SD CINEMATOGRAFICA was formed in 1961 as a production company. Since its founding, the company has produced Films, Variety Programmes, and Science and Cultural documentaries for the Italian public broadcaster RAI and other leading international television companies. In recent years the company has focused on wildlife, Science and History documentaries with such success that it now counts National Geographic Channels, Discovery Channels, TF1, ARTE, NHK, TSR, ARD/BR, PBS and ZDF, as well as RAI and Mediaset, among its clients. Many SD documentaries have won major international prizes at the world’s leading festivals, including Academy Award, Emmy and Banff nominations. Today SD Cinematografica has over 800 hours of programming to its name. [abs]
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Tino Franco
Diomedea Studium srl
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SD
Linosa is one of the smallest and most remote island of the Mediterranean, between Sicily and Africa. In the crevices among lava flows a huge colony of Cory’s Shearwaters nests each year. The birds come from South-East Atlantic Ocean and start laying in May. Their eggs have been collected in the past by people living in the small village, but fishermen and farmers now cooperate with ornithologists.