Home / News / L-adattament ta’ ‘Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi’ Back to News L-adattament ta’ ‘Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi’ Audiovisual • News • Taħt il-Qoxra 23rd July, 2021 In this week’s programme we spoke to the author of the 2013 National Book Prize-winning novel Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi (Merlin Publishers, 2012), Alex Vella Gera, and the director of its upcoming film adaptation, Martin Bonnici. We discussed with them their hopes for how the film will be received by audiences, the process behind the novel and the film, and the way this piece of work reflects on the past and present social and political realities of Malta. The film ‘Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi’, produced with the support of the National Book Council’s Film Adaptation Fund, will debut in local cinemas on Friday 6 August at Eden Cinemas. Books discussed in this program: Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi (Merlin Publishers, 2012) We remind listeners that this episode is being broadcast at the same time on Radju Malta. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsdzXETYgD0[/embedyt] SHARE POST Related Articles Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! Literary Agent Simon Trewin offers free Zoom session to stakeholders News 26th May, 2025 Read More CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POSITION OF DIRECTOR (EXECUTIVE) WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL News 16th May, 2025 Read More The Malta Book Festival 2025 Will Be Writing Anew! News 14th May, 2025 Read More The 2025 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest is Now Open for Entries News 12th May, 2025 Read More Call for Short Stories About Valletta for Comma Press’ Reading the City Series News 28th April, 2025 Read More Have Your Say: The National Book Council 2025-2030 Strategy Up for Public Consultation News 28th April, 2025 Read More Exhibitors — apply now to participate at the 2025 Malta Book Festival! News 15th April, 2025 Read More The 41st PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th April, 2025 Read More National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2025 longlist published National Book Prize 2nd April, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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