{"id":2008,"date":"2018-08-26T07:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T07:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptford.tv\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2018-08-26T07:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T07:49:59","slug":"poetry-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=2008","title":{"rendered":"Poetry on Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVMmFKpQmWY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Poetry on Film is an initiative that beautifully merges the visual art of film with Malta\u2019s rich literature. Each year, Maltese poems are selected to be adapted into a short film which then premieres at the Malta Mediterranean Literature Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the Festival will be happening between the 24th and the 26th of August at Fort Saint Elmo, starting at 8.00PM, with the two selected poetry films being premiered on Thursday 24th August and on Friday 25th August.<\/p>\n<p>The first poetry film is an adaptation of Maria Grech Ganado\u2019s poem\u00a0<em>Relazzjoni<\/em>, by Nicky Aquilina and Lyanne Mifsud, which will be premiered on Thursday 24th.<\/p>\n<p>The second is a poetry film of Victor Fenech\u2019s work\u00a0<em>Fuq G\u0127oljiet Dingli<\/em>, by artist and academic Trevor Borg, which will be premiered on Friday 25th.<\/p>\n<p>Both films will include an introduction by film director and lecturer Kenneth Scicluna.<\/p>\n<div id=\"js_6\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p><a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kulturanews\/videos\/641868666196684\/\">Poetry on Film 2018<\/a> is a Valletta 2018 project in collaboration with Inizjamed which aims to develop the poetry film sector in Malta through training, the commissioning of short poetry films to be screened at the annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, and the export of the commissioned films. The project is central to the Valletta 2018 Foundation and Inizjamed strategy to make poetry more accessible and alive through collaboration and co-creation across different artistic disciplines and media. To stimulate wider interest and activity in the sector and with a view to supporting the high-quality production of poetry films in Malta, the Valletta 2018 Foundation and Inizjamed will commission two more poetry films via a selective process.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of Poetry on Film sees Abigail Mallia and Carlos Debattista are producing a poetry film of Oliver Friggieri\u2019s work \u201cIl-Lejl f\u2019Dan l-Istazzjon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The finished works will be screened during the annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, which will take place between the 23rd and 25th of August 2018 at Fort Manoel, Manoel Island, G\u017cira.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"profileLink\" title=\"Abigail Mallia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abigail.mallia?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBJa6EVCInRLuNTrk031Evwk9HHIYQ0MdXbLl8zx6S978DlWM79GyhNSTkGS0hU9yHPdHPH250zfPrOl-C27sLKrIyNFuCoh99X5Q6Gwip9kl1IVmI3NAQmXhuO9XmgRYrny0zcB9GXFXZ1KBsrUwW8yGD6DMgiZ78Au2r5WXgn_KyppYXleXdU0ne0GlmxHOdyMZ_VAWDRZ1MRWw8KkfKT7F_SS2W0EHgHroeK7EW-P08obpzS7KcRJqqKcdSycpUZ7QePDSrvRCyYUrQq_3aByEzxL4Y8zmVbeN1zj-iWbrfA1jjnUTQ6lvOmufBtOTyBcIYv-F0qh839nCvUkCH0xM6Rzy1j&amp;__tn__=K-R\">Abigail Mallia<\/a> <a class=\"profileLink\" title=\"Carlos Debattista\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carlos.debattista?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBJa6EVCInRLuNTrk031Evwk9HHIYQ0MdXbLl8zx6S978DlWM79GyhNSTkGS0hU9yHPdHPH250zfPrOl-C27sLKrIyNFuCoh99X5Q6Gwip9kl1IVmI3NAQmXhuO9XmgRYrny0zcB9GXFXZ1KBsrUwW8yGD6DMgiZ78Au2r5WXgn_KyppYXleXdU0ne0GlmxHOdyMZ_VAWDRZ1MRWw8KkfKT7F_SS2W0EHgHroeK7EW-P08obpzS7KcRJqqKcdSycpUZ7QePDSrvRCyYUrQq_3aByEzxL4Y8zmVbeN1zj-iWbrfA1jjnUTQ6lvOmufBtOTyBcIYv-F0qh839nCvUkCH0xM6Rzy1j&amp;__tn__=K-R\">Carlos Debattista<\/a> <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Valletta2018\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBJa6EVCInRLuNTrk031Evwk9HHIYQ0MdXbLl8zx6S978DlWM79GyhNSTkGS0hU9yHPdHPH250zfPrOl-C27sLKrIyNFuCoh99X5Q6Gwip9kl1IVmI3NAQmXhuO9XmgRYrny0zcB9GXFXZ1KBsrUwW8yGD6DMgiZ78Au2r5WXgn_KyppYXleXdU0ne0GlmxHOdyMZ_VAWDRZ1MRWw8KkfKT7F_SS2W0EHgHroeK7EW-P08obpzS7KcRJqqKcdSycpUZ7QePDSrvRCyYUrQq_3aByEzxL4Y8zmVbeN1zj-iWbrfA1jjnUTQ6lvOmufBtOTyBcIYv-F0qh839nCvUkCH0xM6Rzy1j&amp;__tn__=K-R\">Valletta 2018 &#8211; European Capital of Culture<\/a> <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inizjamed\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBJa6EVCInRLuNTrk031Evwk9HHIYQ0MdXbLl8zx6S978DlWM79GyhNSTkGS0hU9yHPdHPH250zfPrOl-C27sLKrIyNFuCoh99X5Q6Gwip9kl1IVmI3NAQmXhuO9XmgRYrny0zcB9GXFXZ1KBsrUwW8yGD6DMgiZ78Au2r5WXgn_KyppYXleXdU0ne0GlmxHOdyMZ_VAWDRZ1MRWw8KkfKT7F_SS2W0EHgHroeK7EW-P08obpzS7KcRJqqKcdSycpUZ7QePDSrvRCyYUrQq_3aByEzxL4Y8zmVbeN1zj-iWbrfA1jjnUTQ6lvOmufBtOTyBcIYv-F0qh839nCvUkCH0xM6Rzy1j&amp;__tn__=K-R\">Inizjamed<\/a> <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/821549371363219\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A108%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22post_page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&amp;source=108&amp;action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22post_page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&amp;has_source=1&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBJa6EVCInRLuNTrk031Evwk9HHIYQ0MdXbLl8zx6S978DlWM79GyhNSTkGS0hU9yHPdHPH250zfPrOl-C27sLKrIyNFuCoh99X5Q6Gwip9kl1IVmI3NAQmXhuO9XmgRYrny0zcB9GXFXZ1KBsrUwW8yGD6DMgiZ78Au2r5WXgn_KyppYXleXdU0ne0GlmxHOdyMZ_VAWDRZ1MRWw8KkfKT7F_SS2W0EHgHroeK7EW-P08obpzS7KcRJqqKcdSycpUZ7QePDSrvRCyYUrQq_3aByEzxL4Y8zmVbeN1zj-iWbrfA1jjnUTQ6lvOmufBtOTyBcIYv-F0qh839nCvUkCH0xM6Rzy1j&amp;__tn__=K-R\">Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry on Film is an initiative that beautifully merges the visual art of film with Malta\u2019s rich literature. Each year, Maltese poems are selected to be adapted into a short film which then premieres at the Malta Mediterranean Literature Film Festival. This year\u2019s edition of the Festival will be happening between the 24th and the&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=2008\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poetry on Film<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}