Maleth, Meaning Shelter
Every spring, the Maltese countryside erupts in gunfire as locals hunt migratory bird species. While a war on the practice is waged inside the courts, foreign conservationists meet them on their own land. Set against the urban infrastructure and crumbling limestone of one of the most densely populated countries in Europe, Maleth, Meaning Shelter is a survey of idiosyncrasy and an interrogation of futility within this atmosphere of polarized cultural contention, all as traveling birds attempt to advance toward their breeding grounds in mainland Europe.
RUNNING TIME: 18’SHOT, DIRECTED, AND PRODUCED BY MARTIN GIRARDI AS A MASTER'S THESISW/ AN ORIGINAL MUSICal Score BY KRISTINA HUTCHINSON
A brief trailer:
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