‘Luzzu’ Director On Telling A Rare Local Tale In Malta & Casting Non-Professional Actors – Contenders International
deadline.comAfter Luzzu made history by becoming the first Maltese feature to compete in a major international festival, the pic now sails its way to the Oscar race as the nation’s International Feature submission.Helmed by debutant director Alex Camilleri (also the editor and writer), the film revolves around Jesmark (Jesmark Scicluna, who picked up Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award), a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta who is forced to risk everything by entering the world of illegal fishing in order to provide for his wife and newborn baby.Camilleri’s identity of growing up in America but being of Maltese decent left him always wanting to explore his home country through film, he said during the film’s panel at Deadline’s
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