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Sondrio Festival is an international festival unique in its
kind, focussing on nature films of very high scientific and cinematographic
quality, shot in nature parks and protected areas throughout the
world. Established in 1987, it takes places every year in the Alpine
town of Sondrio, in Lombardy, Northern Italy, for a week in October.
The film competition is open to makers of documentary films on
the theme of National Parks, Reserves and Protected Areas, featuring
naturalistic, ethnographic, historical and management aspects. The
Festival presents films selected among the best productions from
all over the world: among the past Festivals winners are big names
in worldwide wildlife film making such as Mark Deeble and Victoria
Stone, Hugh Miles, Michael Schlamberger, Nick Upton and Adrian Warren,
who have taken part in the event on several occasions.
The Festival aims at making natural parks and the culture involved
in them better known, as well as highlighting the importance of
naturalistic and ethnographic documentaries as a means for promoting,
studying and researching our natural, artistic and cultural heritage,
in relationship to similar international experiences.
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