The full list of nominations for Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival has been unveiled prior to the event’s kickoff, with “Kinds of Kindness” and “The Substance” earning spots among the nominees.
Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival is gearing up to showcase the competing film titles as it prepares to raise the curtain for the event. Prior to the ceremony, the festival has unveiled its list of nominations for the year, featuring Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” and “The Substance,” among numerous other contenders. Notably, the jury panel, including acclaimed director Tim Miller of “Deadpool” and “Terminator,” will evaluate the diverse film lineup. Explore the complete list of nominations below.
Nominations
COMPETITION
- Meeting with Pol Pot, by Rithy Panh
- Negu Hurbilak, by Negu Collective
- Out of Season, by Stéphane Brizé
- Palazzina Laf, by Michele Riondino
- Sweet Dreams, by Ena Sendijarević
- The Damned, by Roberto Minvervini
- The Rye Horn, by Jaione Camborda
- The Strangers’ Case, by Brandt Andersen
- The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
- To a Land Unknown, by Mahdi Fleifel
- Tuesday, by Daina Oniunas-Pusic
- Who Do I Belong To, by Meryam Joobeur
- Backstage, by Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane
- Kinds of Kindness, by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Life, by Zeki Demirkubuz
OUT OF COMPETITION: MALTA EXPANDED
Feature-length Films:
- Hounds of War, by Isaac Florentine
- Jurassic World: Dominion, extended version, by Colin Trevorrow
- Minore, by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
Short Films:
- The Ambush, by Fabrizio Fenech
- Beautiful Lie, by Hristijan Kostovski
- Cookie Box, by Adam Żurawiecki
- I Wish I Never Existed, by Maria Grech, Dylan Odom
- Morning Star, by Zora Balfour
- Pirates and Slaves, by Danielle Proskar
- The Well, by Alan Cassar
OUT OF COMPETITION
- Dear Jassi, by Tarsem Singh
- Hunters on a White Field, by Sarah Gyllenstierna
- I Saw The TV Glow, by Jane Schoenbrun
- The Belle from Gaza, by Yolande Zauberman
- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
- The Devil’s Bath, by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
- Viet and Nam, by Truong Minh Quy
FUTURE VISIONS
- Alex Honnold: The Soloist, by Jonathan Griffith
- All that Remains, by Craig Quintero
- Daughters of Chibok, by Joel Benson
- Eggscape, by German Heller
- Elele, by Sjoerd van Acker
- Empereur, by Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
- Over the Rainbow, by Craig Quintero
- Sen, by Keisuke Itoh
- Space Explorers, by Felix Lajeunesse
- Tales from Soda Island, by Simone Fougnier
- The Blu, by Jake Rowell
- The Imaginary Friend, by Steye Hallema
- Tu Vivras Mon Fils, by Victoria Bousis
- Wallace and Gromit, by Finbar Hawkins, Bram Ttwheam, Lawrence Bennett
MARE NOSTRUM
- A New Kind of Wilderness, by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
- Life and Other Problems, by Max Kestner
- Nocturnes, by Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
- One Needs a Town, by Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini
- Shambhala, by Min Bahadur Bham
- The Human Hibernation, by Anna Cordunella Castro
- The Last, by Sebastian Pena Escobar