MALTA - FILM
CONTENTS
1. Malta - film
8. Films recorded on Malta
2. Index
9. Maltese films
3. Mediterrarean film studios
10. Film servicing
4. Malta Film Studios
11. Maltese actresses, actors and film producers
5. The Malta film commision (MFC)
12. Economic benefits
6. Film production
13. Dictionary
7. About film industry
14. Bibliography
MEDITARRANEAN FILM STUDIOS
Some of films are made in the Maltese film studios Mediterranean Film Studios located near Kalkara. It is here, in the pools allowing for filming sea scenes, fragments of U-571 were created, and during the production of Gladiator, the colosseum and other buildings were specially built to form the scenery of Ancient Rome.
Read more
MALTA FILM STUDIOS
Malta Film Studios is one of the largest production facilities in the world. Having serviced over 200 feature films, television movies, documentaries & commercials, the facilities have an outstanding track record as a reliable and efficient production studio. Malta Film Studios was established in 1964 to facilitate water-based film projects by using a large water tank adjacent to the horizon, and the studio eventually came to be operated by the Maltese government.
Read more
Info
THE MALTA FILM COMMISION (MFC)
The Malta Film Commission (MFC) is the first point of contact for national and international filmmakers in Malta. In 1999, the Malta Film Commission was established to support the Maltese film servicing industry.
Read more
Info
FILM PRODUCTION
Malta offers various possibilities in such a small area, including certain valuable historical buildings, strong connections, and, most significantly, just short distances between each location. Foreign producers can hire film crews, actors and extras casting, production facilities, offices, construction, transportation, props and costumes, accommodation, catering, and other services from Malta's production companies. Additionally, one of the major advantages is, of course, a highly qualified and skilled workforce that is linguistically adaptable and offers cost-effective services in comparison to other European countries. Malta is considered to be a place with fascinating backdrops, a talented workforce, reasonable rental rates for premises and technology, and relatively good privacy, all of which attract foreign actors and artists.
Info
FILM SERVICING
The Maltese landscape and government incentives for foreign productions have both been credited for the development of the Maltese film industry. Malta first began hosting and servicing foreign productions as early as the 1920s. Malta began offering cash rebates for local expenditures to film crews in the country in 2005. Malta is also home to the Kinemastik film festival.
The variety of landscapes in Malta allows it to serve as an alternative production location for several different countries. Valletta, the capital of Malta, has been used to portray Israel in World War Z, Turkey in Midnight Express, and Peru in Kon-Tiki, among other locations. Maltese architecture has also allowed productions to use the country for projects set in Rome, such as Munich and Gladiator, or projects set in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as The Count of Monte Cristo. Malta is a common filming location for epics, such as Troy, Agora and Game of Thrones.
Info
ABOUT FILM INDUSTRY
Of course, many of the films also use the natural scenery of Malta's cities and landscapes. In the scenes for Pirate's Island filmed in Malta, Birgu wharfs played the role of Port Royale. In The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) we can see, inter alia, Birgu, Mdina, Azure Window on Gozo and Saint Mary's Tower on Comino.
When mentioning the "Maltese" films, one cannot, of course, forget about the gem of the world - Popeye with Robin Williams in the title role. And although it didn't turn out to be a cinema hit, it probably left more than all the others in Malta, namely the film village of Sweetheaven, which today is one of the tourist attractions of the island.
Polish filmmakers also happened to shoot in Malta. Last year they appeared here twice, first in February during the filming of two episodes of the TV series Kryminalni, and later in October during the filming of the final scenes of the comedy Nie kłam kochanie.
Watch
Info
PHOTOS
Birgu
Mdina
Lazure Window on Gozo
Saint Mary's Tower on Comino
Popeye Village
Harbour in Birgu
FILMS RECORDED ON MALTA
Between 1998 and 2006 several important foreign film and TV productions took place in Malta. Among them were Gladiator (2000); Munich (2005). Thanks to the recents fiscal stimulus', foreign filmmakers have returned to Malta. Several high-profile TV series and film productions were shot in Malta in recent years, such as Assassin's Creed (2016); Jurassic World Dominion (2020); Foundation (2021), Das Boot (2021); Napoleon (2022).
