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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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Jost Geppert

SD Cinematografica

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This short film tells the true story of the Girod family from the Valle d’Aosta. There’s is a traditional way of life, unchanged for generations, in total harmony with nature. The Girod family have been Alpinists for generations. It is a hard life, characterised by physical hardship and the loneliness of the open mountain spaces. It would not be possible, if the whole family, from grandparents to grandchildren, were not involved.
The Graian Alps, the highest mountains in Europe, form the backdrop to this story. They are a fascinating natural environment of wide blue skies and a never-ending panorama of snow-capped peaks. They are home to many rare and beautiful animals - from the chamois to the ibex, from the wood grouse to the golden eagle.
However, today, even the highest and most inaccessible peaks are regularly climbed and the region is beginning one great theme park of mass tourism, a fairground for visitors from all over Europe. If the world around has changed so drastically, what, if anything, remains of the ancient alpine culture that was once so closely linked to nature? Are there still people prepared to forgo four-wheel drives and refrigerators, televisions and electricity?

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