Cecil Satariano

Cecil Satariano (1930–1996) was a Maltese film-maker, film critic, film censor and author. A self-taught amateur film maker he bought his first cine camera, a Canon 518 Super 8 camera as a Christmas present to himself in 1968. In 1970 his first film "I'm Furious...Red" gained a Ten Best award in the UK "Movie Maker" magazine competition, the first Super 8 film to do so. The following year with "Giuseppi" he won the top award in the same competition. His subsequent films "The Beach" and "Ilona" did not achieve the same recognition although "The Beach" also received a Ten Best trophy. His next film "Katarin" was shot on 16mm and took several years to make including the preparation of an English language soundtrack. "Katarin" was not entered into the Ten Best Competition but was distributed to cinemas by EMI in the UK as a short film.