One of the most favorite comic book characters ever, philosopher and lover of the occult, Corto Malteze for years continues to entertain comic book lovers with his unostentatious charisma and an incredible sense of successful adventure and social justice. Thanks to Cinema City film and media festival, audience will have an opportunity to see this hero of the downtrod in five animated adventures, which will be screened within Animatrix selection. These achievements, mimicking specific strokes of Hugo Pratt and mystical melancholy stories, which are the trademark of Corto Maltese, will present film audience and comic book lovers with the comic book hero of the twentieth century. His adventures, intertwined with numerous historical figures, make this fictitious hero real and immortal for all generations.
The first film that will bring us into the world of Corto Maltese is "Ballad of the Salt Sea" by Richard Danto and Liam Saury where our hero sails the waters of South Pacific, in times before WWI, together with smugglers and his loyal friend Rasputin.
