Small Planet Documentary Production Company

“Life for Sale”, the great winner of the 13th Film Festival for the Environment "CinemAmbiente" which took place in Torino in June last year, will be visiting two more Italian cities in the context of the "Cinemambiente Tour".

First stop is Rome on March 13th.Second stop, on March 24th, Florence (to whoever might have the chance to attend the event, details on the time and place of the projections can be found here and here respectively).

“Life for Sale” was awarded the festival's highest prize, ”Best International Documentary”, chosen amongst 12 finalist in the category of the same name in last year's “Cinemambiente". The film was shot in Chile, home to the world’s biggest water market. From basic necessity of life to be enjoyed by all, water has turned into private property and its price, just as the price of any other commodity, is subject to the rules of the market. According to the jury that awarded the prize, "Life for Sale" by Greek director Yorgos Avgeropoulos sent a warning signal to all of us regarding the uncontrolled commercialization of natural resources”. In its passing through the festivals of the world, "Life for Sale" has received a total of 5 international awards until today.

MujerDoc, the International Film Festival on gender issues that takes place from March 8 to March 26 in the Spanish city of Soria, will be screening the “Secret of Dawn”, by Yorgos Avgeropoulos, in the context of the festival's parallel projections, on March 16 (Campus de Universidad de Soria-UVA, 11.00h). MujerDoc aims at presenting documentaries which promote equal political, social and sexual rights for men and women, with respect to cultural, sexual and ethnic pluralism as the key to the construction of an equal, just and free world. ”Secret of Dawn” was filmed in Mali, Africa, in 2009. In this country, the cruel practice of clitoral ablation, which is the documentary's theme, reaches a percentage of 85%. 140,000,000 girls and women around the world have suffered the mutilation of their sexual organs. During the last years, the government and local activist organizations in Mali have been fighting for the eradication of this cruel practice.