Carmen (2021 film)

Carmen is a Maltese-Canadian drama film, directed by Valerie Buhagiar and released in 2021.[1] Inspired in part by the real experiences of Buhagiar's own aunt Rita, the film stars Natascha McElhone as Carmen, a woman in Malta who has spent much of her adult life obeying a patriarchal tradition of serving as a caretaker for her brother after he joined the Roman Catholic priesthood, but who finds herself free to explore her own desires and goals in life as she nears age 50.[1]

Carmen
Directed byValerie Buhagiar
Written byValerie Buhagiar
Produced byCoral Aiken
Pierre Ellul
Anika Psaila Savona
StarringNatascha McElhone
Richard Clarkin
Steven Love
CinematographyDiego Guijarro
Edited byMatt Lyon
Peter Strauss
Production
companies
Aiken Heart Films
Falkun Films
Distributed byStoryboard Media
Release date
  • December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04) (Whistler)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Maltese

The cast also includes Richard Clarkin, Steven Love, Mikhail Basmadjian, Maxime Durand, Michaela Farrugia, Peter Galea and Henry Zammit Cordina.

The film was shot in Malta in 2019.[2]

The film was screened for distributors in the Industry Selects program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, but was not made available to the general public.[3] It had its public premiere at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival,[4] where Diego Guijarro won the award for Best Cinematography in a Borsos Competition film.[5]

In 2022 it was screened at the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto, where it won the award for Best Film.[6]

References
  1. Dana Gee, "Family member's sheltered life of servitude inspires filmmaker to shade the patriarchy". Vancouver Sun, December 12, 2021.
  2. Ben Dalton, "Natascha McElhone signs to star in Valerie Buhagiar’s ‘Carmen’, now shooting in Malta". Screen Daily, July 19, 2019.
  3. "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Conversations, Industry Selects, Special Event Lineups". Shoot Online, August 24, 2021.
  4. Charlie Smith, "Whistler Film Festival movies, including The Pink Cloud and Drinkwater, are available online across Canada". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2021.
  5. Charlie Smith, "Cinema of Sleep wins Borsos award for best Canadian feature at Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 20, 2021.
  6. "Maltese film Carmen gets best feature award in Canadian Film Fest". Times of Malta, April 5, 2022.
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