€1 million by Film Commissioner to fund Reality TV programmes
Taxpayers are now subsidising local reality TV shows on
The Shift Team
April 4, 2025 12:52
Film Commission blocks Fort Ricasoli rental contracts
The Film Commission turned down The Shift’s request for
The Shift Team
March 4, 2025 15:04
Film Commission ‘leasing’ Fort Ricasoli as film set location without title
Concerns have been raised about several lease agreements between
The Shift Team
January 10, 2025 13:42
Value for money? Auditor General questions Johann Grech’s spend
A report on the film industry published last week
Caroline Muscat
November 16, 2024 16:11
Auditor General slams Film Commission for lack of accountability
In yet another scandal involving Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo,
The Shift Team
November 12, 2024 17:07
Grech refusing to publish details on latest €4 million film festival costs
Film Commissioner Johann Grech again refused to be accountable
The Shift Team
September 11, 2024 10:48
Film Commissioner starts new spending spree coinciding with PL’s campaign
Film Commissioner Johann Grech continues to resist questions on
The Shift Team
May 6, 2024 18:59
Johann Grech presents no invoices for €4 million spent on film festival
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Malta’s Film Commissioner Johann Grech
The Shift Team
March 1, 2024 08:36
Saviour Balzan got direct order to market Film Commissioner Johann Grech
Saviour Balzan, the co-owner of Malta Today and presenter
The Shift Team
February 21, 2024 08:00
Opinion: The end of the road
“We will issue all the numbers after the film
Kevin Cassar
February 5, 2024 10:52
Public funds issued for Shark Tank TV reality show
Kurt Farrugia, the former spin doctor of disgraced former
The Shift Team
January 30, 2024 18:00
Opinion: Clayton Bartolo’s garbage
Minister Clayton Bartolo surreptitiously tabled an abridged version of
Kevin Cassar
November 23, 2023 10:28
No answers on film festival spending despite 24 parliamentary questions
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and Film Commissioner Johann Grech
The Shift Team
October 30, 2023 15:13
An epic failure of blockbuster proportions
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. For the past four
Caroline Muscat
October 25, 2023 19:10
Producers silent on Sette Giugno film that got €1.5 million funding
Producers of Blood on the Crown, the 2021 film
Sean Montebello
October 7, 2023 11:52
Sette Giugno propaganda film leaves taxpayers reeling with heavy losses
Just Noise Limited, a company set up by the
The Shift Team
September 25, 2023 18:00
Contradictions in Film Commission studies down to ‘interpretation’
Significant differences in two studies commissioned by the Malta
Sean Montebello
September 23, 2023 12:06
Film Commission studies contradict themselves as filmmakers lament ‘lack of transparency’
Big differences in the reported findings of two unpublished
Sean Montebello
September 21, 2023 14:00
Editorial: Injudicious judicial picnics
News that judges and magistrates attended an event hosted
September 21, 2023 10:30
Film Commissioner files court case in bid to keep Film Festival costs hidden
Film Commissioner Johann Grech has filed a civil court
Sean Montebello
September 13, 2023 18:05
Film commissioner’s cashback rules sideline local crews and spending
The Malta Film Commission’s 40% cash rebate scheme for
Sean Montebello
August 26, 2023 17:58
Information on the film commissioner’s latest spending spree blocked
The government has blocked a Freedom of Information request
Caroline Muscat
August 24, 2023 17:29
Malta Film Commission ‘in the process of publishing’ lavish film festival costs
The Malta Film Commission has declined Freedom of Information
Sean Montebello
August 4, 2023 14:59
PBS director breached code of ethics by taking Mediterrane Film Festival job
Pablo Micallef was recruited by direct order for a
The Shift Team
July 23, 2023 17:06
Orwellian incoherence – Kevin Cassar
Watch Clayton Bartolo play Vicky Pollard from ‘Little Britain’
Kevin Cassar
July 17, 2023 11:36
Minister dodges questions on Mediterrane Film Festival expenses
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo is once again dodging questions
The Shift Team
July 11, 2023 12:54
Tourism Ministry recruiting two people for every worker that leaves
The Tourism Ministry recruited 40 new employees to replace
The Shift Team
May 4, 2023 09:43
The Shift wins another FOI appeal case, bringing total court victories to 11
The Shift on Wednesday won another in its long
David Lindsay
April 19, 2023 12:32
Festivals Malta CEO quits over OPM meddling, more resignations expected
Festivals Malta CEO  Annabelle Stivala has stepped down, The
The Shift Team
April 17, 2023 18:06
Lawyers of Keith Schembri, Rosianne Cutajar get film commission retainer
Lawyers defending the disgraced former prime minister’s chief of
The Shift Team
March 25, 2023 06:36

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