It’s not unusual to see Malta on screen. Much like the UK, it’s a popular filming location for Hollywood mega-pics, recently playing host to World War Z, Captain Phillips, and the HBO series Game of Thrones. Unlike Britain, however, Malta’s indigenous film industry is almost non-existent, and the country has never produced a film that has been distributed outside its borders.
This fact might have led Rebecca Cremona to choose a simpler career path. The Maltese native studied for her first degree at Warwick University, before moving to Pasadena to study an Ma. While in the States, her short film, Magdalene won a DGA jury prize, and an honourable mention at the 2009 Student Emmys. With that momentum behind her, she could well have begun to carve out a career in Los Angeles, or London, or Paris. Instead she returned to Malta.
Around the same time as Rebecca was finishing her Ma,...
This fact might have led Rebecca Cremona to choose a simpler career path. The Maltese native studied for her first degree at Warwick University, before moving to Pasadena to study an Ma. While in the States, her short film, Magdalene won a DGA jury prize, and an honourable mention at the 2009 Student Emmys. With that momentum behind her, she could well have begun to carve out a career in Los Angeles, or London, or Paris. Instead she returned to Malta.
Around the same time as Rebecca was finishing her Ma,...
- 5/30/2014
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
European Union Film Festival is being organized in Mumbai by Spanish Consulate in collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of India.
The festival will run from 9th May 2010 to 19th May 2010 at Fun Republic, Andheri (W) and Metro big Cinemas, Dhobi Talao. The admissions to the shows are free and on first come first serve basis.
Schedule For Metro Big Cinemas
Monday 10.05.2010
6.00 p.m.Roosters Breakfast (Slovenia/2007/124minutesDir – Marko Nabersnik)
8.00 p.m.Grave Decisions (Germany/2006/104 min/M Rosemuller)
Tuesday 11.05.2010
6.00 p.m. Luxemburg (Luxemburg/2007/90min/C Wagner)
8.00 p.m. Magdalene (Malta/2009/25 min/Dir – Rebecca Cremona)Christopher Columbus (Portugal/2007/75 min/M De Oliveira)
Wednesday 12.05.2010
6.00 p.m. -The Beheaded Rooster (Romania/2007/90 min/R Gabera)
8.00 p.m. -One Hundred Nails (Italy/2007/92 min/E Olmi)
Thursday13.05.2010
6.00 p.m. -The World is Big Salvation Lurks Around the Corner( Bulgaria/2008/105 min/Stephen Komandrev)
8.00 p.m. -The Age Stupid ( UK/2009/92 min/F Armstrong)
Friday14.5.2010
11.00 a.m. - ATale...
The festival will run from 9th May 2010 to 19th May 2010 at Fun Republic, Andheri (W) and Metro big Cinemas, Dhobi Talao. The admissions to the shows are free and on first come first serve basis.
Schedule For Metro Big Cinemas
Monday 10.05.2010
6.00 p.m.Roosters Breakfast (Slovenia/2007/124minutesDir – Marko Nabersnik)
8.00 p.m.Grave Decisions (Germany/2006/104 min/M Rosemuller)
Tuesday 11.05.2010
6.00 p.m. Luxemburg (Luxemburg/2007/90min/C Wagner)
8.00 p.m. Magdalene (Malta/2009/25 min/Dir – Rebecca Cremona)Christopher Columbus (Portugal/2007/75 min/M De Oliveira)
Wednesday 12.05.2010
6.00 p.m. -The Beheaded Rooster (Romania/2007/90 min/R Gabera)
8.00 p.m. -One Hundred Nails (Italy/2007/92 min/E Olmi)
Thursday13.05.2010
6.00 p.m. -The World is Big Salvation Lurks Around the Corner( Bulgaria/2008/105 min/Stephen Komandrev)
8.00 p.m. -The Age Stupid ( UK/2009/92 min/F Armstrong)
Friday14.5.2010
11.00 a.m. - ATale...
- 5/7/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The DGA announced Friday the winners of its 2009 student film awards for African-American, Asian-American, Latino and female directors.
In the African-American category, Rashaad Ernesto Green of Nyu ("Premature"), Edward Osei-Gyimah of USC ("Kwame") and Sharon Hill of UCLA ("Shades of Gray") took the prizes.
In the Asian-American category, Theresa Wu of Columbia University ("Smoke and Mirrors"), Edward Kim of UCLA ("To Wander in Pandemonium") and Ken Ochiai of AFI ("Half Kenneth") were the winners.
Antonio Mendez Esparza of Columbia University ("Una y Otra Vez"), David Martin-Porras of UCLA ("Ida y Vuelta") and Jessica McMunn Macias of UCLA ("Soleil") won the Latino category.
And Eliza Subotowicz of Columbia University ("Ben"), Erika Cohn of Chapman University ("When the Voices Fade") and Rebecca Cremona of Art Center College of Design ("Magdalene") took the prizes in the womens category.
All the winning films will be screened and the awards presented in ceremonies at DGA...
In the African-American category, Rashaad Ernesto Green of Nyu ("Premature"), Edward Osei-Gyimah of USC ("Kwame") and Sharon Hill of UCLA ("Shades of Gray") took the prizes.
In the Asian-American category, Theresa Wu of Columbia University ("Smoke and Mirrors"), Edward Kim of UCLA ("To Wander in Pandemonium") and Ken Ochiai of AFI ("Half Kenneth") were the winners.
Antonio Mendez Esparza of Columbia University ("Una y Otra Vez"), David Martin-Porras of UCLA ("Ida y Vuelta") and Jessica McMunn Macias of UCLA ("Soleil") won the Latino category.
And Eliza Subotowicz of Columbia University ("Ben"), Erika Cohn of Chapman University ("When the Voices Fade") and Rebecca Cremona of Art Center College of Design ("Magdalene") took the prizes in the womens category.
All the winning films will be screened and the awards presented in ceremonies at DGA...
- 11/13/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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