Love Actually International Film Festival | In Corpore

What are your plans for this upcoming Valentine’s day?

The In Corpore 'Anna & Manny' story set in Malta has been selected for Love Actually International Film Festival - a critically acclaimed annual screening event, produced by Film Loft | NY on Valentine’s Day each year. 2022 is the the 18th year of screenings.

Love Actually features stories about love, sex, and romance told by acclaimed storytellers from around the globe. WHAT A PERFECT MATCH!

Starting Feb 14th, 2022 (Valentine’s Day), the event will be going ONLINE ONLY (via screening partner BINGEWAVE) from 6.00 pm EST and people from around the globe will be able to get tickets to watch the full slate of films.

NPG’s Sarah Jayne and Ivan Malekin, the directors of In Corpore, will be taking part in the virtual Q&A after the program of films, from 7.30pm EST onwards.

Tickets are now on sale - https://luvfest2022.bingewave.com/f/18th-annual-love-actually-int-l-short-film-showcase.

Cats of Malta Christmas Special Interview

Just when we thought it was safe to sign off for Christmas, the last interview for Cats of Malta in 2021 is happening this Saturday on ONE TV. Yes, it’s a special Christmas edition!

Check out Pink Panther on ONE TV Christmas Day 6pm Central European Time (CET), where you can see director Sarah Jayne talking Cats of Malta in Maltese and English.😺🇲🇹 You can also watch online here.

We will be sending the details out in a Cats of Malta newsletter later this week and we have the link up on the website when it's available.

From Malta to Melbourne: In Corpore Featured in Lovin' Malta

Popular Maltese news outlet Lovin’ Malta did an extensive interview with co-director Sarah Jayne about our latest film In Corpore. The article focuses on love and sex and how our international, sex-positive relationship drama tackles these complex topics from the perspective of the female gaze. We are very grateful to Lovin’ Malta for the terrific write-up. Read the article here and choose a platform to watch In Corpore here.

Free Live Improvisation Course

On Sunday 27th September, at 3pm CEST, we team up with the Malta Film Foundation to teach our course How Improvisation can Improve Your Filmmaking live on Facebook. It is completely free and open to everyone in the world.

From the filmmakers using improv today, to the speed and efficiency of the development and production process, the surprise factor and how it leads to authentic performance, plus many more topics, we'll take you through the advantages of improvisation and how you can use it in your next project.

We think that is pretty cool. 

To go to the event page and find out how you can join us for this free live course click here.

Cats of Malta Begins Production

Production has began on our feature documentary Cats of Malta about the many stray cats of the island and the people who care for them. Our first interview was with Matthew Pandalfino as he re-painted his giant cat sculpture in Sliema, a popular tourist attraction, and we were there to document the process and learn more about why cats are so beloved in Malta. We have more interviews lined up so stay tuned to our website for updates and adorable pictures of cats.

And if you are in Malta and know a cat feeder with an interesting story to tell, we want to speak to them. Get in touch with us. 

Our Lady in Netherlands

Some good news this month. Our first micro-short in the Life Improvised series has been selected into the MoziMotion Film Festival in the Netherlands, which runs from October 5th-13th. The improvised micro short stars local actor Marysia S. Peres as a woman waiting for her date at a Maltese festa, and was shot in Naxxar, right in the middle of the celebrations, marching bands, fireworks, spectacle. A lot of fun!

The teaching run continues

We are still riding high on confidence after a successful improvised filmmaking workshop for teens at Gozo Film Festival over the weekend. So it’s a great time to share that we have been approached by the Malta Film Foundation, who run the yearly Malta Film Weekend, to teach an improvised filmmaking workshop.

Our course will be for adults this time around and take place The Valletta University Campus, Sunday 15th September 10am - noon. For more details, go directly to the Malta Film Foundation website.

The whole weekend festival is a must for any filmmaker, with both short and feature films screening, plus workshops and discussions from local filmmakers happening over the weekend of 14-15th of September.

This was a lot of fun. For those based in Malta who have not made the trip across to the sister island of Gozo for the festival, we say do it!

On Saturday 24th after a late afternoon swim at Ramla Bay, followed by cave exploring in Nadur and an alfresco seafood dinner on a clifftop, we headed off to the Cittadella, where we enjoyed watching locally produced feature film Limestone Cowboy. It was past midnight when we returned to our AirBnb to rest so that we could wake early to prep for our Sunday morning Improvised Filmmaking Workshop for Teenagers, held at the same venue.

This is our third year in attendance and each year we are very happy that we made the trip down from Malta to watch films and be welcomed by really passionate and enthusiastic people who love film as much as we do.

And to teach improvised filmmaking, the niche style we love so much, to young students intrigued by the 'no script' process we developed was an absolute blessing. We played games, filmed scenes, and went over everything from different improvisation styles to developing ideas to filming without a script and more. A big thank you to Gozo Film Festival, its volunteers, and festival director Federico Chini.

We'll be back next year. But we'll be teaching another improvised workshop very, very soon.