Sleeping Seal

Produzione: 
by Emanuele Coppola – Produced by Emanuele Coppola, Cemultimedia – Italy 2015 – Running time: 60 min. – Featured area: Kamenjak Nature Reserve, Croatia

Kamenjak Nature Reserve is the southernmost tip of the Istrian peninsula. This place has been in the local and international news for some years due to an unexpected, surprising return. The Mediterranean monk seal, one of the rarest species in the world, has become a regular presence in these parts. Known as a shy and wary creature, there are now so few surviving monk seals that the species is considered to be in danger of extinction. Yet for some years man and seal have been peacefully coexisting in this corner of the Mediterranean, in part thanks to the work of a number of passionate volunteers: a story worth telling.