Manoel Island and the surrounding area of Gzira was very different from today (and from that of tomorrow). It was mainly a rural area surrounded by fields and a few farm houses. Without the lights of today, the road to Sliema must have looked pretty bleak at night. Manoel Island’s role in 1813 was that… Read More This is how Manoel Island looked in the 1800s
The Bubonic Plague was increasing at such an alarming rate that its death trail was starting to include servants, people responsible to purify the infected houses and gravediggers. Leaving no one to care for the victims. The British Government resorted to using French prisoners for such chores. In 1813 Malta had around 900 French prisoners… Read More Sarangu’s World: The role of French war prisoners in the 1813 Malta Bubonic plague
In March of 1813, three ships (known as brigs) arrived from the port Alexandria, which was infected with the Bubonic plague. The brigs were put into quarantine. One of them – the San Nicola – was quarantined at the Lanzaretto Creek for 14 days until it left again to Alexandria. The Authorities wanted the brig… Read More Sarangu’s World: The 1813 Bubonic Plague
MR TEDDY IS ANGRY is Filfla Studio’s new short animation after Filfla Filfla Studio was awarded a new talent grant by the Malta Film Commission for the production of MR TEDDY IS ANGRY. This is the second short animation produced by Filfla Studio after FILFLA. MR TEDDY IS ANGRY follows the story of a Giant… Read More MR. TEDDY IS ANGRY
FILFLA will be screened on the 15th February at the Silverbird Accra Mall in Ghana as part of the European Film Festival Ghana. This screening is possible with the support of the High Commission of Malta in Ghana.
Filfla Studio has been granted a ‘Research Support Grant’ by Arts Council Malta to explore further the world of Filfla by focusing on the mysterious creature in the animation – The Sarangu (the sack man). The grant will permit to conduct research on the backstory of this creature – a mythological creature in Maltese folk.… Read More The Sarangu’s World
FILFLA – a short animation by Fabrizio Ellul – will be screened at the EU Film Festival in Accra and Kumasi in Ghana in the first week of February. This is screening is possible with the support of the High Commission of Malta in Ghana. Filfla is an award winning short animation by Fabrizio Ellul… Read More FILFLA to be screened in Ghana
2019 was quite a year for FILFLA, with winning the Audience Award at the Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, being an Official Selection in various international film festival, including the Valletta Film Festival and a Finalist at the French Riviera Film Festival. But it’s now time to move on to other projects and develop further… Read More FILFLA is on Retrospective of Jupiter
‘FILFLA‘ is an Official Selection at the ICONA 19 – ANIMATION FESTIVAL in Corfu, Greece. The aim of the first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, which is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program) is to present the best from… Read More OFFICIAL SELECTION: ICONA 19 – ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Filfla – a short animation by Fabrizio Ellul – has been awarded a “special mention” by the jury of the ‘Asia South East Short Film Festival’. ‘Filfla’ follows the story of a woman who goes to look for a boy on the mystical island of Filfla, where a terrifying creature is lurking in its midst.… Read More “Special Mention” at the ‘Asia South East Short Film Festival’
