The first trailer for the Maltese film 'Limestone Cowboy' has recently been released.

The team behind the project recently returned from the European Film Market in Berlin, where the trailer helped raise foreign investment.

The film centres around protagonist, Karist, who in his mind is 'The Limestone Cowboy'. The Limestone Cowboy is the heroic protagonist from a tale was woven and told by his late father, Noel.

The team describes Karist as the quintessential hero and savior from the American Wild West. But this is Malta, a laid back island in the Mediterranean sea, thus to everyone else's mind Karist is unwell, a delusional village imbecile.

According to the Synopsis, "The Limestone Cowboy story is a gift of inheritance from Karist's late dad Noel - by every description a beautiful man who'd woven a code of values into the messianic gunslinger's story that would one day make his son brilliant, a leader of men, a savior. Noel passed early however, abruptly in the mid-1960's - too early to see his son's brilliance come through. The man's passing jolted young Karist's development into sudden arrest."

"50 years on and Karist is a national celebrity - and his son John loathes it. For as long as he'd care to remember, John has been scaling the corporate ladder, distancing himself from his humiliating beginnings one validating rung at a time. He was doing well too until Tommy joined the fray... Tommy, the magic maker who shot John's mad father to his parabolic apex with a thundering boom for all to behold. The country watches in awe, applause and ridicule as Karist burns brilliantly while John despairs."

The group behind the film are currently in the middle of a crowd funding exercise to export the film.

The movie has been supported by the Malta Film Fund,