Looking on the sea from afar, we imagine a scene of quiet serenity, but the opening shot of the film Luzzu reminds us that the sea is a cacophonous, roaring place. On our island besieged by the ...

Alex Camilleri's locally made vérité tale discovers a knockout performance in a real-life fisherman from Malta. The list of films shot or produced on location in Malta is a short one, with the ...

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When watching any film that won at a leading international festival, I find there is an element of prejudice where one’s mind is already leaning towards receiving the film favourably, where for ...

After Luzzu made history by becoming the first Maltese feature to compete in a major international festival, the pic now sails its way to the Oscar race as the nation’s International Feature ...

film profile], premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the recent Sundance Film Festival. In his social drama, he shows a side of Malta that is a world apart from its traditional, ...

The Maltese film industry must free itself from believing that it must have a Hollywood budget to make a good film, Luzzu director Alex Camilleri said. Speaking during a Q&A after a press screening of ...

Highly refreshing, at this time of drastically narrowed horizons, on account of the great gulps of fresh air afforded by its sunlit seascapes, the film picks masterfully (and honestly) at the thread ...

Writer-director Alex Camilleri's debut feature 'Luzzu,' set on the Mediterranean island of Malta, was produced by filmmaker Ramin Bahrani ('The White Tiger'). By Jordan Mintzer Within the film world, ...

Produced by Ramin Bahrani, this accomplished debut from Maltese-American filmmaker Alex Camilleri profiles little-represented lives with intelligence and integrity. The sad spectacle of Brexit over ...

The luzzu – the traditional Maltese fishing vessel, with its cheerful primary coloured paint job, doubled-ended hull and eyes painted on its prow – is more than just a boat. Just as fishing the waters ...