Cinema of Malta

The film industry of Malta consists primarily of location shooting for larger foreign productions.

[citation needed] In 2014, Simshar became the feature length Maltese film distributed to an international audience.

Malta began offering cash rebates for local expenditures to film crews in the country in 2005.

[5] Several high-profile productions have filmed in Malta, including Gladiator, Munich, Assassin's Creed, and Murder on the Orient Express.

Valletta, the capital of Malta, has been used to portray Israel in World War Z, Turkey in Midnight Express, and Peru in Kon-Tiki, among other locations.