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Simshar: Directed by Rebecca Cremona. With Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré, Chrysander Agius. A fishing family from the Mediterranean island of Malta become stranded at sea after their boat, Simshar, sinks.
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Jimi Busuttil. Actor: Simshar. Jimi Busuttil is known for Simshar (2014), Flutter (2015) and The Maltese Fighter (2015).
In Maltese and English with English subtitles. With Lofti Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré. A landmark for Maltese cinema, Simshar is the country’s first film to receive international distribution and its first submission for the Foreign Language Academy Award.
Jimi Busuttil reading the line ‘It’s time to be dead’. Photo: Daniel Cardona It was with great sadness that I heard of the passing away of Jimi Busuttil, the star of Simshar. Although I...
Directed by Rebecca Cremona. Inspired by true events. Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the ‘Simshar’ sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean…
‘Pain is dulled but I will never forget’. Simon Bugeja, the sole survivor of the 2008 Simshar tragedy, attempted to kill himself five times to end his misery. Ahead of the release of the film based...
Simshar is a 2014 Maltese drama film directed by Rebecca Cremona. [1] It was selected as the Maltese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. [2] [3] It was the first time that Malta submitted a film for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. [4]
