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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Renato Cottalasso
Piviere Film
52'
SD
The lively story of a butterfly, which becomes adult - and therefore able to fly - after two years. Through different stages of larva and countless dangers, we follow the life of this beautiful animal specie and of other animals living the same environment. All this documentary has been shot in one of the most important areas for butterflies in the whole Italy, the Park of Antola.