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Organization | Kukumajsa Productions Ltd. |
Website | https://kukumajsa.com |
Rebecca Cremona is a Maltese film director, screenwriter and producer. Her debut feature film, Simshar , was the first Maltese film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2020, Cremona was honoured with the Order of Merit from the President of Malta for her contributions to the island's cultural sphere. [1]
Cremona obtained a BFA (Hons) in Film and Comparative Literature from the University of Warwick, UK, and attended the directing MFA at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles where she made three short films and production designed two others. [2] She obtained her MFA (Hons) from Art Center College of Design. [3] There, Cremona wrote and directed Magdalene (2009) which went on to win a Student EMMY and a Directors Guild of America award. [4]
Early in her career, Cremona worked on a number of films shot in Malta, most notably Munich and Agora. [5] [6] In 2010, Cremona established Kukumajsa Productions, a production company under which Magdalene was produced, and four years later, her debut feature film, Simshar (2014). [7] Inspired by true events, Simshar tells the tragic story of five fishing crew members who get stranded after their fishing boat capsizes. [8] The film was submitted for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, the first ever Maltese film to be submitted for this award. [8] [9] Simshar is widely referred to as the first ever Maltese international feature film. [8] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Cremona recently adapted for the screen Juliana Maio's novel, City of the Sun for Sara Risher, and was commissioned to write The Crossing for Samson Films and Boudica Films. [14]
In 2021, Kukumajsa Productions was the first Maltese company to be awarded Creative Europe MEDIA funds, which helped Cremona develop two features, a TV series and a short film. [15] Aside from these projects, Cremona is also developing three other TV series.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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2005 | My Story (L-Istorja Tiegħi) | Director | Writer | Producer | Short film |
2006 | Mended Spectacle | Director | Writer | Producer | Short film |
2007 | Second Story Angel | Director | - | - | Short film |
2007 | Kathy's Song | Director | Writer | Producer | Short film |
2009 | Magdalene | Director | Writer | Producer | Short film |
2014 | Simshar | Director | Co-Writer | Executive Producer | Feature film |
2018 | The Accomplice (Il-Kompliċi) | - | Co-writer | Producer | Short film |
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The two official languages are Maltese and English. The country's capital is Valletta, which is the smallest capital city in the EU by both area and population. It was also the first World Heritage City in Europe to become a European Capital of Culture in 2018.
After independence in 1964, Malta followed a policy of close co-operation with NATO countries. Since 1971, the country sought relations with the rest of the world, including communist countries in Eastern Europe and the non-aligned countries.
Television Malta is a terrestrial television network in Malta operated by the national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services. Alongside TVM, PBS operates TVM+, TVMSport+ and Parliament TV.
Simshar is a 2014 Maltese drama film directed by Rebecca Cremona. It was selected as the Maltese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It was the first time that Malta submitted a film for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. The film tells the story of the Simshar incident.