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InFocus Extra visits covers the Salina Doc Fest 2007. Documentary film has a long and prestigious tradition in Italy as a result of genius directors like Rossellini, Antonioni. Comencici and Maselli, Bertolucci and Martone. Documentary film has the capacity to describe that reality that is often hidden and incredible. It is a cinema that has a new genesis thanks to the digital revolution that allows production to be more mobile and economical thus creating a new aesthetic. New and at the same time nearly a century old always with the task to bear testimony to our lives. The first edition of the Salina Doc Fest celebrates the tradition of nonfiction cinema on the beautiful island of Salina off the coast of Sicily. Organized by celebrated documentary director Giovanna Taviani in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Art and Cultural Affairs, SalinaDocFest intends to bring together the best new productions of narrative documentary building a bridge connecting Europe, North Africa, and all the countries of the southern Mediterranean. Documentary cinema is not passive filming nor is it simply reporting of facts but a reconstruction of reality according to the directors vision. A powerful and contemporary example is Neopolitan author Roberto Saviano. In his book 'Gomorra' he embraces a personal documentary tendency of mixing drama, wisdom, investigative reporting and tabloid styles to reveal the reality the Neopolitan crime family, Camorra. For his contribution Saviano received a special achievement award from the SalinaDocFest. The festival celebrates the past and present in documentary film, ---In the section: il mare... the sea Roberto Rossellini's creative genius is manifest in a special screening of 'Fantasy Under the Sea' Vittorio de Seta's rigorous and severe style shines through In the series of short subject films in which he documents the challenges and hardship of daily life on the Sicilian islands. Panaria Film addresses environmental issues especially those relevant to the Mediterranean sea and the Eolic islands. My Country is the section dealing in the present..with social themes about civil responsibility, culture and immigration. Civil liberty and civil rights, Crime and Justice. Human drama at its most poignant. In any case, each section of the festival gives the spectator the opportunity to enjoy new films and to see great works from the past that never cease to fascinate and only grow more relevant with time with their power and beauty endure absolutely intact. ABNewsTV is a television production agency based in Rome providing comprehensive coverage of important news events, art, and culture as they occur and impact Italy. Our print and multimedia content is provided for and broadcasted on various important television networks, radio, newspapers and magazines in Spain.