The Department of Media & Communications, Faculty of MAKS, will be hosting a research seminar entitled Spotlight on: Malta's emerging Film Industry on Wednesday 22 May 2019.
The seminar entitled 'Spotlight on: Malta's emerging Film Industry' will be held at 12:15 in MAKS Room 507. The speaker is Ms Rebecca Anastasi, Department of Media & Communications, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences.
Programme
12:15 Spotlight on: Malta's emerging Film Industry
13:00 Short break for informal discussion
13:15 Discussion
Light refreshments will be served.
Entrance is free, but a place needs to be reserved by sending an email to maks@um.edu.mt.
Abstract
Malta has been frequently called the 'Hollywood (or Bollywood) of the Mediterranean', due to its buoyant film servicing sector, which capitalizes on the island's cash rebate and tax incentives to attract international productions to the island. But, how have local filmmakers - and the indigenous industry - fared over the past decades and what lies in store? This research seminar will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the local sector, comparing the Maltese situation to other emerging film making nations in order to help identify a way forward, in terms of film education and appreciation, distribution and exhibition, as well as infrastructure and funding.
Speaker profile
Rebecca Anastasi has worked in film production for the past 15 years on international projects produced for the BBC, Sky/Impossible Pictures and HBO, among others, coordinating various aspects of pre-production and shoot. She has co-produced a short film on Maltese migration, From Malta to Motor City, and she is currently producing her first feature film, Vanishing Wake, which is in development. For the past five years, she has been a programmer for the Valletta Film Festival, curating the sections of Without Borders and Feature Film Competition, as well as organising select workshops and conferences within the festival’s educational strand. She is a visiting lecturer at the University of Malta and is researching postcolonial film adaptations as part of her doctoral studies.