Watch
Assasin's Creed
Jurassic World Dominion
Gladiator
Munich
Das Boot
Foundation
Napoleon
As a microstate, few local productions have taken place in Malta. Gaġġa was the first film to be produced from an entirely Maltese script, produced as a student film in 1971 and released in 2007 due to its cultural significance. In 2014, Simshar became the feature length Maltese film distributed to an international audience. Simshar was selected to represent Maltese cinema in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Since then, other internationally distributed feature films, such as The Boat, have been produced in Malta. Carmen, a Canadian/Maltese co-production, won the award for best feature film in the 2022 Canadian Film Festival.
MALTESE FILM
MALTESE ACTRESSES, ACTORS AND FILM PRODUCERS
Joseph Calleia (born Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja, August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975) was a Maltese-born American actor and singer on the stage and in films, radio and television.After serving in the British Transport Service during World War I, he travelled to the United States and began his career on the stage, initially in musical comedy, but later in original Broadway productions such as Broadway (1926), The Front Page (1928), The Last Mile (1930) and Grand Hotel (1930). Calleia became a star with the play Small Miracle (1934), his first real role as a villain, and he was put under contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Calleia excelled as the villain in Hollywood films, but he fought against typecasting and created a succession of darkly mysterious characters edged with humor in films such as Algiers (1938), Five Came Back (1939), Golden Boy (1939), The Glass Key (1942) and Gilda (1946). During World War II, Calleia led the Malta War Relief organization in the United States, and toured for the USO and the Hollywood Victory Committee. After the war, he continued to work steadily in motion pictures and television, and he starred in the 1948 London stage premiere of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning play All My Sons. Calleia's performance in Orson Welles's 1958 film Touch of Evil is regarded as one of the best in his career.
JOSEPH CALLEIA
Info
IVAN DE BATTISTA
Ivan De Battista (born 13 September 1977) is a Maltese actor, director, author, and poet/lyricist. He appeared on local television in Simpatici (2001), Il-Madonna taċ-Ċoqqa (2002), Mad-daqqa Niżfnu (2004), Id-Driegħ t 'Alla (2005), Santa Monika (2006), Pupi (2007), and Il-Kristu tal-Kerrejja (2008). He also worked in Carabinieri 1, broadcast on Mediaset Italy. He edited several television documentaries, including Katakombi.
He had a main role in the four seasons of the television serial F'Salib it-Toroq. He directed four short movies, L-Ittra (The Letter) (2002), for which he also wrote the original score; Dilemma (2003), which won Certificate of Merit – MACC 2003 and 2004; Is-Siġġu ta-Roti (The Wheelchair) (2004); and Self Flattery (2005), which both won third place in Best Production at the National MACC Awards Film Festival. He has also directed more than 30 dramatic theatre pieces, in Maltese and in English.
LINO GRECH
Lino Grech (1930 – 2 December 2013) was a Maltese actor, writer and director.
Born in Sliema, Grech was noted for his role on the television drama F'Bahar Wiehed (1970s), the first Maltese-language television series, which broadcast on TVM.
PHILIP MIZZI
Philip Mizzi (born 27 August 1945, Qormi, Malta) is a Maltese actor with a varied body of work on stage, television and film. He has performed in feature and short films such as Agora, Sinbad, Plangent Rain, The Isle and portrayed the protagonist Paul in the award-winning short film In the End.
Info
MARIO PHILIP AZZOPARDI
Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian-Maltese television and film director and writer. He is known for ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009) and RoboCop (1994).
VITORIN GALEA
Vitorin Galea (Isla , December 31, 1926 - March 17, 1996) was a Maltese actress, one of the best actresses of the second half of the 20th century. She had a career of 54 years. The best of her career was in the seventies and eighties.
SIMONE DE BATTISTA
Simone De Battista (born 14 November 1977) is a Maltese film and theatre actress. She started off her career in the theatre and musical scene since she was very young. Her early theatre performances were held at the MTADA Theatre, Blata l-Bajda. As an actress, she performed many major roles in productions with Atturi Salesjani, Bronk Productions, CurtainRaiser Theatre Troupe, Kumpanija Teatru Rjal and Produzzjoni Teatrali Irtokki.
