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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Francesco Petretti
Diomedea Studium Srl
42'
SD
An unusual portrait of Rome, the ancient town in Central Italy, which hosts it its old buildings, churches and monuments huge colonies of Herring Gulls which nest close to Kestrels, Parrots and other birds. By winter the town is invaded by million of Starlings .
The film describes the behaviour of gulls and their relationship with human beings and feral cats.