Tag: films
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Film industry in Malta at risk as President Trump slaps 100% tariff on foreign-made films
The foreign film industry in Malta is at risk as President Trump slaps a 100% tariff on any foreign-made film. The announcement was made yesterday evening but was not picked up by the local press. Malta’s foreign film industry is based on very generous expenditure rebates with up to 40% cash-back on expenditure on any…
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A weak Opposition prompted by news headlines instead of leading with policy
Unlike the Shadow Minister of Culture, Julie Zahra, I am not bothered by the comments of a film director about my country, and the outrage, although politically legitimate, (this director was given a tax rebate of €47 million), is very disingenuous, or at best naïve. Calls for Johann Grech to resign should have been made…
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Only broke and washed-up actors would do propaganda for a criminal government
We have a new rising trend in Malta of foreign artists and actors getting paid by the Maltese government to conduct propaganda clips for the government and its apparatchiks and to serve as personal entertainers for our ministers and government executives. Two particular actors, David Walliams and Russell Crowe have been paraded by the Labour…
