Poetry on Film is an initiative that beautifully merges the visual art of film with Malta’s 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’s 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.

The first poetry film is an adaptation of Maria Grech Ganado’s poem Relazzjoni, by Nicky Aquilina and Lyanne Mifsud, which will be premiered on Thursday 24th.

The second is a poetry film of Victor Fenech’s work Fuq Għoljiet Dingli, by artist and academic Trevor Borg, which will be premiered on Friday 25th.

Both films will include an introduction by film director and lecturer Kenneth Scicluna.

We took our students to see the Cabinet of Futures exhibition and to take part in a workshop organised by our friends the Time’s Up collective. Photos.

The Austrian art and culture group Time’s Up engages the public in playful experiences designed to explore alternative, preferable futures.

Over the course of their stay on the Maltese Islands, this radical team have brought internationally renowned futurists, local experts and everyday citizens together through communal workshops; during these creative meetings, participants have shared imaginative scenarios, dreams and concerns that explore diverse visions of the local future.The year 2018 sees people’s ideas come to life through the resulting site-specific exhibition, Cabinet of Futures. This immersive, walk-through exhibition creates a ‘proto-scientific’ laboratory atmosphere, inviting local individuals and communities to add their own touch to the scenario. With constant creative exchange from all walks of life, the hypothetical futures presented become sites that are continuously evolving into richer and ever-more tangible worlds.