Home / News / NBC Literary Short Film Contest 2018 back to news NBC Literary Short Film Contest 2018 Audiovisual • News 1st June, 2018 The National Book Council is pleased to announce that, following a lengthy evaluative process, the Adjudication Board for the Malta Literary Short Film Contest 2018 has unanimously decided to award this year’s fund to ‘Camilla’, a project presented by Mr. Martin Bonnici and his company Shadeena. ‘Camilla’ is a screen adaptation of a short story of the same name by Clare Azzopardi, taken from her collection of short stories titled Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh (Merlin Publishers, 2014) and awarded the 2015 National Book Prize in the Short Stories in Maltese and English category. Azzopardi’s short story follows a mysterious woman from Italy who takes up residence in Naxxar where she is engaged by the locals to write epitaphs for the dead. The film, whose production will start in the coming weeks, should be ready for its first screening by November, when it will feature in a special event at the 2018 edition of the Malta Book Festival (MCC, Valletta, 10 November 2018). Visitors to the Festival will be able to watch the premier screening of the film free-of-charge and will have the opportunity to meet both the director of the film and the author. The members of the Adjudication Board for this year were Andrei Vella Laurenti, Charles Calleja and Mario Cassar. Throughout the production period, the team must be in contact with the National Book Council and the Adjudication Board in order to ensure that the project is developing according to the proposal and in line with the application criteria and rules. SHARE POST Related Articles Malta Book Fund Goes Fully Online with an Increased Budget for 2025 Malta Book Fund 17th March, 2025 Read More The National Book Council has rebranded! News 5th March, 2025 Read More Call for Delegates: Malta Named Focus Country for the 2025 Mediterranea Publishing Fellowship Initiatives 28th February, 2025 Read More The National Book Council at the 2025 London Book Fair News 25th February, 2025 Read More NBC and Wikimedia Malta announce Wikimedians in Residence for National Book Prize Project News 20th February, 2025 Read More National Book Prize 2025 – Applications Are Open National Book Prize 17th February, 2025 Read More NBC empowers local stakeholders at the London Book Fair 2025 Literary Exports 11th February, 2025 Read More The NBC’s Annual Report For 2024 News 4th February, 2025 Read More Festivals, Funds And Initiatives In 2025: Key Dates Festivals 29th January, 2025 Read More Join the NBC at the London Book Fair 2025: Guest Passes for NBC stakeholders from Malta Literary Exports 13th January, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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