Pre-Festival events
Sunday 21 August | Rodolfo Häsler: Leaning against the Edge
Interviewed by Jean Paul Borg, at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, 8.00pm. In English.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Organized by Inizjamed and Spazju Kreattiv
Tuesday 23 August | Marc Nair: Busy Telling Stories
Interviewed by Anna Zammit, at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, 8.00pm. In English.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Organized by Inizjamed and Spazju Kreattiv
Wednesday 24 August | Open Mic / Palk Ħieles
Maori Bar, Triq il-Lanċa, Valletta, 9.00pm. Various languages.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Coordinated by Antoine Cassar on behalf of Inizjamed
Friday 26 August | Launch of the Kurdish Literature Website
()Chaired by Alexandra Buchler, in the Chapel at Fort St Elmo, Piazza d’Armi, Valletta, 7.00pm. With the participation of Cinwanmerd Kulek, Ezel Yilmaz (Diyarbakir Arts Centre) and Monique Agius. In English.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Organized by Inizjamed and Literature Across Frontiers
Il-Programm tal-Festival / Festival programme
Piazza d’armi, il-Forti Santi’Iermu, il-Belt Valletta /Piazza d’armi, Fort St Elmo, Valletta
8.00pm
Il-qari se jkun l-aktar bil-Malti u bl-Ingliż, imma jinqraw ukoll xi xogħlijiet bil-lingwa oriġinali
Readings will be mostly in Maltese and English, but some works will also be read in their original language
Il-Ħamis 25 ta’ Awwissu / Thursday 25 August
- Preżentazzjoni tal-film ġdid “Meta tiġi MariRos” ta’ Martin Bonnici, imnebbaħ minn poeżija ta’ Lillian Sciberras. Introduzzjoni ta’ Caldon Mercieca. Proġett bi sħab bejn Inizjamed u l-Fondazzjoni Valletta 2018.
- Mark Vella (Malta)
- Ciwanmerd Kulek (it-Turkija)
- Joe P. Galea (Malta)
- Roja Chamankar (l-Iran), qari u intervista (bl-Ingliż) minn Nadia Mifsud
Mużika: Effie Azzopardi (trumbetta), Rafel Grima (drums), David Grech (kitarra), Samwel Grima (kuntrabaxx)
Il-Ġimgħa 26 ta’ Awwissu / Friday 26 August
- Marc Nair (Singapore), poeżija u mużika
- Film animat tal-poeżija tad-direttur Kristian Pedersen tal-poeżija “Pipene / The Pipes” ta’ Øyvind Rimbereid (in-Norveġja), b’introduzzjoni ta’ Birgit Hatlehol tal-Oslo internasjonale poesifestival
- Abigail Ardelle Zammit (Malta)
- Rodolfo Häsler (Kuba/Spanja)
- Films tal-poeżija minn Highlight Arts tad-direttriċi Yasmin Fedda ippreżentati minn Caldon Mercieca: “A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats“, poeżija ta’ Kei Miller, u “A Letter to My Mother in the Year 1980” ta’ Miriam al Attar (trad. ta’ Nia Davies)
- Abderrahim Sail (il-Marokk)
- Daniel Massa, qari (bil-Malti) u intervista (bl-Ingliż) minn Kenneth Wain
Mużika: Marc Nair (Singapore)
Is-Sibt 27 ta’ Awwissu / Saturday 27 August
- Preżentazzjoni tal-film ġdid LOML ta’ Gilbert Calleja u Matthew Attard imnebbaħ mill-poeżija “Tibqa’ Int” ta’ Ray Mahoney. Introduzzjoni ta’ Caldon Mercieca. Proġett bi sħab bejn Inizjamed u l-Fondazzjoni Valletta 2018.
- Rita Saliba (Malta)
- Samantha Barendson (Franza)
- Elias Khoury (il-Libanu), qari u intervista (bl-Ingliż) minn Norbert Bugeja
Mużika: Francesca Galea (vuċi), Kris Spiteri (pjanu)
