Teodor Reljić was born in Belgrade, Serbia and raised in Malta. He writes fiction across various formats, and has been serving as Culture Editor and film critic at MaltaToday for over a decade.

His debut novel, Two, was published by Merlin in 2014 and was shortlisted for the National Book Prize (Malta) in 2015, while his short film ‘Camilla’ -- which he co-wrote with its director Stephanie Sant -- premiered in 2018 after winning the National Book Council’s Literary Short Film competition.

He is the screenwriter for the feature film adaptation of Alex Vella Gera’s novel Is-Sriep Regghu Saru Velenuzi, directed by Martin Bonnici and produced by Shadeena Entertainment, after winning the National Book Council's Feature Film Adaptation Grant.

Making the best of a universal language
Film
Ahead of two of his films being screened at the Rima Film Festival next week,...
Film Review | Special Flight
Film
5/5 • A heady mix of tragicomedy and grim reality, resulting in a...
Shahd Alshammari at the Malta Book Festival 2017
Books
Special guest of this year's edition is Kuwaiti poet and writer Shahd...
Film Review | Blade Runner 2049
Film
* * * * Not just a nostalgic re-tread, but a true spiritual sucessor. Even...
The friendly neighbourhood con is back...
Cultural Diary
...only this time, it’s in another neighbourhood. Teodor Reljic speaks to...
Mounting a farce for all
Cultural Diary
As they prepare to put up Miles Tredinnick’s farcical comedy...
Mounting a farce for all
Theatre & Dance
As they prepare to put up Miles Tredinnick’s farcical comedy...
‘My father was embraced with open arms by the Maltese – if that hadn’t been the case, I wouldn’t exist’
National
Fresh off a workshop involving various young migrants organised by human rights...
No shrinking against the pale moonlight | The Shrinking Violets
Theatre & Dance
Contrary to the implications of their name, newly-minted theatre troupe The...
Reptile rockers slinking onto the scene | Lady Lizard
Music
Weaned on the heaviest of metal subgenres during their former (and current)...
Film Review | The Bad Batch
Film
A love story set in a community of cannibals in a future dystopia. In a desert...
Għala bieb żobbi: the subtle art of not giving a fuck, in Maltese
Entertainment
Three academics banded together to analyse the deeper meanings dormant behind...
Malta Book Festival: Creating the literary reference point
Books
Having just announced this year’s edition of the event, John Grech, the...
Film Review | Insyriated
Film
Described as an arresting tonic of despair, in Damascus, a mother attempts to...
Migrants document their experiences with RIMA's digital storytelling
Cultural Diary
A series of workshops in digital storytelling hosted by the RIMA project...
Laughs for both Shakespeare savant and novice alike in Unifaun’s new production
Theatre & Dance
Teodor Reljic catches up with Joseph Zammit, Nathan Brimmer and James Ryder,...
Reading between the lines of the city | Kristina Borg
Art
Fresh off a trip to Haarlem, Netherlands to participate in the collective...
Film Review | It
Film
Muschetti’s adaptation of the King novel breaks exactly zero new ground...
Film Review | Killer concept murdered by rushed execution
Film
A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook with deadly...
Wedded to the music
Cultural Diary
Teodor Reljic catches up with David Gedge, front man for long-standing British...