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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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PRODUCTIONS: MONK SEAL: FIRST APPROACH

(Serie: The kings of the Mediterranean Sea)

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Emanuele Coppola

Panda Film

30'

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Mediterranean monk seal is one of the animal species that are the most threatened by extinction in the world. Observed by human beings until the antiquity, the monk seal’s life habits are still enshrouded by mystery.
The documentary recounts the experience by some researchers of the Gruppo Foca Monaca ( of the Italian WWF) together with SAD, the Turkish organization for marine researches. Using a closed-circuit camera system, powered by a little photovoltaic power station, this team of biologists has been able to control the inner part of a cave used by seals in a uninhabited island of the western Turkey for a whole month.
For the first time it has been possible to shoot the nocturnal activities of the seals inside the cave and record their voices without disturbing these animals.

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