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Summer 2025
Malta's Third Annual
Mediterrane Film Festival,
set against the backdrop of
the historic 18th-century
Fort Manoel, celebrated 100
years of cinematic artistry
and cultural impact of film in
Malta.
The festival closed with the
June 30 Golden Bee Awards
which awarded prizes for
Best Feature Film, Acting
Performance, Screenwriting,
Production Design, Creative
Technical Performance,
the Jury Award, Rising
Star Award and Career
Achievement Awards.
Marking the 25th anniversary
of Gladiator, Oscar winner
Russell Crowe returned to
Malta to accept the Golden
Formosa
Randon
Honored
at Malta's
Mediterrane
Film Festival
Joseph Formosa Randon, Photo
courtesy Mediterrane Film Fest
Photo by John Rakich/LMGI
Bee Legend Award and
veteran SLM Joseph Formosa
Randon/LMGI accepted a
Career Achievement Award for
his significant contributions to
Malta's film industry.
Formosa Randon's extensive
credits include the feature
films Gladiator II (for which he
is nominated this year for an
LMGI Award for Best Period
Feature Film), Napoleon,
Jurassic World: Dominion,
World War Z, Murder on the
Orient Express, Assassin's
Creed, By the Sea and the
TV series 1923 and Game
of Thrones. His work on
1923 garnered him an LMGI
Award for Best Period TV
Series in 2023.
