The Mini-Hollywood of the Mediterranean”: Strategies and Potentialities of Film Industry in Malta

Teresa Graziano

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-5195/4954

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Teresa Graziano University of Sassari

Teresa Graziano, PhD in Geography at the University of Catania (Italy), was visiting fellow at the Royal Holloway - University of London as well as at the Fondation Maison Sciences de l’Homme in Paris. She is currently working within a three-years project about cultural and creatives industries at the University of Sassari (Italy), as well as a researcher within a regional-funded project about Smart City at the University of Catania, where she also collaborates with the Chair of Geography of Tourism.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-5195/4954

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Malta, Mediterranean Settings, Movie Tourism, Film Industry, Film Commission

Abstract

This paper aims at evaluating the impact of film industry on local economy and territorial attractiveness of Malta. The Mediterranean archipelago has resulted to be one of the preferred film locations in Europe, thanks to the versatility of its natural and urban landscapes but above all the official support given by institutional players through the creation of bodies such as the Malta Film Commission. Thus, the paper deepens the strategies developed on the institutional level to support the film industry, by underlining both the achievements and the still enduring contradictions. It also aims at evaluating whether Malta’s reputation as the “mini-Hollywood of the Mediterranean” has also produced an increase in movie tourists.

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