Scriptwriter Services

Here is how this works in practice. We connect shoots and brands with scriptwriters based in Malta — for screenplays, episodic and short-form work, commercial and branded scripts, and documentary treatments. English as an official language is a genuine advantage here: Maltese writers work natively in English, so scripts, revisions, and development notes move without translation friction for global clients and producers. The local writing pool is compact but credible, shaped by Malta's own emerging film culture and by decades of proximity to global shoots.

Here is the short of it. Day rates and development costs sit competitively against larger European markets. Remote-joint work workflows let a Maltese writer work directly with a producer or showrunner back home. For projects needing specific genre credits or larger writing teams, we draw on writer networks in Italy and the UK, both well connected to Malta. We match writers to genre and tone and brief them on the project early so development runs efficiently.

Here is the breakdown. Scriptwriting in Malta is informed by an island with extraordinary narrative raw material — 7,000 years of history, the Knights of St John, the Great Siege of 1565, St Paul's shipwreck, the George Cross awarded for WWII endurance, and a deep Catholic festa culture. Maltese cinema has begun mining that material: 'Simshar', the country's first Oscar submission, and the Sundance-recognised 'Luzzu' both drew on today's island life.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The Malta Film Awards and the Mediterrane Film Festival in Valletta anchor the screenwriting community's calendar, while the University of Malta and Malta Film Commission skills initiatives support new writing talent. For shoots developing scripts set in or shooting in Malta, a local writer brings real knowledge of place, language, and culture that a visiting writer would need months to acquire.