Grech said a next step would be further investment in post-production and VFX companies. The 4,000 square metres facility will feature an environment-controlled, indoor 2,000 square-metre water tank overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Grech said that a previously announced project to construct the country’s first interior sound stage at the Malta Film Studios in Kalkara was advancing and that it would be put out to international tender shortly. “I want our children, our young people to choose a career in the film industry and that’s why we’re having a very robust educational program to ensure we meet those challenges,” Grech told Deadline after his speech.Īlongside Maltese state and EU funding, the programs are also being paid for by a new obligation for productions benefiting from the cash rebate to pay 0.5% of their spend on the island into a special educational fund.Īnother pole of the 2030 strategy is to expand infrastructure and improve existing facilities.
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In a longer-term initiative, the commission has also spearheaded a move to add cinema to the primary school curriculum in Malta, to prime a new generation of film and TV professionals. “I want to increase the workforce by 50% within two years,” he told Deadline. Some 600 local crew are currently working Gladiator 2 alongside 400 international technicians, he said. They just need to be shown how those skills can be deployed on a film set.”Īccording to Grech, Malta currently has around 1,500 people registered as available for work on film and TV productions, with 900 people working on a regular basis. Take a make-up artist working in a salon, or a carpenter making furniture – they already have really strong skills. To enable individuals with existing craft skills to transfer them to the needs of film. “We were ready with short, tailored training courses. And the response was strong – thousands called. Like a happier version of that famous British army recruiting poster – your country needs you. We asked Malta’s skilled workers to step up. There was a danger we would simply run out of people,” he explained. “With Gladiator 2 shooting here in Malta – alongside a host of other productions – it was clear that we were heading for a real crunch in capacity.
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He explained how the country had responded to a looming crew crunch ahead of the busy summer schedule with a European Union-backed program of free courses covering different aspects of production, aimed at encouraging people in Malta’s 290,000-strong workforce to transfer their skills to the film industry. Our task is transforming that raw enthusiasm into skilled crews,” said Grech One in four are interested in working in film. “The film industry has captured the imagination of Malta’s young people. Pre-production is also underway for the return of the news season of France-set show The Madame Blanc Mysteries.Īt the heart of commission’s plan is an ambitious educational and outreach campaign aimed at expanding and up-skilling the country’s pool of film crew. Ridley has returned to his favorite spot of Fort Ricasoli, where he has had Ancient Rome including its colosseum reconstructed, while Last Breath and Not Without Hope made use of Malta’s famed water tanks, which previously hosted the shoots of films like Captain Phillips. The country – which increased its cash rebate to 40% from 30% on eligible local spend at the beginning of 2023 – has hosted 20 productions in the first six months of this year, against 24 productions for the whole of 2022.įour productions have shot or are shooting on the island in June, spanning Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 North Sea oil rig accident thriller Last Breath, capsized fishing boat drama Not Without Hope and reality show House Of Streams. Jerusalem Film Fest Unveils Industry Program Channel 5 Unveils News Editor & Malta's Mediterrane Film Fest Wraps First Edition - Global Briefs
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