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ISSUE 53 | August 2025 TRUSTED LOCAL NEWS
ROBOTICS COME TO BLACKTOWN
SYDNEY BOAT SHOW SPECIAL FEATURE
Cast and crew of Nannu celebrate a successful project.
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RODUCTION has officially wrapped on Nannu, an intimate and emotionally charged cultural drama inspired by Blacktown writer/director, Matthew C. Vella. The film tells of the personal relationship with Mathew’s late Maltese grandfather. Filming took place in Western Sydney in January 2025 and concluded in Malta in June 2025, marking a deeply symbolic
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collaboration between the two countries. Nannu stars well known Maltese actor and two-time Malta TV Awards nominee Henry Zammit Cordina (L-Għarusa, Ħbieb u Għedewwa, Bizzilla, Il-Klinika) and Film Critics Circle of Australia award winner and AACTA-nominee actress Frances Duca (Ali’s Wedding), and introduces nine-year-old newcomer Henry Stoakes. See page 20.