''Simshar'' is a 2014 Maltese
drama film
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directed by
Rebecca Cremona
Rebecca Cremona is a Maltese film director, screenwriter and producer. Her debut feature film, '' Simshar'', was the first Maltese film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2020, Cremona was honoured with th ...
.
It was selected as the Maltese entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 ...
, but was not nominated.
It was the first time that Malta submitted a film for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
The film tells the story of the
Simshar incident.
During 2015 and 2016, ''Simshar'' entered the global festival circuit, collecting several awards including the Special Achievement Award at the
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
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and Best International Feature at
Edmonton International Film Festival
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. In 2015 Gravitas Ventures (US) obtained the worldwide distribution rights
for the film including for VOD platforms.
Cast
*
Lotfi Abdelli
Lotfi Abdelli (, born March 14, 1970, in Tunis) is a Tunisian actor and comedian.
Biography
Lotfi Abdelli started his artistic career as a dancer in Tunis Conservatory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Sellami, and then in the ballet of the N ...
as Simon
* Jimi Busuttil as Karmenu
* Sékouba Doucouré as Moussa
* Chrysander Agius as John
* Adrian Farrugia as Theo
* Clare Agius as Sharin
* Mark Mifsud as Alex
See also
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List of Maltese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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2014 films
2014 drama films
Maltese drama films
Maltese-language films
Drama films based on actual events
Films about immigration
Films shot in Malta
Films set in Malta
Films set in 2008
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