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The heritage is one of the specificities of each individual, community and people. It has artistic importance, history and forge even identity. These properties deserve to be protected, valued and passed on to future generations. The big island has cultural and natural sites classified world heritage by Unesco so they have become global to preserve wealth.

Madagascar has four world heritage to the Palace of Ambohimanga, the Zafimaniry villages, as cultural heritages, the Tsingy of Bemaraha and the forest of the Atsinanana as a natural heritage, However, the latter is also inscribed on the list of world heritage in danger. If Unesco works as a catalyst, the preservation of the sites go to the State. The role of the Department is to make possible the identification of heritage, develop and preserve.

A collaboration between the CMM, the theatrical company Arafito and the GIZ is initiated. A dealing with telefilm of poaching, deforestation and illegal operations of natural resources will be screened. Based on an idea of Eckehart Olszowski, Director of the CMM (Circle germano malagasy), inspired by a famous German police series called «tatort»., This telefilm include five episodes in total and will address themes relating to the preservation of the environment. «Certainly»., the themes dealt with in this project are of significant importance.
However, It is difficult to instill in Malagasy culture of heritage preservation. It is from this observation that was the idea of a fictionalized TV series that combines humour, intrigue and love. In this way, It will be much more likely to attract the attention of viewers about our main objective", explains Ando Rafaela, Director of the Arafito company. Chaining "the five episodes will be totally independent.", the only similarity between them will be the police station which is found at the centre of history and located close to a nature reserve".

The financing of the GIZ (Gesellschaft Internationale Zusammenarbeit) proves to be an excellent opportunity to achieve a cinematographic work of quality. For this purpose, the technical staff of the CMM, as well as the Arafito troupe were able to benefit from the valuable assistance and advice from Stephan Schneider, Director Senior. To say "the troupe is made up of experienced actors., We facilitated the work and will allow us to show that with few resources, belief and perseverance, It is possible to get a good result.. A way for the Director to say that it is also an opportunity for the person to enrich its experience as a filmmaker. The movie will be on the small screen in a few months, shooting sessions are underway at this time. A commendable initiative that will certainly not fail to make echoes by some time.

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