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Matthew Boas

39 articles available in total starting from 19/04/2017. Last article published on 18/11/2024.

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Peter Sant • Director of Of Time and the Sea

Interview: Peter Sant • Director of Of Time and the Sea

“Filmmaking is almost an extension of colonialism”

We sat down with Australian director Peter Sant, who broke down his Maltese-language feature debut, Of Time and the Sea, which screened at Valletta last week  

26/06/2019 | Valletta 2019

Review: Of Time and the Sea

Review: Of Time and the Sea

Peter Sant’s confident, slow-burning experimental feature debut, a co-production between Malta and the UK, has been showing on home turf at the Valletta Film Festival  

25/06/2019 | Valletta 2019

Oleg and A Shelter Among the Clouds split the top prize at Valletta

Oleg and A Shelter Among the Clouds split the top prize at Valletta

Juris Kursietis’ fiction on modern-day slavery and Robert Budina’s solemn drama have won the Best Fiction Feature Award; other winners include Where Man Returns and Deep Cuts  

24/06/2019 | Valletta 2019 | Awards

The Valletta Film Forum addresses the problems facing the Maltese film industry

The Valletta Film Forum addresses the problems facing the Maltese film industry

The industry event, which was held as an integral part of the Valletta Film Festival (14-23 June), dissected the obstacles that local filmmakers have to overcome in Malta  

22/06/2019 | Valletta 2019 | Valletta Film Forum

A rich and varied programme in store at the fifth Valletta Film Festival

A rich and varied programme in store at the fifth Valletta Film Festival

From 14-23 June, Malta will host the fifth edition of its most important film gathering, where around 100 fiction, documentary and short films will have their Maltese premieres  

13/06/2019 | Valletta 2019

Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Sibel

Interview: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Sibel

“We had hard-working and talented producers, all working for the sake of the film”

Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, the directors of Sibel, talk to us about their feature, which scooped three awards, including the Cineuropa Prize, at the latest Cinémamed in Brussels  

14/12/2018 | Cinémamed 2018

Álvaro Brechner wins the Golden Pyramid at Cairo with A Twelve-Year Night

Álvaro Brechner wins the Golden Pyramid at Cairo with A Twelve-Year Night

Other fully or partially European winners at the Egyptian gathering included Jamie Jones’ Obey, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Manta Ray and Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass  

03/12/2018 | Cairo 2018 | Awards

Review: Dissonance

Review: Dissonance

Bernard Declercq’s second feature-length fiction film is a dark and disconcerting tale about a woman in a fragile state of mind and her domineering husband  

28/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Bille August • Director of A Fortunate Man

Interview: Bille August • Director of A Fortunate Man

"I want a nice atmosphere on set – the drama should be kept in front of the camera"

At the Cairo Film Festival, we chatted to Bille August about his duties as head of the international jury and his latest feature, A Fortunate Man, which is screening at the gathering  

27/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Review: Rafaël

Review: Rafaël

Amsterdam-born director Ben Sombogaart’s latest feature is a confident piece of work that attempts to tackle the refugee crisis from a very European perspective  

25/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

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