The third episode of the Malta Film Film Festival now has officially programmed.
Taking place in Valetta, the capital of the island, from June 21 to 29, the festival has confirmed more than 40 films in 20 countries, established a series of Masterclass presentations featuring filmmakers like Joe Carnahan and Catherine Hardwicke and locked a Golden Bee Lifetime Achievely Achieve Award in Jeremy Thomas, founder of recorded.
The 10 films making up the main competitions are as follows: Uberto Pasolini The return with The English patient Ralph Fiennes veterinarians and Juliette Binoche; The beginnings of director of Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Hot milkAdapted from Deborah Levy’s novel and with Vicky Krieps and Emma Mackey; Guido Chiesa For the love of a woman; Athina Rachel Tsangari Harvest Based on Jim Cracce’s novel; Maltese director Joshua Cassar Gaspar Caravaggio flight; Amel Guellaty Where the wind comes from About a road trip of a young couple through Tunisia; Igor Bezinović’s Documentary Meta FIUME DEATH!; Shelah El Gunni The injury; Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Mystery Reflection in a dead diamond; And Julio Memem 8.
Fiennes and Binoche in Pasolini’s The return.
With the kind permission of modern films
A motionless of Bezinović’s documentary FIUME DEATH!
Gracieuse of the Mediterrane Film Festival
A motionless by Guellaty Where the wind comes from.
Gracieuse of the Mediterrane Film Festival
The titles torn to project competition at the Mediterrane Film Festival include the beginnings of the IRA Sachs Sachs Film Festival Peter Hujar’s day With Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall; Malta erotic thriller Compulsion by Neil Marshall with and co-written by Charlotte Kirk; Polly Steele Four love letters With Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne; Chris Reading Time travel is dangerous With Johnny Vegas, Jane Horrocks, Sophie Thompson and Mark Heap and told by Stephen Fry; Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard The extraordinary Miss Fleur With the Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini; James Griffith Wallis Island Ballad With Tom Basden, Carey Mulligan and Tim Key; Andrew Ahn The wedding banquet With Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran and Joan Chen; Jakarta’s post-war period Love is a battlefield; Experimental film by Piotr Winiewicz About a heroWho mixes artificial intelligence and the work of the German author Werner Herzog with his permission.
The Film Film Film Mediterrane 2025 also presents a sidebar organized in collaboration with Filalia which celebrates the new Italian filmmakers: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt’s Porn-Meet-Politics tells Future diva With Pietro Castellitto, Barbara Ronchi and Denise Capezza; The catchy musical of Margherita Vicario Gloria! About a group of young women confined to the 18th century Venice; and Maria Grazia Perria Love and glory – The long deledda About the life of the Sardinian novelist Grazia Deledda.
In other news from the sidebar, the festival’s navy section, which is organized around climate and environmentalism themes, will show Sandra Winter in Children of Land Lands About the last two adolescents of the island of Jean Charles de la Louisiana; Eleanor Mortimer What is the depth of your love on unknown sea creatures in the middle of the threat of marine exploitation; Pia Marais Amazon Jungle-Set Transamazon; Léo Favier Miyazaki: spirit of nature on the life and works of the Japanese host Hayao Miyazaki; The animation of David Baute Black butterflies; And Robin Petre Only on earth About Galicia, one of the most prone to European forest fires and its impact on horses.
As previously indicated, this year’s jury includes Hardwicke (Dusk), The production designer winning Oscars, Rick Carter (Avatar), Costume designer Charles Antoinette (Air), Elli Griff setting decorator (Napoleon), James Price production designer (Poor things), Maltese director Mario Philip Zocopardi (Zos: separation zone). The jury will determine the beneficiaries of the Golden Bee Awards, a list that will be unveiled during a gala on June 29.
In addition to the sessions with Carnahan and Hardwicke, the Masterclass presentations of the Festival will also put the members of the Jury Carter and Griff, the laureate of the Lifetime Achievement Award Thomas and the chief of the original films of Amazon Glenn Gain.
This year’s festival is organized with the theme “We are film”, which is supposed to be a reflection of the festival mission to unite the creators and the public to honor the universal language of the film. He also aligns himself with an important stage of Malta: 2025 marks 100 years of cinema in the region, dating back to his first feature film, 1925 Son of the sea. During the century since the century, it has become a hot production center thanks to its architecture, landscapes and water -based facilities in Malta’s cinema studios. The films that have been shot in the region include Gladiator, Troy, Game of Thrones, Napoleon And many others.
“While we celebrate 100 years of cinema in Malta, we are honored to welcome an exceptional panel of judges who reflect the depth, diversity and world scope of contemporary cinema. Together with our festival commissioner, Mark Adams, we are committed to shaping a program that does not honored Malta’s cinematographic past, but also the festival champions, but also the director of the festival -goers. Ray Calleja.
Adding the Malta cinema commissioner, Johann Grech: “The Film Film Film Mediterrane was born from a simple but powerful idea – to connect the creative spirits of the Mediterranean and through Europe and transform their ideas into reality. We defend the opportunity, collaboration and creativity. ”
More information on the Film Film Mediterrane this year and its range can be found here.
A sea plan off the coast of Malta, which houses the Mediterrane film festival.
Gracieuse of the Mediterrane Film Festival
