Private sector should invest at Rinella Film Facilities - PN

Just days after a Court of Appeal upheld an eviction order by the Lands Department against Mediterranean Film Studios, the Nationalist Party has called on the government to ensure that the private sector invests at the Rinella Film Facilities.

The action against Mediterranean Film Studios was commenced under the previous administration, when the company failed to pay €803,000 in arrears of ground rent.

The bill accumulated to some €1.5 million with interest.

The case was instituted by the Director of Lands against Mediterranean Film Studios, which has held the Rinella land which hosts the water tanks used for filming since 1995.

Francis Zammit Dimech, the PN spokesperson for Culture and Communications, called for the government to take the “necessary initiative to rehabilitate a site which has huge potential.”

The ministry for home affairs, under which the Malta Film Commission falls, has since said the decision will free up the Rinella Film Facilities for the government’s continued development of the film industry.