Rebecca Cremona Explained

Rebecca Cremona is a Maltese film director. She is the director and co-writer of Simshar, the first Maltese film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Education

Cremona obtained a BA in Film and Comparative Literature from the University of Warwick and an MA in Broadcast Cinema at the Art Center College of Design.[1] She also studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Early in her career, Cremona worked on a number of films shot in Malta, most notably Munich and Agora.[3] [4] In 2009 she directed a short film called Magdalene, which went on to win a Student EMMY and a Directors Guild of America award. In 2014 she directed Simshar, a film which tells the story of the Simshar incident, whereby four persons died in an explosion on a shipping vessel off the coast of Malta.[5]

Simshar was submitted for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, the first ever Maltese film to be submitted for this award.[6] Simshar is widely referred to as the first ever Maltese international feature film.[7] [8] [9] [10]

It is reported that Cremona is working on a feature film titled The Gut, based in the Strait Street area of Valletta, which will feature Maisie Williams in the lead role.[11] [12]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2009 Magdalene Director/Writer Short film
2014Simshar Director/Co-writer Feature film

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Rebecca Cremona. Rock Productions. 9 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Celluliod conquest is imminent - Rebecca Cremona. Stagno-Navarra. Karl. 4 July 2010. MaltaToday. 9 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Reclaiming Cinema: Dir. Rebecca Cremona on Her Groundbreaking Debut 'Simshar'. Aguilar. Carlos. 16 December 2014. IndieWire. 9 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Rebecca Cremona: Making film is an art of compromise. Csölleová. Eva. Formánek. United Film. 9 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Simshar vies for Oscar foreign language film nominations. 10 October 2014. MaltaToday. 9 March 2019.
  6. Web site: Maltese feature film Simshar shown and discussed in Berlin. 3 March 2017. Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Malta. 9 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Simshar. European Union Film Festival. 9 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Simshar, the movie released in French cinemas. Carabott. Sarah. 27 September 2016. Times of Malta. 9 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Simshar review: Crosswinds disrupt sea-based docudrama amid refugee parallel plot. Wilson. Jake. 30 September 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Film Review Simshar. Reljic. Teodor. 7 May 2014. MaltaToday. 9 March 2019.
  11. Web site: EXCLUSIVE: Game Of Thrones' Maisie Williams Returns To Malta To Star In Maltese Film. Cilia. Johnathan. November 2018. Lovin Malta. 9 March 2019.
  12. Web site: Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams: 'I'm still petrified of my peers'. Nicholson. Rebecca. 17 October 2018. The Guardian. 9 March 2019.

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