Now in its 5th edition, il-Premju għall-Arti is a celebration of the main achievements of the Maltese cultural and creati ve industries. As highlighted in the National Cultural Policy 2021 this is a high-profile national event awarding excellence in the field of culture and the arts, while encouraging more professionalism and distinction within the sector. This aligns with ACM’s first guiding principle as stipulated in its Strategy 2025 which is to champion the advancement of the status of the artists, and cultural and creative practitioners.
Nominations were open until noon of the 28th of February 2022, whereby around 350 applications were submitted, out of which 104 nominations were eligible and accepted. The submitted applications were then processed and evaluated according to the established criteria and questions per each category, by external evaluators and Arts Council Malta representatives. The evaluators were selected on the basis of their professional experience related to the categories and specific art forms.
The nominations were announced in no particular order, with the winner of each category to be announced on the Premju għall-Arti night in June.
The shortlisted nominees are:
Best project in the community
fuse Elyse Tonna, produced by the Valletta Cultural Agency
Il-Pożittivi Written by Simon Bartolo, directed by Toni Attard, produced by Culture Venture in collaboration with Chris Vincent Jung, AMASS University of Malta & MGRM
L-Imbuljuta: A Panto in the Dark Written & Directed by Vikesh Godhwani & Marta Vella. Produced by Spazju Kreattiv in Collaboration with Teatru Malta and Esplora.
Best work for young audiences
Alice in Wonderless Land Teatru Malta for Żigużajg
ħożż il-ħsejjes Raffaella Zammit & Elyse Tonna from the Gabriel Caruana Foundation, Wen Chin Fu from Instrument Inventors Initiative, Marvin Zammit from Mighty Box & Andrea Pullicino, for ŻiguŻajg
The Secret Garden Valletta Cultural Agency and Lignin Stories
Best artistic programme or season
Toi Toi Season 1st October 2019- 14th March 2020 Teatru Manoel
Toi Toi Season 1st October 2020-30th September 2021 Teatru Manoel
Spazju Kreattiv - September 2020 to August 2021 Fondazzjoni Kreattività
Young artist of the year
Anna Calleja, Homebound
Marvic Monreal, Mezzo Soprano
Pearl Calleja
Production of the year
Min Hi? Teatru Malta, Ruben Zahra and Trevor Żahra
PROĠETT XX Pierre Portelli commissioned by Spazju Kreattiv
They Blew Her Up Co-produced by Herman Grech and Spazju Kreattiv
Written and directed by Herman Grech
Artist of the year
Francesca Tranter, Art can set us free
Brodu with albums Blu and Bambinella
Claire Tonna
Best creative enterprise
Culture Venture
Stephanie Borg
Innovation award
Alice in Wonderless Land Teatru Malta for Żigużajg
ŻfinMade ŻfinMalta, in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv and Valletta Cultural Agency
Zoom Tyrone Grima, Joseph Galea and Keith Chetcuti
Best international achievement
Charles Paul Azzopardi
The Nobodies A Chalk Line Theatre production, 'The Nobodies' written by Amy Guyler
Victoria International Arts Festival Victoria International Arts Festival Foundation
Audience’s choice
Ħax-Xjuħ Teatru Malta, Josette Ciappara and Tony Cassar Darien
Larinġa Mekkanika Teatru Malta for Żigużajg
Threaded Fine ŻfinMalta, in collaboration with Valletta Cultural Agency
The public can vote for the Audience’s Choice category on www.premju.mt until noon of Thursday the 9th of June 2022. Each person will be entitled to one vote on the basis of their ID card number.
The Premju għall-Arti 2022 awards night will be held on the 15th of June 2022 in the evening, which will also be livestreamed on the Arts Council Malta and Premju għall-Arti social media platforms.
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