The scheme, through its various strands, offers pre-production aid (scriptwriting, project development) and aid to the production of audiovisual works for fiction, animation and documentary projects and cultural programmes in accordance with the Guidelines and Regulations (available below).
The scheme provides financial support in the form of grant to independent audio-visual entities to develop and produce quality-driven cultural audio-visual productions.
The Screen Support Scheme shall provide financial support for cultural productions including animation projects, documentary, fiction, and cultural programmes. It aims to facilitate the creation of eligible works, intended for theatrical release, festivals and broadcast (including VOD/SVOD platforms), that are considered to make a valid contribution to the expression of creativity and culture and are produced according to international standards.
Support can be provided to eligible applicants for their involvement in international co-productions (as majority or minority partners) as long as the application is submitted by the eligible applicant and a co-production agreement is in place (according to industry standards). Projects must display artistic and/or technical co-operation between the co-production partners.
Who can apply?
Applicants must qualify as the following:
An Independent Audiovisual Entity as defined in these guidelines.
The deadline to apply is Tuesday 24th September 2024 at noon. Late application cannot be accepted.
Guidelines
Click here to download guidelines and download application template for Strand 1: Scriptwriting, Strand 2: Development, Strand 3: Short Film, Strand 4: Production feature lenght and Strand 5: Cultural Programmes.
Please find here Screen Support Scheme Addendum.
Applicants are required to register a new profile as from January 2021.
Apply here.
Results
Application Deadline: 24th September 2024
Beneficiary: Falkun Films
Reference number: SSS32-24-4826
Project Title: Waħda Minna
Amount Awarded: €21,000
It takes a shocking and tragic event to break the generational cycle Sharon and her family have been trapped in since forever. But born into a life of sexual slavery and poverty and confronted with her daughter’s potential spiral into more of the same, Sharon finally manages to break away from darkness and set out for a new, more hopeful beginning.
Beneficiary: Culture Venture
Reference number: SSS18-24-4758
Project Title: Paramm Paramm: TV għall-bravi u l-imqarbin
Amount Awarded: €21,000
Paramm Paramm - TV għall-Bravi u l-Imqarbin will be a Maltese children's series, scripted by Marta Vella, celebrating Maltese poetry through vibrant storytelling. It features poems by Immanuel Mifsud from the published poetry book Paramm Paramm and original music by Kris Spiteri from the theatre production inspired by the book. The series will blend stories by three characters and animation by Matt Stroud to create an engaging audio visual experience for children. The series will highlight themes of nature, dreams, and creativity, supporting cognitive development while appealing to both local and international audiences. The first phase involves scripting of 13 episodes, creation of animation and the production of a trailer. The series is linked to the launch of Perlina TV, a new Maltese-language platform by Sharpshoot Media, aimed to foster language preservation by offering original Maltese content for children, addressing a gap in the media landscape.
Beneficiary: Kerry-Ann Calleja McGregor
Reference number: SSS17-24-4751
Project Title: Mother Earth’s Redemption
Amount Awarded: €19,320
Anya, an environmentalist with post traumatic mutism, travels to the remote Island of Comino to solve the mystery of her parent’s disappearance, only to find the unfriendly inhabitants hiding their own weird secrets. Struggling to regain her voice, the deadly silence slowly lifts.
Beneficiary: Jonathan Farrugia
Reference number: SSS30-24-4815
Project Title: The Life in The Life in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (Working Title)
Amount Awarded: €12,967
Founded in 1950, the Ministry for State Security (commonly known as the Stasi) was tasked with securing the rule of the SED and eliminating opponents of the regime. To this end, the Ministry for State Security took over the Soviet basement prison as its central remand centre from 1951. Up until 1989, around 11,000 people were imprisoned both here and in the new prison building, which was completed in 1960. From the 1960s onwards, the Ministry for State Security replaced the physical violence of the 1950s with psychological torture methods. The interrogators systematically created the feeling among the detainees that they were at the mercy of an all-powerful state: the location of their detention centre was concealed from them, and they were strictly isolated from fellow prisoners. When the GDR joined the Federal Republic of Germany on 3rd October 1990, the prison at Berlin-Hohenschönhausen was closed.
Beneficiary: Solari Productions Ltd.
Reference number: SSS20-24-4768
Project Title: Untitled Sky Film
Amount Awarded: €21,000
An outsider becomes tied up in the lives of the wary locals of a beautiful but forbidding village.
Beneficiary: Cassian Camilleri
Reference number: SSS24-24-4782
Project Title: Gwerra
Amount Awarded: €20,800
Floriana, Malta. 1979. Times are tough and there isn’t enough to go around. RAY and MIKIEL are two brothers against the world, leading their gang, the Balzunetta Boys from one victory to the next against their rivals from the other side of town - the Port-side Kids. But as their battles escalate, Ray and Mikiel lose sight of each other; brother turns on brother, and their playground war games get ugly.
