Shame on Dry Land

Production company: Fedra, Pellikola, Swedish Television, Film Stockholm, Strictly Post
Director/s: Axel Petersen
Producer/s: Sigrid Helladay, Oliver Mallia, Anna Croneman, Charlotta Denward, Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin, Jonny Åhlund
Country: Sweden, Malta
Cast: Joel Spira, Christopher Wagelin, Julia Sporre, Tommy Nilsson, Michal Axel Piotrowski, Jacqueline Ramel, Owen Sciriha, Erica Muscat
Format: Feature Film
Language/s: Swedish, English, Maltese
Genre/s: Drama
Running time: 91min
Year: 2023
Status: Complete

In the shade of Malta’s scorching sun, around the edges of the Swedish online-gambling community, exiled con man Dimman shows up for a lavish wedding, kicking off a desperate and decadent pursuit of redemption.

World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival 2023.

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Odysseus and his love Calypso live a life of pastoral island bliss. But tranquility turns into turbulence, when Odysseus discovers the apparent truth about his history and identity.

Mo

In May 2024, Malta served as a key filming location for Mo Season 2, doubling for Palestine and Mexico in the first and final episodes of the series. The Netflix and A24 production, created by and starring Mo Amer, follows a Palestinian refugee navigating life between two cultures while seeking legal status in the U.S.