MAIN CREW

Marcelle Abela 

Marcelle Abela is a Maltese-American writer-director and producer. She is the founder of Avinu Films. Marcelle's documentaries have won recognition at several film festivals and her science shorts have been accepted into the official archives of the European Space Agency. Marcelle has received best picture awards in Beijing, Bucharest, Cannes, Kaluga, Los Angeles, Rome, Pune, Quebec, and Saint Petersburg. She also won awards for best editing, the Prix Hommage for her "magnificent film" Creation, and countless nominations including for best female director and best original concept. A classical musician and the author of ten books, one of which received praise from Barack Obama, Marcelle is the writer-director and co-producer of Mikha'El, which is her feature directorial debut. ​Mikha'El also marks her debut as the primary music composer for the film.

Mariella Delia

Mariella Delia is a Maltese violinist and businesswoman with years of experience in senior management. She serves as assistant director of Avinu Films and is the co-producer of the feature film Mikha'El. Mariella co-founded JMD Health and Safety Services in Malta with her husband, and takes care of everything related to the running of the company. She also has a strong interest in non-fiction filmmaking. Award-winning film credits as executive producer include Aurora, Creation, Divine Beauty, Lux et Tenebrae, Materre, Pillars of Creation, Red Glory.

Vic Stefanu

Vic Stefanu is a famous Greek-American lawyer-turned-travel documentarian with an interest in art, nature, the history of cultures, the intersection of science and architecture. He is supporting camera (2nd unit) in the film Mikha'El. Vic obtained his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University in New Orleans, then got a Master's degree in International Law from the University of Manchester, England. Currently based in London, Vic has traveled to over 150 countries and visited over 3000 towns and cities across the globe, going to different places almost every weekend. A contributor to the Huffington Post, he is a dedicated World Travel and Adventures YouTube partner, with his vlogs raking in over 1 million views per month.

Angelo Maria Santisi

Angelo Maria Santisi is a “crossover” Italian cellist and the soloist in Mikha'El. His classical studies were under famous musicians such as Natalia Gutman, Enrico Dindo, Franco Rossi (cellist of Quartetto Italiano), and Leon Spierer (concertmaster of Berliner Philarmoniker). He had many collaborations with the Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Accademia dell’Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma (principal cellist). He has played under the direction of Zubin Metha, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Gianandrea Noseda, and Wayne Marshall. Angelo plays different genres of music all over the world as a result of his open-minded musical ideas. He has recorded many Italian and international soundtracks, over 100 rock-pop-folk albums. He has also and played live with Sting, Calibro35, Afterhours, Baustelle, and Jonathan Wilson.

Peter Cavallo

Peter Cavallo is an award-winning Australian composer with experience in orchestral scoring for film and television. He provides additional music in the film Mikha'El. A true storyteller, Peter meticulously weaves emotion into his work in a way that effortlessly marries with visuals and transports the listener into new realms. He has received plentiful recognition for his work including two Outstanding Production Awards and Winner of the Best TV Theme at the APRA/AMCOS 2016 Screen Music Awards. Peter also won Best Music for the score of the short documentary Creation at the 2019 Top Indie Film Awards in Tokyo. Peter has composed the music for the television series Nos Youm, which received critical acclaim as the best mini-series for the Ramadan period. He has also done numerous media productions and recorded live orchestra in Prague and Australia.

Childeric Legrain

Childeric Legrain is the French founder and certified surround audio engineer of Northshore Studio in Herouville-Saint-Clair, Lower Normandy, France. He studied audio engineering and music production at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Caen, then set up his own equipped recording, mixing, and mastering studio, with particular attention to the artistic choices of his clients. Childeric works with different genres ranging from neo-classical to pop-rock, to punk, to world, and as clients he has numbered the folk melodic death metal group ​Adaryn, the progressive metal group Northshore Division, and the Norman alternative rock group Natural Disorder. Childeric is also engaged on full-length albums and performs in concerts as a singer and guitarist under the stage name Dirt Angel.

Antonia Harris

Antonia Harris is the Maltese-American creative director of ZGroup Studio in New York and one of its founders. She specializes in graphics design, visual effects, 2D animation and fine art. Educated at the Wiener Kuntschule in Vienna, Austria, Antonia has served for years as art director of Electric Vision Studio and Motion Art Ltd. There she worked on station branding, broadcast design, corporate ID, short films, TV commercials, and music videos. At ZGroup Studio, Antonia employs a creative direction approach and taste that are unbridled and unique in her work. The Avinu Films logo is her work as are the visual effects/compositing, motion graphics, and artwork in the film Mikha'El. Award-winning film credits include Pillars of Creation, Aurora, Kesil, Lux et Tenebrae, Earth's Beauty, Materre, Red Glory, Creation ​among others.

Dimitris Samaras

Dimitris Samaras is the Greek language translator for Mikha'El. He is also a civil engineer, having attained his Master's degree at the Department of Civil Engineering in Athens, Greece. Dimitris spent time as a radio host for four years.