youth Fusion Film Series and Roxbury Film Festival where he won Best Youth Filmmaker in 2005. Rene is currently a film major at Emerson College.