International Prize for Department of Agriculture video / Premju Internazzjonali ghal video tad-Dipartiment ta' l-Agrikoltura

International Prize for Department of Agriculture video

The video "Rehabilitation of Wied il-Qlejgha" produced by the Department of Agriculture, was awarded 2nd Prize, in Category C, of the Prize Award by the International Jury of the 15th International Festival AGROFILM ’98, held at Nitra, Slovak Republic, from October 5-9, 1998.

The film "Rehabilitation of Wied il-Qlejgha", which has been recently screened on the local TV station Community Channel, is a vivid account of the importance of conserving water resources in the semi-arid Maltese Islands, and illustrates why this issue was one of the driving forces behind the rehabilitation of the valley system. It is a fascinating journey through Phase I of the project - the preliminary preparations, bio-engineering works on site and the unique natural beauty of the valley. The film was produced by the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of Antoine Zammit, senior cameraman at the Department of Agriculture, who also performed the camera work and post-production. Sonya Vella, Scientific Officer at the Department of Agriculture, was film consultant and carried out the script research. Peter Abdilla of the Department of Agriculture was the script technical advisor, and Tony Parnis was script editor. Commentary was by Godwin Scerri and Marylou Coppini.

AGROFILM is the international film festival, unique in its orientation and content in the world. The objective of the Festival is to inform and disseminate new approaches and information in the sphere of science, research, development and practice in the area of agriculture, food industry, management of water supplies, and ecology of countryside. The 15th International Film Festival AGROFILM ’98 was held at the Research Institute of Animal Production in the old university town of Nitra, under the title "Bread and Peace for People". Within the scope of AGROFILM the International Symposium "Rural Area and Rural Population Development" and the traditional exhibition of artistic works "Encounter of Science and Art" were also organised.

After the preliminary selection, a total of 64 video-programmes from 16 countries and organisations- France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Canada, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Japan, China, Germany, FAO, Poland, Syria, Albania and Malta - were participating in the three categories, a) scientific and popular-scientific, b) educational, instructive and informative, and c) documentaries-publicistic. The films were evaluated and prizes awarded by the International Jury, composed of experts from agricultural academia and film production coming from 10 countries. Malta’s entry was awarded 2nd Prize in Category C - documentaries-publicistic, with the highest number of entries for the competition, a total of 28 films.

Premju Internazzjonali ghal video tad-Dipartiment ta' l-Agrikoltura

Il-video "Rehabilitation of Wied il-Qlejgha" mahdum mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Agrikultura rebah it-tieni premju, fil-kategorija C, moghti minn gurija internazzjonali fil-hmistax-il festival AGROFILM ’98, li sar f’Nitra, Slovakia, bejn il-5 u 9 ta’ Ottubru, 1998.

Il-film "Rehabilitation of Wied il-Qlejgha", li dan l-ahhar intwera fuq l-istazzjon lokali Community Channel, jiddokumenta l-importanza li nharrsu r-rizorsi naturali ta’ l-ilma fil-Gzejjer Maltin, u juri ghaliex din it-tema kienet wahda mill-ghanijiet ghaliex nghata bidu ghall-progett ta’ riabilitazzjoni tal-wied. Id-dokumentarju johodna fi vjagg matul l-ewwel fazi tal-progett - il-preparamenti, ix-xoghol tal-bio-inginerija, u l-gmiel naturali w uniku ta’ Wied il-Qlejgha.

Dan il-video, li huwa produzzjoni tad-Dipartiment ta’ l-Agrikultura sar taht id-direzzjoni ta’ Antoine Zammit, fotografu mad-Dipartiment ta’ l-Agrikultura, li ha hsieb il-filmat kif ukoll il-muntagg. Sonya Vella, Ufficjal Xjentifiku mad-Dipartiment tal-Agrikultura, kienet il-konsulenta ghal dan il-film u ghamlet ir-ricerka ghall-iskript. Peter Abdilla mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Agrikultura ta s-sehem tieghu bhala tekniku, filwaqt li Tony Parnis editja l-iskript. Marylou Coppini u Godwin Scerri qraw l-iskript.

AGROFILM huwa festival internazzjonali uniku fil-generu tieghu. L-ghan ewlieni tal-festival huwa li jservi bhala mezz biex tigi mwassla informazzjoni u teknika gdida xjentifika, ta’ ricerka u zvilupp, fl-oqsma ta’ l-agrikultura, l-industrija ta’ l-ikel, u l-ambjent naturali. Il-Hmistax-il Festival Internazzjonali AGROFILM ’98 gie organizzat gewwa l-Institut ta’ Ricerka dwar il-Produzzjoni ta’ l-Annimali fil-belt storika ta’ Nitra, u kellu bhala tema principali "Hobz u Paci Ghan-nies Kollha". Fl-okkazjoni tal-festival, gew organizzati ukoll symposium internazzjonali "L-ambjent rurali u l-izvilupp tal-popolazzjoni tieghu" u l-esebizzjoni tradizzjonali ta’ xoghlijiet artistici bl-isem "Fejn jiltaqghu x-Xjenza u l-Arti".

Wara li saret l-ghazla preliminari, kien hemm madwar 64 video minn 16-il pajjiz u organizzazzjonijiet internazzjonali - Franza, l-Italja, il-Portugal, Spanja, Kanada, l-Gran Brettanja, ir-Repubblika Ceka, ir-Repubblika Slovakka, il-Gappun, ic-Cina, il-Germanja, l-FAO, il-Polonja, is-Sirja, l-Albanija u Malta - li kienu qed jippartecipaw fi tlett kategoriji a) videos b’tema xjentifika b) videos informattivi jew edukattivi, u c) dokumentarji. Il-films gew maghzula u ggudikati minn gurija internazzjonali li fiha kien hemm esperti akademici u tal-produzzjoni tal-films minn ghaxar pajjizi differenti. Il-video li pprezentat Malta nghata t-tieni premju fil-kategorija C, dik tad-dokumentarji, li fiha kienu qed jikkompetu 28 video, l-ikbar numru ta’ partecipanti fil-festival.