dik il-famu\u017ca ikla tal-mafju\u017ci madwar il-mejda ta’ Joseph Muscat u ta’ Keith Schembri<\/a>. Ma’ dik l-istess mejda kien hemm ukoll Engelbert Grech. Dan kien il-kummissarju tal-films qabel tla\u0127\u0127aq Johann Grech u ismu kien fil-lista qasira ta’ fornituri mbuttati minn Johann Grech mal-produtturi li jit\u0127ajjru ju\u017caw lil Malta biex jin\u0121ibdu l-films.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-01-06-at-18.38.00-1.jpg\")
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Din hi l-istqarrija (bl-Ingli\u017c) tal-g\u0127aqda tal-produtturi tal-films:<\/p>\n
PRESS RELEASE MALTA PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThe news today reported by The Shift News that the Malta Film Commission has been caught selectively promoting certain local film production companies to international producers to the exclusion of everyone else in the industry is shocking but hardly surprising. The writing has been on the wall for some time now with many industry stakeholders becoming increasingly concerned that the film industry seems to be doing well only for a chosen few. It should go without saying that the private sector must be allowed to function without any interference from partisan interests.<\/em><\/p>\nThe fact that a government authority is willfully and maliciously interfering with the livelihoods of private citizens is corrupt and utterly unacceptable in a democratic nation in the EU. For years, producers and line producers have been calling for the system to return to being open and transparent, with a full, public directory of producers and other service providers being available online. The Malta Producers Association aligns itself with this call.<\/em><\/p>\nThis is the system used the world over to ensure a level playing field for all stakeholders. It allows international filmmakers to collaborate with persons or companies based on their own research and due diligence. The Film Commission had, some years ago, inexplicably removed the existing online directory and replaced it with an opaque system it called ‘Opportunities For All’. To date no online directory has been uploaded.<\/em><\/p>\nIt is bitterly ironic that despite its title the new system seems to have been designed to be an opportunity for the very few, determined privately and arbitrarily by the Film Commissioner, Johann Grech, who was appointed by the disgraced Konrad Mizzi. We have little doubt that the employees at Malta Film Commission are acting on specific instruction of Johann Grech.<\/em><\/p>\nThis is a blatant abuse of his position and shamelessly distorts the market. It is a blatant violation of the rights of all producers to be given an equal opportunity to work and reveals his talk of providing Opportunities for All to be nothing but pure spin. That this is done in an industry where Malta\u2019s reputation is paramount, makes his actions even more treacherous and deals yet another blow to Malta\u2019s reputation in an industry which is so sensitive to the exercise of good practice and good governance.<\/em><\/p>\nWith Johann Grech caught in flagrante, the MPA demands his immediate resignation and failing that, we call for his immediate removal by the Minister for Tourism, Julia Farrugia Portelli, who is responsible for the film industry. Furthermore, we demand the immediate return of the online directory listing all film personnel. There is no doubt that the film industry will suffer a loss of confidence as a result of today’s revelations but the recovery can begin today on the basis of swift, decisive and uncompromising action to get the industry back on track and moving once more in the right direction. <\/em><\/p>\nFinally, we would like to thank the independent media for their tireless and often thankless work in holding power to account and bringing corruption to the attention of the public and relevant authorities. The only way to combat this kind of institutional corruption is to shine a bright light on it and we urge anyone who has more information on this or any other wrongdoing to find the courage to step forward. Together we can fight this and ensure that the film industry really does provide ‘opportunities for all’ those who hold the industry at heart and are seeking to build a free, fair and sustainable career in the film industry.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ma jkunx bi\u017c\u017cejjed li l-gvern ike\u010b\u010bi lill-Kummissarju tal-Films, skont l-g\u0127aqda tal-produtturi tal-films lokali. Madankollu din it-talba ma tittrattax dwar is-suspett li Johann Grech – eks impjegat tal-Partit Laburista – kien apposta qed inaqqas in-numru ta’ fornituri biex hu jkun jista’ jgawdi direttament. Di\u0121\u00e0 g\u0127andna problema bil-fatt li l-bi\u010b\u010ba l-kbira tal-persuni mda\u0127\u0127la fl-industrija tal-films kienu jokkupaw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87796\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=87796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87796\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87798,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87796\/revisions\/87798\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87777\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=87796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=87796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=87796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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