Beneficiary: Strada Reali
Reference number: SSS22-24-4778
Project Title: Being Caravaggio
Amount Awarded: €21,000
When a 40-year-old photographer comes to Malta to recreate Caravaggio’s works, he gradually enters a shady, dangerous world, similar to the one he evokes in his pictures.
Beneficiary: Malta Production Hub Ltd.
Reference number: SSS11-24-4836
Project Title: Fillide
Amount Awarded: €33,333
Caravaggio is a world-renowned artist, who’s story is greatly known. But behind every great man is an even greater woman. Fillide, known as Caravaggio’s muse and lover, who also has a story of her own. Through the drama series, Fillide, we delve into Phyllis’s story as she takes on the world of international art theft. She is a skilled grifter and sometime high-class escort whose father’s disapperance, is a niggling mystery that fate is asking her to solve. Can Phyllis bring together a crack team of thieves, illusionists, and con artists to steal the highly-guarded The Beheading of St John from the St John’s Cathedral in Valletta, to bait the powerful people she thinks are responsible for the disapperance of her.
Beneficiary: Falkun Films
Reference number: SSS13-24-4842
Project Title: Riħ Isfel
Amount Awarded: €33,333
A coming-of-age story about a local boy going missing in a remote village on the island of Gozo, and his friends' deep desire to find him and bring him home. Uncovering more about his home and those he loved most.
Beneficiary: Motion Blur Ltd.
Reference number: SSS07-24-4737
Project Title: Waiting to hear from Julia
Amount Awarded: €33,333
A grieving widower has 7 days to secretly connect with his dead wife, while quarantined with his belligerent daughter during the early days of the Corona pandemic.
Beneficiary: Turi Ltd.
Reference number: SSS02-24-4679
Project Title: Mastru Gerfex
Amount Awarded: €33,333
In the heart of the charming Maltese village of Ħal Busbies, Mastru Gerfex, a retired school headmaster with a clumsy yet endearing personality, goes through everyday adventures using his wit, wisdom, and a touch of Maltese charisma to solve problems and share valuable life lessons.
Beneficiary: THWDD Ltd.
Reference number: SSS10-24-4835
Project Title: The House Where Devils Danced
Amount Awarded: €33,333
The House Where Devils Danced is a Limited Series that is moving into the development stage. The story walks a fine line between genres, keeping audiences guessing. It starts as a supernatural haunting in the vein of "The Shining" but then twists as the supernatural element drops away, transforming into a mystery thriller akin to "Rear Window." It is intended for international co-production.
Beneficiary: Tetrad Productions Ltd.
Reference number: SSS14-24-4848
Project Title: Naffed X’Imkien
Amount Awarded: €33,333
A Michelin-starred chef returns to Malta to care for his father during the COVID-19 pandemic, rekindling family bonds and transforming the lives of nursing home residents through the power of food, all while grappling with his own identity and past.
Beneficiary: Michael Bonello
Reference number: SSS23-24-4821
Project Title: My Dearest Mother
Amount Awarded: €17,397
Sarah, the only daughter of her widowed mother, Angie, finds herself living in the shadow of her mother's deteriorating mental state. Angie has descended into severe episodes of psychosis triggered by Jerusalem syndrome following her return from the Holy Land, where she sought solace after her husband's death. Meanwhile, Sarah, once a devout Catholic, has become a victim of the abuse born from her mother's religious fanaticism. As an innocent daughter, Sarah is forced to watch helplessly as her mother spirals deeper into madness, all while searching for answers from God. This spiritual turmoil only pushes Sarah closer to acting on her darkest fears, as she grapples with the emotional toll of her mother's unraveling sanity.
Beneficiary: Henry Zammit Cordina
Reference number: SSS14-24-4791
Project Title: Nannu
Amount Awarded: €12,484
Inspired by true events, Nannu follows eight-year old Michael, and his Nannu, Mikiel, who immigrated to Australia in the 60s. However, Mikiel grows frustrated when he realises his family have begun to lose touch with their Maltese heritage and traditions. Despite their language barrier, Mikiel and Michael begin to form a bond in this heart-warming short film which explores themes of culture, immigration, and legacy. Nannu aims to be an international production, featuring cast, crew and locations in both Malta and Australia.
Beneficiary: Nizza Films Ltd
Reference number: SSS18-24-4807
Project Title: Ċikwejra Selvaġġa (Dandelion)
Amount Awarded: €20,000
On the conservative island of Malta, carefree 16-year old CIK becomes pregnant and a prisoner on her family's farm when her mother MARISA barricades her in her room. Cik must escape. Ċikwejra Selvaġġa is a body horror depicting the conflict which emerges when history, tradition and personal desire come head-to-head in the assertion of women’s bodily autonomy. The film takes it name from the flower, Dandelion: ċikwejra selvaġġa is the Maltese term for the yellow wildflower, indigenous to the Maltese islands – just as our protagonist, Cik, is.
