Storja Animalta – an innovative animated TV series about Malta’s rich heritage

Heritage Malta is collaborating on a new animated docufiction TV series, entitled Storja Animalta.

Culture Minister Owen Bonnici welcomed this initiative, and said that, “this series will present Maltese history in such an innovative way that it will certainly entice viewers to learn more about the rich heritage of the Maltese islands.”

He referred to Heritage Malta’s achievements in making our history and heritage more available to the public thanks to inventive ways such as the senior and student passports, amongst others.

Minister Bonnici said the government was investing directly in the culture sector, and that this project will hold an intrinsic role in bringing history into people’s homes.

Based  on  seven  short  episodes  of  around  25  minutes,  each  episode  of  this  animated  docufiction provides  the  viewer  with  a  self-containing  narrative  focused  on  a  particular  character,  group  of people, or period.

These episodes will recount six stories spanning from the building of the prehistoric temples more than 5,000 years ago to the occupation of Malta by the French during the years 1798- 1800 – 7,000 years of history; temple builders; Phoenician merchants; St Paul’s shipwreck; Norman masters; Ottoman attacks; and the French blockade.

The viewer will be sent on a journey through the ages in a chronological manner in order to help build a solid basis of some of the most important events and characters of Maltese history. The main aim of this series is to entice young and old viewers alike to learn more about the rich heritage of the Maltese  islands.  Supplementary  information  will  be  shown  to  complement  the  story  and  further illustrate the context of the characters.

To complement this TV series, Heritage Malta has published a colouring book entitled: Colouring history – Malta and Gozo through the ages.

Apart from having fun colouring, the book includes also a short description about the history of the six stories recounted in Storja Animalta. This colouring book can be bought from Heritage Malta’s museum shops.

Storja  Animalta  is  produced  by  Reciprocal,  in  collaboration  with  Arts  Council  Malta  under  the Kultura TV initiative and Heritage Malta.
Storja Animalta will be aired at 8.30pm every Monday on One TV, starting from 30 September.