San Vito Lo Capo is not only the location of food and wine events, but also the backdrop to SiciliAmbiente, which is an international festival of documentaries, animation and short films related to environmental issues, human rights and sustainability.
Now in its seventh year, the festival is sponsored by the town of San Vito Lo Capo, from Demeter Productions and by the cultural Shipyard 7, but there is also the cooperation of FIAB, Italian Federation abatement barriers, which maintains a special section, dedicated to the issues of sustainable mobility.
Returning to the theme of the environment, today it has become very important, even Pope Francis talks about it in his encyclical "Praised be You", because the care for creation is a duty not only of the Christian as such, but of every man, because it represents our common home.
The exhibition includes 14 to 19 July projection of 9 documentaries, 10 shorts and 10 animations, which have been selected among the many in the competition and will be judged by a panel divided into sections based on the works that are in competition. A name among them is that of Lorenzo Hendel, director and author of numerous documentaries, from 2007 to 2013 was chief editor of "Doc3" in 2014 Author of the book "Drama Documentary Film".
During the days of the festival organizers have promoted a number of initiatives, such as the one that will be in the late afternoon, before the screenings, which includes the presentation of a book, with a cocktail offered by Olis Geraci and Wine Lauria (food manufacturers biological and Km-0); also the many tourists, who will be in San Vito Lo Capo in the days of the festival will be involved in tours, workshops for children and exhibitions.
For the final evening of July 19, there will be an event organized by Amnesty International with the presentation of the campaign SOS EUROPE: THE FIRST PEOPLE THEN THE BORDER to guide everyone´s attention to the grave problem of immigration, which sees Every year thousands of people lose their lives in a desperate attempt to reach the Sicilian coast.
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