Rebecca Cremona

Cremona obtained a BFA (Hons) in Film and Comparative Literature from the University of Warwick, UK, and attended the directing MFA at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles where she made three short films and production designed two others.{{Cite web |last=Stagno-Navarra |first=Karl |date=4 July 2010 |title=Celluliod conquest is imminent - Rebecca Cremona |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/3173/celluliod-conquest-is-imminent-rebecca-cremona#.XIOk4yhKjZt |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=9 March 2019 |website=MaltaToday}} She obtained her MFA (Hons) from Art Center College of Design.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockproductionsmalta.com/directorsrock/rebecca-cremona.html|title=About Rebecca Cremona|last=|first=|date=|website=Rock Productions|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}} There, Cremona wrote and directed Magdalene (2009) which went on to win a Student EMMY and a Directors Guild of America award.{{Cite web |title=Celluliod conquest is imminent {{!}} Rebecca Cremona |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/3173/celluliod-conquest-is-imminent-rebecca-cremona#.XIOk4yhKjZt |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=MaltaToday.com.mt |language=en}}

Early in her career, Cremona worked on a number of films shot in Malta, most notably Munich and Agora.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/reclaiming-cinema-dir-rebecca-cremona-on-her-groundbreaking-debut-simshar-171719/|title=Reclaiming Cinema: Dir. Rebecca Cremona on Her Groundbreaking Debut 'Simshar'|last=Aguilar|first=Carlos|date=16 December 2014|website=IndieWire|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedfilm.cz/unitedvision/index.php/en/articles/item/450-rebecca-cremona-making-film-is-an-art-of-compromise|title=Rebecca Cremona: Making film is an art of compromise|last=Csölleová|first=Eva|last2=Formánek|date=|website=United Film|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}} In 2010, Cremona established [https://kukumajsa.com Kukumajsa Productions], a production company under which Magdalene was produced, and four years later, her debut feature film, Simshar (2014).{{Cite web |title=About Kukumajsa Productions |url=https://kukumajsa.com/about/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Kukumajsa Productions |language=en}} Inspired by true events, Simshar tells the tragic story of five fishing crew members who get stranded after their fishing boat capsizes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/arts/film/44775/simshar_for_oscar_foreign_language_film_nominations#.XIO59yhKjZs|title=Simshar vies for Oscar foreign language film nominations|last=|first=|date=10 October 2014|website=MaltaToday|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}} The film was submitted for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, the first ever Maltese film to be submitted for this award.{{Cite web|url=https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Embassies/Me_Berlin/Pages/News/Maltese-feature-film-Simshar-shown-and-discussed-in-Berlin.aspx|title=Maltese feature film Simshar shown and discussed in Berlin|last=|first=|date=3 March 2017|website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Malta|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}} Simshar is widely referred to as the first ever Maltese international feature film.{{Cite web|url=http://euffto.com/index.php/festival-archives/item/simshar|title=Simshar|last=|first=|date=|website=European Union Film Festival|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160927/local/simshar-the-movie-released-in-french-cinemas.626259|title=Simshar, the movie released in French cinemas|last=Carabott|first=Sarah|date=27 September 2016|website=Times of Malta|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/simshar-review-crosswinds-disrupt-seabased-docudrama-amid-refugee-parallel-plot-20150930-gjxzdv.html|title=Simshar review: Crosswinds disrupt sea-based docudrama amid refugee parallel plot|last=Wilson|first=Jake|date=30 September 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/arts/film/38732/film_review__simshar#.XIPL3ChKjZt|title=Film Review {{!}} Simshar|last=Reljic|first=Teodor|date=7 May 2014|website=MaltaToday|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 March 2019}}

Cremona recently adapted for the screen Juliana Maio's novel, City of the Sun for Sara Risher, and was commissioned to write The Crossing for Samson Films and Boudica Films.{{Cite web |title=About Kukumajsa Productions |url=https://kukumajsa.com/about/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Kukumajsa Productions |language=en}}

In 2021, Kukumajsa Productions was the first Maltese company to be awarded Creative Europe MEDIA funds, which helped Cremona develop two features, a TV series and a short film.{{Cite web |last=Sponsored |date=2024-10-27 |title=Creative Europe MEDIA: Boosting the audiovisual industry to global heights |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/creative-europe-media-boosting-audiovisual-industry-global-heights-a2.1099916 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}} Aside from these projects, Cremona is also developing three other TV series.

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