MALTAFILM

MALTAFILM is a film production company working from the seafront at Ta' Xbiex, a seafront district close to Gżira and Sliema. It develops and produces projects across film, advertising and entertainment, and its working motto is short and memorable: big production, no bureaucracy.

The company is listed in our directory of video production in Malta. The notes below explain what it does, who it has worked with and how a producer or agency in the UK might approach it.

What MALTAFILM does

Its method is built on scaling the team and the process around the idea. Each project follows a clear point of view from development through to the finished product, with leading talent and the right collaborators brought together so that the work has impact. It operates fast, lean and internationally, which suits clients who want a premium result without a heavy corporate process. For a UK agency or producer, that means a direct conversation with the people who will actually shape the project, not a long chain of intermediaries.

In practice there are four main strands. High-end advertising covers commercials and advertising content from development through delivery. Motion graphics turn ideas into animated worlds, with strong typography, controlled movement and slick transitions. Still photography produces carefully composed images for campaigns, editorial work and brand storytelling, with the same cinematic discipline as the film work. Movie production supports, finances and co-produces international productions.

Credits and international reach

Film credits include co-producing MUTINY, starring Jason Statham and Annabelle Wallis. Campaign work includes BETSAFE with Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen and SOCIOS.COM with Lionel Messi, and the selected work also features a NORDICBET film with Mikkel Kessler. Those names show the company is used to working with international talent and with brands that run campaigns across several countries.

For producers weighing up Malta as a base, the company brings global rebate knowledge to its co-production work, so it can explain how film incentives might affect a budget. Co-producing, in simple terms, means sharing the creative and financial responsibility for a film with a partner abroad, and financing a production means contributing money towards it, which is why a clear budget and timetable help any first conversation. A UK team planning a shoot can look at our flights to Malta guide and the London Heathrow to Malta page for travel planning.

Working from Ta' Xbiex

Ta' Xbiex is a short journey from the shops and promenade of Sliema and within easy reach of Valletta. Visitors staying nearby can browse hotels in Sliema or read the Valletta guide for a day out in the capital.

Foreign productions often need to think about local company set-up as well as cameras. Our guides to Malta's corporate tax structure and to financial services in Malta give background, and the Malta weather guide helps with timing a shoot.

How to get in touch

MALTAFILM invites you to come to it with a project when you are ready. Use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page to tell us about your film, campaign or co-production idea, your timing and your budget range. We pass your message to the business, which can then reply directly. A useful brief states what you want to make, who it is for, where and when you hope to shoot, and whether you need a partner to finance or co-produce, a full advertising team or simply motion graphics and stills. The more detail you give, the easier it is for the company to say how it would approach the work.

If you are still choosing locations, our things to do in Malta page and Gozo guide show the variety of settings available within a short journey.