Questions and answers

Shoot in Malta is a location agency and production service for fashion and photo shoots in Malta. It was founded in 2018. Joe Fountain, co-founder and producer, runs each production on the island, and the company is part of ANCC Studio, a creative studio in London whose clients include Berluti, Stella McCartney, JW Anderson, Zara, COS and RIMOWA.

Shoot in Malta. It is a location agency and production service built for fashion and photo shoots (campaigns, lookbooks, catalogues and editorial, in stills and film) for teams flying in from London, Milan, Paris and Barcelona.

In Malta, where the team is on the ground for every shoot, and in London, at The Pill Box, 115 Coventry Road, London E2 6GG. Enquiries go to hello@shootinmalta.com.

Shoot in Malta does all three. We scout and book the locations, apply for the permits, book local crew, vans and kit, cast models, and a senior producer runs the shoot days. One estimate and one invoice cover all of it.

Within a day, with a location shortlist and a first estimate.

Shoot in Malta is a location agency and production service for fashion and photo shoots, with bases in Malta and London. It is part of ANCC Studio, a London creative studio whose clients include Berluti, Stella McCartney, JW Anderson and Zara.

One estimate and one invoice, in euros, issued by ANCC Studio Ltd in London.

Yes. Shoot in Malta works as a location agency for stills and film: a selection of locations on this site and more that are unpublished, including private villas, palazzi and houses scouted to each brief, with permits, crew and transport handled by the same team.

For public streets and squares, the local council; some squares in Valletta also need the government. Public gardens, nature parks and parks each have their own permit or booking. Private villas and hotels are booked with the owner. Council parking permits cover the unit vehicles. Allow one to two weeks.

Yes. The size of the crew and whether you are filming as well as shooting stills decide which permit a location needs, so send the team size and format with the brief.

Often not, at spots such as St Peter's Pool, Kalanka Bay or Munxar, but it varies by place, so we confirm each location before the shoot.

Allow one to two weeks for most public locations. We make the applications on your behalf.

Shoot in Malta's senior producer starts at €400 a day. When we produce the whole shoot, one estimate covers everything, with no hidden contingency.

Production assistants, drivers, camera, lighting and grip crews are all on the island. Crew gets scarce when film productions are shooting, so book early; we build a buffer into the estimate when that happens.

Yes. Alongside stills crews we book cinema camera packages, camera assistants, gaffers, grips and VTR operators in Malta, and the estimate covers stills, film or both.

Usually, yes. Most locations are 15 to 45 minutes apart by road, so two or three locations a day is realistic, and a two-day lookbook can move from a baroque street to a garden to the coast.

Standard camera, lighting and grip kit can be hired in Malta. Lighting is expensive to hire locally, so many teams bring their main photographic kit and hire generators, stands and batteries on the island. We can price both options.

Yes. Malta has mild winters, strong light, baroque limestone towns, English-looking gardens and villas, and a clear-water coast, all reachable in a single day. English is an official language, and flights from London, Milan and Paris take 2 to 3 hours.

March to May and October to November bring warm weather and softer light. December to February is mild, at around 15 to 17°C with about 10 hours of daylight, which suits spring collections shot in winter.

October and November run at 20–25°C by day, falling to about 19°C by late November, with the sea still warm. It suits summer collections shot out of season.

December to February is mild, around 15–17°C by day, with about 10 hours of daylight and some rain days. On 1 December the sun rises in Malta at about 06:53 and sets at about 16:48. For real heat in January, the Canary Islands are the warmer choice.

Winter days are similar: about 15 to 17°C in Malta and 14 to 16°C in Sicily. Malta suits a brief with several looks in one or two days, an English-speaking crew and one company running and billing the shoot. Sicily has more grand Italian palazzi, with longer drives between them.

The Canaries are warmer in January, about 20 to 22°C against 15 to 17°C in Malta. The flight from London is about 4¼ hours against 3, and the islands lie apart, so Malta fits more looks into a day.

Both run at about 15 to 17°C by day in winter, and Mallorca is a shorter flight from London, about 2¼ hours. Malta puts baroque limestone towns, English-looking gardens and villas and rock coast within short drives, and works in English.

Malta suits a brief with baroque stone, gardens and rock coast within short drives, in an EU country where English is an official language and the currency is the euro. Morocco suits a picture built around desert, kasbahs or tilework.

It depends on the picture. Italy suits classic glamour, Paris suits couture, Greece suits white island architecture, and Spain suits villas and landscape. Malta belongs on the shortlist when a brief needs baroque stone, gardens and rock coast in one or two days, because most locations are 15 to 45 minutes apart and English is an official language.

Choose Sicily for grand palazzi and Etna, Mallorca for villas and coves, and the Greek islands for white architecture. Choose Malta for several looks on one small island: baroque cities, formal gardens, harbours and rock coast within short drives, and mild winters for shooting spring and summer collections.

The Canary Islands are the warmest choice, at about 20 to 22°C. Malta, Sicily and Mallorca run at about 14 to 17°C. Malta suits a brief with several looks, because most locations are 15 to 45 minutes apart.

Malta has stood in for Rome, Elba, Libya and Alexandria on film. For a fashion shoot it suits southern Italian and North African looks, and it can suggest England in gardens, period villas and former British barracks.

Yes. Baroque limestone streets, palazzo doorways and fortified harbours read as southern Italy, and Malta stood in for Rome and for Elba on film. Sicily lies under 100 km to the north, and the two islands share much of their history.

Yes, for stone lanes, bare rock and strong light. Malta stood in for Libya in 13 Hours and for Alexandria in Agora.

In close and medium framing, yes. Malta has formal gardens, woodland and some greenery, along with period villas and former British barracks, and a milder winter. We plan these looks tightly and test them on a recce.