The Cinematheque

Malta

A tour of the Mediterranean archipelago of Malta ignites passion between an American backpacker and a local artist in the sun-kissed debut feature of Julian Galea, an Australian writer-director of Maltese heritage. Starring Myko Olivier (Glee) and Marysia S. Peres (Assassin’s Creed), this steamy two-hander doubles as a love letter to the director’s motherland—a ​“postcard for the destination,” Galea admits—with the country’s medieval villages, megalithic temples, and turquoise lagoons as stunning as the film’s scantily-clad leads. (It also boasts some of the final footage of the world-famous Azure Window before its natural collapse earlier this year.) Named best film at the Malta International Film Festival.