Mediterrane 2024

Mediterrane 2024: The Verdict

Jul 3, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

The island of Malta adds a Mediterranean-themed film festival in its quest to make the film industry a pillar of its economy.

Mediterrane 2024: The Awards

Jul 1, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Turkish auteur Zeki Demirkubuz’s ‘Life’ (‘Hayat’) with its caustic social critique and a quietly angry feminist message won the top prize at the second edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival.

Inside Malta: an interview with James Vella

Jun 28, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

British-Maltese musician, soundtrack composer and record label boss James Vella talks to The Film Verdict about his deep connections to Maltese music, cinema and culture.

The Strangers’ Case

Jun 28, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Confronting the world refugee crisis head-on in highly dramatic scenes that refuse to let go, Brandt Andersen’s etched-with-an-axe ‘The Strangers’ Case’ is a human disaster movie that passionately describes a chain reaction of real-life horror.

Palazzina Laf

Jun 27, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Italian actor-director Michele Riondino transforms a notorious real-life case of mass workplace bullying into a boisterous social satire in his lively debut feature ‘Palazzina Laf’.

Inside Malta: Fabrizio Fenech

Jun 27, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Representing the younger generation of Maltese filmmakers, Fabrizio Fenech hopes for an uptick of local productions in the future.

Inside Malta: Joseph Formosa Randon

Jun 27, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Expert location manager and line producer Joseph Formosa Randon has worked on the top foreign shoots in Malta.

Inside Malta: An interview with Jon S. Baird

Jun 26, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

Currently head of the jury at Mediterrane Film Festival, the UK-based writer-director Jon S. Baird talks to The Film Verdict about his upcoming projects, his Scottish roots and his personal connections to Malta.

Pirates of the Mediterranean

Jun 26, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024, Verdict Shorts

The historical documentary Pirates of the Mediterranean combines an operation to uncover a 16th century shipwreck with re-enactment and talking heads to explore an overlooked element of Europe’s past.

My Way

Jun 26, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024

The colourful back story behind Frank Sinatra’s signature song ‘My Way’ gets the all-star biopic treatment in this slight but engaging French documentary.

Awards Corner

Mediterrane 2024