Film buffs are in for a special treat when KRS Film Distributors and Eden Century Cinemas team up to hold the first International Film Festival on the island.
A film from each of 14 countries will be shown every day during the festival, which will kick off on November 26 and run until December 9.
Despite the fact that mass audiences shy away from films with sub-titles, there is a growing section of people who thirst for this kind of alternative art film, KRS general manager Charles Pace said.
"Many find sub-titles discouraging so cinema audiences for international films can be disappointing at times. This is why we wanted to organise a festival to encourage more people to give foreign films a chance," he said.
"We will continue bringing in these films as long as there is an audience and we must thank Eden and St James Cavalier for continuing to show foreign films."
Mr Pace, accompanied by the Eden Leisure Group's director of operations, Edward Fenech, was speaking at a press conference to launch the festival.
The mix of films chosen is intended to entice a new crowd and cater for everyone's tastes, with a choice of thrillers, action, adventure, romantic war drama and social dramas.
Mr Pace said that considering Malta's population there was quite a consistent cinema following with attendances reaching over one million a year.
Last year KRS brought in over 434 prints of 185 films, while up to this month over 442 prints of 177 films were shown on the big screens across the island.
During the film festival, which both KRS and Eden hope will become an annual event, tickets will be reduced to Lm2. Mr Fenech said that every film will be screened several times during the day.
The festival starts on November 26 with a big bang, showing Bad Education, an intense film on schoolboy relationships by Spanish heavyweight director Pedro Almodovar and starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
On November 27 the Brazilian film Carandiru will be screened. This is an adaptation of the best-selling book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella, which tells the haunting story of the infamous Sao Paulo prison through the eyes of a doctor.
The British film Wondrous Oblivion will follow, telling the story of a young Jewish boy who dreams of learning cricket under the guidance of his Jamaican neighbour - relations frowned upon in south London in the 1960s.
On November 29 the Danish/Swedish film Lilya 4-Ever will be screened, followed by the award-winning Italian film I'm Not Scared, about a young boy who discovers another boy hidden in a hole on a disused farmhouse.
The Argentinean film Valentin is up next, telling the tale of a boy who, despite his very poor eyesight, dreams of becoming an astronaut.
On December 2, Eden will screen the controversial and powerful Mexican film The Crime of Padre Amaro, in which a handsome young priest challenges the vow of chastity when he falls in love with a young, devout Catholic girl.
The humorous German film Good Bye Lenin! is up next, followed by the French film Bon Voyage, a gripping thriller of Nazis, spies, scientists, journalists and a petty crook.
On December 5 the Russian film The Return will be shown, followed by Zatoichi, a Japanese adventure film, and Uzak, a Turkish film on unemployment.
The last two films are Amandla, on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and People I Know, an American drama starring Oscar-winning actors Al Pacino and Kim Basinger.