The filming infrastructure we found in Malta was really as good as we found anywhere in the world.
Richard Dale, Director, Captain Blackbeard, The Real Pirate of the Caribbean (2005)
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German film spends €1.2m in Malta (2005)
 

The low-budget movie Godspeed, which was shot in Malta earlier this summer, pumped about €1.2 million into the economy in the space of eight weeks, the executive producer of the German production company Orange Pictures, Stephan Barth, told The Times Malta was chosen for the filming of the entire movie for one reason alone - the water tanks, he said.
Originally, Orange Pictures was looking at Spain, which is in the process of building "massive" tanks and sound stages.

This article was published by The Times September 28 2005. The full article can be read at timesofmalta.com.