LUZZU
2021 Films
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1h 34m
Jesmark, a Maltese fisherman, contends with a newfound leak in his wooden Luzzu boat. Barely getting by, he sees his livelihood — and a family tradition from generations before him — imperiled by diminishing harvests, a ruthless fishing industry, and a stagnating ecosystem. Desperate to provide for his wife and their newborn son, whose growth impediment requires treatment, Jesmark gradually slips into an illicit black market fishing operation.
Direction: Alex Camilleri
Script: Alex Camilleri
Production: Rebecca Anastasi
Co-Production: Ramin Bahrani, Oliver Mallia
Cinematography: Léo Lefèvre
Editing: Alex Camilleri
Production Design: Jon Banthorpe
Costume Design: Martina Zammit Maempel
Make-Up: Thea Calleja
Sound: Ryan Billia
Original Score: Jon Natchez
Cast: Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia, David Scicluna
Original Title: LUZZU
Original Language: Maltese
Film Production Country: Malta
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/luzzu_film/?hl=fr
Biography of the Director/s
Alex Camilleri is a Maltese-American filmmaker. He is an alumnus of both the Sundance and Film Independent labs. As a film editor, his work has screened at major festivals; credits include KEEP THE CHANGE and BLOOD KIN, and as an Associate Editor on HBO’s FAHRENHEIT 451. He is currently preparing his sophomore feature, also to be set in Malta.
Filmography of the Director/s
2018 FAHRENHEIT 451, associate editor
2018 BLOOD KIN, short, editor
2017 KEEP THE CHANGE, editor
2017 PRICKLY PEAR, short
2015 ICARUS, short film, editor
2014 99 HOMES, assistant editor
2012 AT ANY PRICE, assistant editor
2010 STILL HERE, short
Awards Won
Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition 2021: Special Jury Award for Acting (Jesmark Scicluna)
Kosmorama Trondheim FF New Directors competition 2021: Audience Award
Sofia IFF International Competition 2021: Young Jury Award
Production Company:
Luzzu Ltd
Rebecca Anastasi
69, Flat 6, Verdala Heights, Triq Inguanez
Rabat, 01450, Malta
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: N/A
World Sales:
Memento International
Gaëlle Palluel
9, cité Paradis
Paris, 75010, France
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +33 1 53 34 90 33
Website: https://www.memento-international.com/
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