Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival (64)

Inizio del Festival: 28 novembre 2026      Festival si chiude: 28 novembre 2026

One of the longest running film festivals of its kind worldwide. It is a short film festival open to non-professional productions, film school students as well as commercial productions. It is held annually during the last week of November.


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The award consists of a 10 inc (26 cm.) gold plated statuette.


63rd GOLDEN KNIGHT AWARD WINNERS - OFFICIAL RESULTS 2025
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- MORNING STAR - by Zara Balfour - Malta/UK
- MAJINI - by Joshua Neubert, Victor Muhagachi - Germany
- WE THREE KINGS - by Bruce Micallef Eynaud - Malta
- YA HANOUNI - by Lyna Tadount and Sofian Chouaib - France
- A LAS 9 ES LA CITA - by Carlos Ospina - Colombia


The following productions were awarded a
HIGHLY COMMENDED CERTIFICATE by the Festival Jury

- THE REACH – by Luca Caserta – Italy
- SIGNITURE ...... - by Nick Zerafa – UK
- CATS HAVE NO ROOTS - by Anthoniy Hristov – Bulgaria
- REROOTED - by Delphine Coudray -Ireland


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Organized by the Malta Cine Circle
www.goldenknightmalta.org
macc@goldenknightmalta.org

1. The Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival is organized by the Malta Cine Circle and is open to non-commercial,film school students and commercial productions.

2. Entries are not to exceed 30 minutes duration

3. Only one production may be registered on each submission. Each Video clip/disc must contain only one entry.

4. Productions entered in previous Golden Knight Festivals are not eligible to participate.

5. The Organizers solely recognize as the entrant the signatory of the Entry Form.

6. Titles/credits must not have indications of previous awards or of merits pertaining to the production.

7. Limited inserts from commercial productions are allowed, if, in the opinion of the judges, these are directly relevant to the development of the script.

8. If dialogue is not in english language, (if in a language other than english), It is expected that english burn-in subtitles are included.

9. The productions, together with their copyright, remain the property of the producers. The Organizers, however, reserve the right to exhibit the entry to the public for publicity purposes of the Festival and to make copies for the archives.

10. Copyright clearance is the responsibility of the Entrant.

11. The Organizers will appoint a panel of judges whose decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

12. Any attempt by the entrant, directly or indirectly, to influence the organizers towards a favourable assessment of their production will disqualify the entry.

13. All entries will be handled with extreme care, however, the Organisers will not accept any liability for the loss of or damage to the media/DVD's, etc.

14. The decision of the Organizers, as to the interpretation of these rules, is final.

15. Closing Dates: Entry Forms, video clips /DVD's, etc.. are to reach the Festival Secretary by not later than the Regular deadline, 30th September 2026.


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Festival Chairman: Vincent Lungaro-Mifsud
Phone: +356 27418387 | +356 9946 0866

Festival Secretary : Edgar Ciancio
Phone: +356 9947 2513


OFFICIAL ADDRESS:
The Malta Cine Circle – c/o The Festival Secretary
PO Box 450 GPO Marsa MRS 1000 – MALTA
email: macc@goldenknightmalta.org

Organised by the Malta Cine Circle
www.goldenknightmalta.org