CORYSE BORG
Coryse Borg is a Maltese actress, director and writer, resident in Żebbuġ, Malta. She appeared in Gladiator, Helen of Troy and Revelation. She also has played various parts both in comedies and straight theatrical productions, including Shakespeare and musicals. In 2007 she starred in the Malta Arts Festival production of A Midsummer Nights' Dream, produced by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. She played Sharon in the TV series Dejjem Tiegħek Becky. Other Maltese stage roles included: Sylvia in Life x 3, As You Like It, West Side Story and Jack and the Beanstalk. She has written for a number of other productions, including Malta George Cross, a film on which Borg worked with the assistance of students at the San Andrea School, won Best Screenplay by the Jury of the Documentary and Fiction Festival of Hollywood in 2007. Her directing credits include Glorious, the story of Florence Foster, Jenkins, an MADC production of Audacity.
REBECCA CREMONA
Rebecca Cremona is a Maltese film director. She is the director and co-writer of Simshar, the first Maltese film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Info
VALERIE BUHAGIAR
Valerie Buhagiar (born May 12, 1964) is a Maltese-Canadian actress, film director and television host.She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1986. Her debut as a filmmaker was The Passion of Rita Camilleri, which won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago Film Festival in 1993. She has won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, for The Lorca Play and White Trash, Blue Eyes.
She has also hosted film programming on the Canadian television networks Showcase and TVOntario.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Malta's prominence as a filming location has resulted in significant film tourism. As tourism makes up a significant component of Malta's economy, this has brought significant economic benefits for the country. Following the production of Popeye, the village constructed for the film was converted into the Popeye Village amusement park. Other popular film tourist destinations in Malta include several forts and beaches were major productions were filmed, as well as the facilities of the Mediterranean Film Studios.
Info
DICTIONARY
- converted - nawrócony, przerobiony
- backdrops - tła, prospekty
- linguistically - językowo
- in comparison - w porównaniu
- props - rekwizty
- workforce - siła robocza
- reasonable rental rates for permises - rozsądne stawki czynszu za lokal
- submitted - zgłoszony
- feature film - film pełnometrażowy
- prominence - rozgłos
- significant - istotne, znaczący
- portrayed - odegrał, przedstawił
- excelled - odniósł sukces
- wharfs - nabrzeża
- inter alia - między innymi
- entity - podmiot, jednostka
- faciliator - facylitator
- lobbies for (to lobby for) - starać się wywrzeć wpływ (prawodawca) na daną kwestię.
- attaining - osiąganie
- incentives - zachęty
- implementation - realizacja
- unprecendented - bez procedensu
- injected - wstrzyknięty
- whooping - okrzyki
DICTIONARY
- fought - walczył
- typecasting - zaszufladkowanie, obsadzać ciągle w tych samych rolach (aktora)
- characters edged with humour - postacie z humorem
- steadily - stale
- tank - zbiornik
- rebates - rabaty
- expenditutes - wydatki
- renowned - słynny
- therefore - dlatego, zatem
- exterior - zewnętrzny
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- https://maltafilmcommission.com/malta-film-studios/
- https://www.guidememalta.com/en/malta-and-movies-a-film-industry-a-century-in-the-making
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Malta
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maltese_actors
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maltese_film_directors
- https://maltafilmcommission.com/about-us/
- https://www.moja-malta.pl/kultura-maltanska/malta-i-film
- Photos from Google
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MALTA - FILM
CONTENTS
1. Malta - film
8. Films recorded on Malta
2. Index
9. Maltese films
3. Mediterrarean film studios
10. Film servicing
4. Malta Film Studios
11. Maltese actresses, actors and film producers
5. The Malta film commision (MFC)
12. Economic benefits
6. Film production
13. Dictionary
7. About film industry
14. Bibliography
MEDITARRANEAN FILM STUDIOS
Some of films are made in the Maltese film studios Mediterranean Film Studios located near Kalkara. It is here, in the pools allowing for filming sea scenes, fragments of U-571 were created, and during the production of Gladiator, the colosseum and other buildings were specially built to form the scenery of Ancient Rome.
Read more
MALTA FILM STUDIOS
Malta Film Studios is one of the largest production facilities in the world. Having serviced over 200 feature films, television movies, documentaries & commercials, the facilities have an outstanding track record as a reliable and efficient production studio. Malta Film Studios was established in 1964 to facilitate water-based film projects by using a large water tank adjacent to the horizon, and the studio eventually came to be operated by the Maltese government.
Read more
Info
THE MALTA FILM COMMISION (MFC)
The Malta Film Commission (MFC) is the first point of contact for national and international filmmakers in Malta. In 1999, the Malta Film Commission was established to support the Maltese film servicing industry.