Beneficiary: Sharon Gatt
Reference number: SSS10-24-4765
Project Title: Ted Talk (working title)
Amount Awarded: €19,999
An autistic programmer decodes her self worth in an enlightening conversation with her dragon friend.
Beneficiary: Emma Mattei
Reference number: SSS13-24-4786
Project Title: Revisiting
Amount Awarded: €20,000
After living overseas for many years Vic, 37, has returned to her Gozitan hometown of Għarb to take time to recover, having just been kicked out of her home by her ex-partner. Revisiting after so long, she’s no longer used to the soaring temperatures and the laissez-faire way of life. Finding herself caught between the traditions of her religious past and the pull of modern values, she reflects upon what's been lost in her generation. Vic’s Dad, a practicing Catholic priest, tasks her with helping Sister Margaret, the last nun in a crumbling convent. Vic encourages Sister Margaret to embrace the inevitable, and sell the faltering convent to a high-end hotel chain. As she spends more time with Sister Margaret, she comes to realise that some of the traditions she had once dismissed, hold a meaning that she has been missing.
Beneficiary: Iris Productions Ltd.
Reference number: SSS20-24-4812
Project Title: Il-Promotion
Amount Awarded: €20,000
An indolent office manager resorts to unethical tactics to increase her chances of securing a promotion.
Beneficiary: Sajjetta
Reference number: SSS22-24-4816
Project Title: Stratum (Working Title)
Amount Awarded: €20,000
Thousands of years ago, Malta was on a migratory route between Africa and Europe, teeming with strange animals. Today, it's one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Generations of humans –megalithic temple builders in the Neolithic, Phoenician and Roman empires, Arabs and Crusaders, and British colonisers - transformed its landscapes to one with no remaining wilderness, depauperate biodiversity, and low resilience to a looming climate catastrophe. Though Malta’s curious megafauna likely played essential ecological functions during past cycles of climate change, almost nothing is known about them. New archaeology uncovers the environmental mysteries of Malta’s past and its continued impacts on the present. Archaeologist Prof. Eleanor Scerri, works amidst challenges of rampant over-development, overpopulation and land exploitation to unlock the secrets of this ancient world, gathering and analysing new evidence on ecosystem resilience. What can this deep past tell us about our present and future?
Beneficiary: Matthew Maggi
Reference number: SSS12-24-4772
Project Title: A Song for her Future
Amount Awarded: €20,000
Marco, a struggling country singer and part-time security guard, is determined to keep his passion for music alive while supporting his daughter, Marianne, who is preparing to move abroad for her studies. With only his loyal dog, Bella, by his side, Marco faces financial hardships and personal sacrifices. He enters a local talent competition, hoping to win the prize money and make a difference. Marco discovers that even small victories hold great meaning as he navigates the emotional distance with Marianne and the challenges of his uncertain future. In a story of resilience, pride, and the bond between father and daughter, Marco learns that love and determination can carry him through life's struggles.
Beneficiary: Pellikola
Reference number: SSS15-24-4822
Project Title: Burbank Syndrome
Amount Awarded: €300,000
BURBANK SYNDROME, directed by Pia Borg (DEMONIC, ABANDONED GOODS), is a hybrid documentary-fiction film set in 2023, against the backdrop of the production of Gladiator 2 in Malta. It tells the story of 84-year old Maltese veteran actor, and one-time studio boss, Narcissus Calamatta as he dares to embark on his directorial debut —a vampire slayer comedy.
Beneficiary: Toontuloon Ltd.,
Reference number: SSS04-24-4648
Project Title: Ħbieb Tassew ma’ Fonzu l-Fenek
Amount Awarded: €213,034
Best friends Fonzu l-Fenek, Miċu l-Qattus, Benna l-Baqra, and Lola n-Nannakola travel the world in search of learning and adventure. They are seeking a set of gold coins that will open the gate to a castle, with nasty Ġanni l-Ġurdien in pursuit. Fonzu l-Fenek and his friends are four anthropomorphic animal characters who live in Maltalandja, an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. Throughout the series, the friends spend time together having fun, experiencing adventures, and solving problems and challenges that they encounter along the way. They are keen to work as a team and help those in need. As inseparable companions, they know that they can achieve their goals if they combine their diverse strengths and talents. Apart from teamwork and inclusivity, the four friends also promote values such as civic pride, bravery, curiosity to learn about the world, respect for the environment, and care for all living things.
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