‘Meagre’ local film fund should be tripled – Arts Council chair

Albert Marshall, chair of Arts Council Malta, has called for closer cooperation between the tourism ministry and the culture ministry to support the local film industry. Photo: Arts Council Malta/Facebook

Money from Malta’s “thriving” foreign film servicing industry should be channelled into local productions that currently must make do with a “meagre” €1 million fund, the chair of Arts Council Malta has said.Albert Marshall said the current film fund needs to “at least” be tripled to €3 million for Maltese indigenous films to thrive in...