Read more
Info
FILM PRODUCTION
Malta offers various possibilities in such a small area, including certain valuable historical buildings, strong connections, and, most significantly, just short distances between each location. Foreign producers can hire film crews, actors and extras casting, production facilities, offices, construction, transportation, props and costumes, accommodation, catering, and other services from Malta's production companies. Additionally, one of the major advantages is, of course, a highly qualified and skilled workforce that is linguistically adaptable and offers cost-effective services in comparison to other European countries. Malta is considered to be a place with fascinating backdrops, a talented workforce, reasonable rental rates for premises and technology, and relatively good privacy, all of which attract foreign actors and artists.
Info
FILM SERVICING
The Maltese landscape and government incentives for foreign productions have both been credited for the development of the Maltese film industry. Malta first began hosting and servicing foreign productions as early as the 1920s. Malta began offering cash rebates for local expenditures to film crews in the country in 2005. Malta is also home to the Kinemastik film festival.
The variety of landscapes in Malta allows it to serve as an alternative production location for several different countries. Valletta, the capital of Malta, has been used to portray Israel in World War Z, Turkey in Midnight Express, and Peru in Kon-Tiki, among other locations. Maltese architecture has also allowed productions to use the country for projects set in Rome, such as Munich and Gladiator, or projects set in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as The Count of Monte Cristo. Malta is a common filming location for epics, such as Troy, Agora and Game of Thrones.
Info
ABOUT FILM INDUSTRY
Of course, many of the films also use the natural scenery of Malta's cities and landscapes. In the scenes for Pirate's Island filmed in Malta, Birgu wharfs played the role of Port Royale. In The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) we can see, inter alia, Birgu, Mdina, Azure Window on Gozo and Saint Mary's Tower on Comino. When mentioning the "Maltese" films, one cannot, of course, forget about the gem of the world - Popeye with Robin Williams in the title role. And although it didn't turn out to be a cinema hit, it probably left more than all the others in Malta, namely the film village of Sweetheaven, which today is one of the tourist attractions of the island. Polish filmmakers also happened to shoot in Malta. Last year they appeared here twice, first in February during the filming of two episodes of the TV series Kryminalni, and later in October during the filming of the final scenes of the comedy Nie kłam kochanie.
Watch
Info
PHOTOS
Birgu
Mdina
Lazure Window on Gozo
Saint Mary's Tower on Comino
Popeye Village
Harbour in Birgu
FILMS RECORDED ON MALTA
Between 1998 and 2006 several important foreign film and TV productions took place in Malta. Among them were Gladiator (2000); Munich (2005). Thanks to the recents fiscal stimulus', foreign filmmakers have returned to Malta. Several high-profile TV series and film productions were shot in Malta in recent years, such as Assassin's Creed (2016); Jurassic World Dominion (2020); Foundation (2021), Das Boot (2021); Napoleon (2022).
Watch
Assasin's Creed
Jurassic World Dominion
Gladiator
Munich
Das Boot
Foundation
Napoleon
As a microstate, few local productions have taken place in Malta. Gaġġa was the first film to be produced from an entirely Maltese script, produced as a student film in 1971 and released in 2007 due to its cultural significance. In 2014, Simshar became the feature length Maltese film distributed to an international audience. Simshar was selected to represent Maltese cinema in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Since then, other internationally distributed feature films, such as The Boat, have been produced in Malta. Carmen, a Canadian/Maltese co-production, won the award for best feature film in the 2022 Canadian Film Festival.
MALTESE FILM
MALTESE ACTRESSES, ACTORS AND FILM PRODUCERS
Joseph Calleia (born Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja, August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975) was a Maltese-born American actor and singer on the stage and in films, radio and television.After serving in the British Transport Service during World War I, he travelled to the United States and began his career on the stage, initially in musical comedy, but later in original Broadway productions such as Broadway (1926), The Front Page (1928), The Last Mile (1930) and Grand Hotel (1930). Calleia became a star with the play Small Miracle (1934), his first real role as a villain, and he was put under contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Calleia excelled as the villain in Hollywood films, but he fought against typecasting and created a succession of darkly mysterious characters edged with humor in films such as Algiers (1938), Five Came Back (1939), Golden Boy (1939), The Glass Key (1942) and Gilda (1946). During World War II, Calleia led the Malta War Relief organization in the United States, and toured for the USO and the Hollywood Victory Committee. After the war, he continued to work steadily in motion pictures and television, and he starred in the 1948 London stage premiere of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning play All My Sons. Calleia's performance in Orson Welles's 1958 film Touch of Evil is regarded as one of the best in his career.
