Legambiente Special Mention Award 

Italian Documentary Competition

FABIO DOVANA

Member of the Legambiente National Council, Dovana has headed the Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta communications and press office for over 5 years, and has been a member of the interregional executive board since 2007. Nurturing a long-term interest in the en- vironment, he attended the professional institute for agricultural and environment before turning to communications sciences. He writes for environmental journals, including "La Nuova Ecologia".

BATTISTA GARDONCINI

Battista Gardoncini (b. Turin, 1954) has worked as journalist for the past 30 years, first as police and court newspaper reporter, then covering local news and politics for TV, in addition to conducting radio and TV news programs. He is currently editor of the daily science news program "TGR Leonardo" and the weekly "TGR Montagne" program. His interests are sailing, chess, and old cameras. 

MARILISA SCHELLINO

Teaches art history in a high school in the province of Turin; taught contemporary art at the European Institute of Design, Turin, and collaborated with the Region of Piemonte on the design of educational material for exhibitions held at Palazzo Cavour; over 20 years experience in environmental education, multimedia publishing and production of of documentary videos; formerly responsible for Legambiente courses; currently director of Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta.

SALVATORE VENEZIA

Holds a degree in political sciences, has a penchant for cinema, lives and works in Turin since 2000; Legambiente national board member since 1995 and Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta executive board member; former president of the "Il Cigno" association, Legambiente Caltagirone; current president of the "Dora in poi" association, Collegno.

FEDERICO VOZZA

Editor since 2006 of Eco della Città, (www.ecodallecitta.it), a webzine about the urban environment, Vozza is mainly interested in the problems of air pollution and sustainable mobility in Italian and European cities. A member of Legambiente, he collaborates with the communications office of Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta.