LUZZU

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LUZZU

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LUZZU

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LUZZU

Film Info

Malta 2021 | 95 min. Director: Alex Camilleri

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World Sales

Memento International

Paris

Production Company

Luzzu Ltd

Rabat

Project / Host

European Film Awards

LUZZU

Synopsis

Jesmark, a Maltese fisherman, contends with a newfound leak in his wooden Luzzu boat. Barely getting by, he sees his livelihood — and a family tradition from generations before him — imperiled by diminishing harvests, a ruthless fishing industry, and a stagnating ecosystem. Desperate to provide for his wife and their newborn son, whose growth impediment requires treatment, Jesmark gradually slips into an illicit black market fishing operation.

Cast & Crew

Director

Alex Camilleri
Producer

Rebecca Anastasi, Ramin Bahrani, Oliver Mallia
Screenwriter

Alex Camilleri
Director of photography

Léo Lefèvre
Main Cast

Jesmark Scicluna (Jesmark), Michela Farrugia (Denise), David Scicluna (David)
Casting

Edward Said
Editor (Cut)

Alex Camilleri
Sound

Ryan Billia
Original Score

Jon Natchez
Production Design

Jon Banthorpe
Costume Design

Martina Zammit Maempel
Makeup

Thea Calleja

Biography

Alex Camilleri is a Maltese-American filmmaker. He is an alumnus of both the Sundance and Film Independent labs. As a film editor, his work has screened at major festivals; credits include KEEP THE CHANGE and BLOOD KIN, and as an Associate Editor on HBO’s FAHRENHEIT 451. He is currently preparing his sophomore feature, also to be set in Malta.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - LUZZU
2018 - FAHRENHEIT 451, associate editor
2018 - BLOOD KIN, short, editor
2017 - KEEP THE CHANGE, editor
2017 - PRICKLY PEAR, short
2015 - ICARUS, short film, editor
2014 - 99 HOMES, assistant editor
2012 - AT ANY PRICE, assistant editor
2010 - STILL HERE, short