Malta Film Studios recently unveiled widespread plans to revamp its facilities and a new sound stage, and it’s looking super promising for the island’s cinematic future. In fact, you could say it’s injecting a “Yes we can” attitude into the studios.

However, that’s not the only thing that the revamp shares with Barrack Obama’s 2008 election campaign, after people began to notice an uncanny similarity between Malta Film Studios’ new logo and the 11-year-old US election campaign iconic circle.

It’s fair to say that thousands of designers might share the same influences, meaning that ideas will, from time to time, look almost identical. However, considering the high-profile nature of the campaign, the design has become very synonymous with Obama. After becoming one of the most recognised political logos in 2008, the former US President reused it for his reelection campaign and the Obama Foundation.

Certainly, no one has copyright over the rising sun and sea, but what was considered fresh in 2008 might look a little outdated a decade later.

What do you make of Malta Film Studios’ new logo?

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