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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E. Armati, F. Armati
SD Cinematografica
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It's surprising to learn that life does not consist only of what is apparent to the naked eye. Our troupe discovers a hidden world right under our eyes, one that we never thought existed. During the course of the milleniums, millions of living creatures managed to conquer the interstitial environment, evolving and adapting themselves to these particular aquatic surroundings made up of myriads of minute spaces. Of minuscule dimensions, the micro-organisms are excellent biological indicators of the quality of the environment. In fact, they are usually the first victims of marine pollution.