JOSEPH CALLEIA
Info
IVAN DE BATTISTA
Ivan De Battista (born 13 September 1977) is a Maltese actor, director, author, and poet/lyricist. He appeared on local television in Simpatici (2001), Il-Madonna taċ-Ċoqqa (2002), Mad-daqqa Niżfnu (2004), Id-Driegħ t 'Alla (2005), Santa Monika (2006), Pupi (2007), and Il-Kristu tal-Kerrejja (2008). He also worked in Carabinieri 1, broadcast on Mediaset Italy. He edited several television documentaries, including Katakombi. He had a main role in the four seasons of the television serial F'Salib it-Toroq. He directed four short movies, L-Ittra (The Letter) (2002), for which he also wrote the original score; Dilemma (2003), which won Certificate of Merit – MACC 2003 and 2004; Is-Siġġu ta-Roti (The Wheelchair) (2004); and Self Flattery (2005), which both won third place in Best Production at the National MACC Awards Film Festival. He has also directed more than 30 dramatic theatre pieces, in Maltese and in English.
LINO GRECH
Lino Grech (1930 – 2 December 2013) was a Maltese actor, writer and director. Born in Sliema, Grech was noted for his role on the television drama F'Bahar Wiehed (1970s), the first Maltese-language television series, which broadcast on TVM.
PHILIP MIZZI
Philip Mizzi (born 27 August 1945, Qormi, Malta) is a Maltese actor with a varied body of work on stage, television and film. He has performed in feature and short films such as Agora, Sinbad, Plangent Rain, The Isle and portrayed the protagonist Paul in the award-winning short film In the End.
Info
MARIO PHILIP AZZOPARDI
Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian-Maltese television and film director and writer. He is known for ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009) and RoboCop (1994).
VITORIN GALEA
Vitorin Galea (Isla , December 31, 1926 - March 17, 1996) was a Maltese actress, one of the best actresses of the second half of the 20th century. She had a career of 54 years. The best of her career was in the seventies and eighties.
SIMONE DE BATTISTA
Simone De Battista (born 14 November 1977) is a Maltese film and theatre actress. She started off her career in the theatre and musical scene since she was very young. Her early theatre performances were held at the MTADA Theatre, Blata l-Bajda. As an actress, she performed many major roles in productions with Atturi Salesjani, Bronk Productions, CurtainRaiser Theatre Troupe, Kumpanija Teatru Rjal and Produzzjoni Teatrali Irtokki.
CORYSE BORG
Coryse Borg is a Maltese actress, director and writer, resident in Żebbuġ, Malta. She appeared in Gladiator, Helen of Troy and Revelation. She also has played various parts both in comedies and straight theatrical productions, including Shakespeare and musicals. In 2007 she starred in the Malta Arts Festival production of A Midsummer Nights' Dream, produced by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. She played Sharon in the TV series Dejjem Tiegħek Becky. Other Maltese stage roles included: Sylvia in Life x 3, As You Like It, West Side Story and Jack and the Beanstalk. She has written for a number of other productions, including Malta George Cross, a film on which Borg worked with the assistance of students at the San Andrea School, won Best Screenplay by the Jury of the Documentary and Fiction Festival of Hollywood in 2007. Her directing credits include Glorious, the story of Florence Foster, Jenkins, an MADC production of Audacity.
REBECCA CREMONA
Rebecca Cremona is a Maltese film director. She is the director and co-writer of Simshar, the first Maltese film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Info
VALERIE BUHAGIAR
Valerie Buhagiar (born May 12, 1964) is a Maltese-Canadian actress, film director and television host.She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1986. Her debut as a filmmaker was The Passion of Rita Camilleri, which won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago Film Festival in 1993. She has won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, for The Lorca Play and White Trash, Blue Eyes. She has also hosted film programming on the Canadian television networks Showcase and TVOntario.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Malta's prominence as a filming location has resulted in significant film tourism. As tourism makes up a significant component of Malta's economy, this has brought significant economic benefits for the country. Following the production of Popeye, the village constructed for the film was converted into the Popeye Village amusement park. Other popular film tourist destinations in Malta include several forts and beaches were major productions were filmed, as well as the facilities of the Mediterranean Film Studios.
Info
DICTIONARY
DICTIONARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY