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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Animabit
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Ripples and Jason are busy employing several objects found on the beach as musical instruments (with unpleasant effects), but are also concerned about Polly’s absence, so they dive into the water and start looking for her. Their friend is busy babysitting the young cuttlefish Guizzo, something that turns out to be rather demanding, as he is a real pest who never misses an opportunity to slip away from her. Eventually Polly loses him altogether and rushes off to the fishing boat to ask her friends for help; during their search they meet the lobster Artemisio, an unlucky artist whose seashell compositions produce a sweet sound that sends everyone to sleep.
Suddenly Jason sees Guizzo go by; the three friends catch up with him and calm him down with the sound of one of Artemisio’s musical objects. Polly can then take the little pest back home to mother cuttlefish, who thanks her for having found a way to calm her son down. Artemisio’s works start enjoying a great deal of success among mothers, who use them to make their young ones fall asleep more easily and Ripples and Jason find that special sound they were looking for.