ZEJTUNE
synopsis
After her estranged mother’s death, Mar plans to leave Malta for good by selling the farmland she’s inherited. But as she travels the island to claim her land, she meets Nenu, an irrepressible 80-year-old folk singer whose music and spirit challenge her desire to escape. An unexpected connection between past and present grows as Mar slowly warms to the homeland she wanted to turn her back on.
| original title: | Zejtune |
| country: | Malta, Germany, Qatar |
| sales agent: | Films Boutique |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Alex Camilleri |
| film run: | 108' |
| screenplay: | Alex Camilleri |
| cast: | Michela Farrugia, Nenu Borg, Michael Azzopardi, Frida Cauchi, Sean James Sutton, Charles Sammut, Samantha Cassar Ellis, Nicholas Gauci |
| cinematography by: | Quentin Devillers |
| film editing: | Alex Camilleri |
| art director: | Jon Banthorpe |
| costumes designer: | Holly Knowles |
| music: | Jon Natchez |
| producer: | Ramin Bahrani, Alex Camilleri, Oliver Mallia |
| co-producer: | Rebecca Anastasi, Sol Bondy, Fred Burle |
| production: | Pellikola, ONE TWO Films, Doha Film Institute (QA) |


















