Thursday evening’s Triq Cinemoon Festival focuses on the theme of dancing. This unusual festival, in its fourth year, asks its prospective audience to pick the films that are screened with the general theme this summer being ‘In Motion’.

Muhammad Ali in the 1996 documentary When We Were Kings.Muhammad Ali in the 1996 documentary When We Were Kings.

The films proposed for this week are: When We Were Kings, a 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman; the Australian film The Sapphires, a musical comedy-drama directed by Wayne Blair, which is loosely based on a true story of a four-woman Aboriginal group on a tour of war-torn Vietnam; and Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain (Fúsi), a 2015 Icelandic feature which presents a moving, coming-of-age portrait of a gentle giant, conveying such universal themes as goodness, giving and grace.

The film obtaining the most votes will be shown on Thursday in the evocative surroundings of Valletta’s enchanting night-time streets.

Those who attend can choose their seat on the stepped section of St John’s Street, Valletta, just outside Cafe Society.

To find out more about the festival and to access the relevant event page with links to the films’ trailers where one can vote, look up Triq Cinemoon Festival on Facebook.

Voting closes on Thursday morning with the winning film announced around midday.

Film ratings change dependant on the title.

Screenings start at 8.30pm and entrance is free.

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