Company Profile
Falkun Films is an international production company based in Malta. It was set up in 2007 by Pierre Ellul in collaboration with Anika Psaila Savona to bring thought provoking and moving stories to the screen. The combined strength of both Pierre’s strong background in film production as both an assistant director and a line producer and Anika’s legal background and business affairs knowledge, has served Falkun Films well in both entering into co-productions with carefully selected partners and to building a slate of its own. Recently Falkun Films was the lead producer of Carmen , which was selected as Malta’ s submission to the 95th Academy Awards. That same year Falkun Films co- produced War Sailor, which in turn was selected as Norway’s submission to the 95th Academy Awards. War Sailor is now a mini-series on Netflix. Shortly after Falkun Films co-produced The Dive which is also on Netflix. It is currently developing a slate of films and TV series projects to keep bringing Maltese stories to the screen. Currently it is in development on Southern Winds (Riħ Isfel), the feature film debut of Louise Galizia, whilst working on a select number of other co-productions including In Memory of Times to Come with Ström Pictures.
Company Hightlighs
CARMEN 2022
Genre : Comedy/Drama
Director : Valerie Buhagiar
Screenplay : Valerie Buhagiar
Cast : Natascha Mcelhone; Michela Farrugia
Inspired by true events, Carmen is a charming story set in a village in the
Mediterranean island Malta. Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after
her brother, the priest at the local church, since she was sixteen years old.
Now almost fifty, she is suddenly left to start a new life. Facing her past,
Carmen brings color to the lives of the villagers in this compelling story about
a woman finding her voice.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF); Whistler Film Festival (Best Cinematography award); Kingston Film Festival; Canadian Film Fest (Best Feature Award); Cinequest Film Festival, Sonoma International Film Festival; Female Eye Film Festival (Best of Show Award)
WAR SAILOR / KRIGSSEILEREN 2022
Genre: Drama
Director: Gunnar Vikene
Screenplay: Gunnar Vikene
Cast : Kristoffer Joner, Ine Marie Wilmann, Pal Sverre Hagen
Alfred Garnes is a working-class sailor, who has recently become the father of a third child. He
and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen (Wally) are working on a merchant ship in the middle
of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out.
They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men
struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where at any moment German submarines
may attack their valuable vessels. The war sailors have one goal: to survive – and to return
home.
Meanwhile, Alfred's wife Cecilia struggles through the war alone in Bergen, raising three
children on her own, not knowing whether she will ever see Alfred again. When British aircrafts
attempt to bomb the German submarine bunker in Bergen, they instead hit the primary school
at Laksevåg and civilian homes at Nøstet, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths. When the
news reaches Alfred and Wally in Canada, they wonder if they have anything left at home to
return to.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF); Norwegian International Film Festival,Haugesund; American Society of Cinematographers (Spotlight Award); Camera Image; Palm Springs International Film Festival; Satellite Awards; Nordic Council; Winner of 4 x Amanda Awards out of 7 Amanda award nominations.
THE DIVE 2023
Genre: Drama
Director: Maximilian Erlenwein
Screenplay: Maximilian Erlenwein; Joachim Hedén
Cast : Louisa Krause; Sophie Lowe
Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.
Munich Film Festival