ASVOFF GRAND PRIX, AWARDED BY MK2:
I WANT MUSCLE BY ELISHA SMITH-LEVEROCK
BEST ART DIRECTION PRIZE:
THE FANTASTIC MAN SERIES BY LERNERT & SANDER
The Sit Spin in Viktor & Rolf
The Upright Catch Foot Spin in Prada
The Catch Knee Camel Spin in Dries Van Noten
The Camel Spin in Calvin Klein
The Open Upright Spin in Hermes
BEST SOUNDTRACK PRIZE:
PRAISE BREAK [Director’s cut, 2011] BY ERIC WEIDT FOR POP MAGAZINE
BEST ACTOR PRIZE:
DANNY TREJO IN ONIONS DON’T MAKE ME CRY BY BRYAN ADAMS
BEST STYLING PRIZE:
TWIN PARALLEL BY JUSTIN ANDERSON
BEAUTY PRIZE, AWARDED BY SHU UEMURA:
WATERS BY KIRA LILLIE
YOUNG TALENT PRIZE, AWARDED BY PORTAL+ZEKKA:
IS THIS REAL LIFE (NUPTIALIS PROJECT) BY SUZIE Q + LEO SIBONI
SPECIAL ANIMATION PRIZE:
EXERCISE IN SARTORIAL DEPRIVATION BY DAVIDE BEDONI
THECORNER.COM’S AWARD:
SCALPEL/STRADIVARIUS BY JASON LAST & JAIME RUBIANO
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRYAN ADAMS PRODUCTION COMPANY: BADFILMS COUNTRY(IES) OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’08 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BA STYLIST: LOTTA ASPENBERG MAKE-UP: BRENDA GREEN MUSIC: TURKEY IN A STRAW
FILM SYNOPSIS: Actor Danny Trejo on the virtues of making spaghetti sauce to ease his mind. However, his mind is also distracted by other things...
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Bryan Adams is a Canadian musician and photographer based in London, England. He has been nominated for both Academy Awards and Golden Globes for writing music in film. This is one of Adams’s first forays into filmmaking. CAST: Danny Trejo, Arlin Pacheco
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JUSTIN ANDERSON PRODUCTION COMPANY: PONYBOY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 2’32 MUSIC: PETE DIGGENS CAST: SADIE PHELPS/ STEPHANIE HALL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DARAN BRAGG ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JUSTIN ANDERSON STYLIST: JAYNE PIERSON HAIR: DOM CAPEL MAKE-UP: ABILGAIL JOHNSON
FILM SYNOPSIS Twin parallel is about twins caught in a parallel time zone. The idea came from setting a film where the action takes place in Cern above the Large Colider- the cuckoo clock and goose introduce a folklore element. The film is about innocence and the brooding sensuality of youth. A pictorial reserve of Dutch still life painting was an inspiration.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Justin Anderson’s video art installations have been displayed in numerous galleries across Europe. His film ‘Chore for Damaris’ received 48,000 hits on You-Tube in 24 hours following its release on Vogue.com and his film ‘A Poem’ was commissioned by ASVOFF for the Milan Vogue Italia exhibition. He has also made films for SHOWstudio’s Future Tense Festival.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KT AULETA PRODUCTION COMPANY: KT AULETA STUDIO LLC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’34 MUSIC: “JOMO” BY HECTOR AND NATE CAST: DELFINE BAFORT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JAKE CLENNELL HAIR: ESTHER LANGHAM MAKE-UP: FRANCELLE FOR NARS
FILM SYNOPSIS Auleta’s vision was for the film to move through the differing qualities of light in a day: soft and misty morning sunshine turning to hyper-real bright colors at noon, and a fade out to black when night falls— also referring to the cycle of life: Birth, Life, Death
DIRECTOR’S BIO KT Auleta started working as an assistant art editor for Interview magazine in New York. Her work has appeared in V, The New York Times Magazine and Dazed & Confused, and in ads for Chloé and Louis Vuitton. She produced the short film Runaround, shot in her hometown of Oswego, New York, in 2009.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: DAVIDE BEDONI PRODUCTION COMPANY: COLLATERAL FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY DURATION: 2’56 MUSIC: TIM GARLAND DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVIDE BEDONI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: IVO BISIGNANO STYLIST: IVO BISIGNANO HAIR: IVO BISIGNANO MAKE-UP: IVO BISIGNANO
FILM SYNOPSIS Exercises of style.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Davide Bedoni works as director, editor and art director for fashion films and commercials. After working around the world as a documentary director he moved to Milan and started his collaboration with Collateral Films, a video production company specialized in Fashion video. He is currently working for some of the major brands in Italy.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: HANAN BOUMAROUANE PRODUCTION COMPANY: MANTREE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: BELGIUM DURATION: 1:01 FILM TYPE : FASHION FILM FOR MARIEJO L’AVENTURE CREATIVE DIRECTOR : MICHEL VAN DER POEL MUSIC: PETER BAERT @ RAYGUN CAST: JENNIFER MASSAUX @ DOMINIQUE MODELS AGENCY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: HANAN BOUMAROUANE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: CELINE VAN DER POEL ANIMATION : JEROME CABANE STYLIST: PEDRO DIAS HAIR & MAKE-UP: VERA DIERCKX
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS Influenced by the photography of HP Horst, Stieglitz and Shaw the film depicts a sensuously moving women set against a painted backdrop. While her gracious gestures set in motion the referenced stills, animated geometric abstractions of a city-scape fill the frame in a sequence of carefully choreographed modernist compositions.
SHORT DIRECTOR BIO After her study of photography at La Cambre, Hanan studied cinematography at l’ECTQ in Canada specializing in editing. Back in Europe she worked for Le Book, Partizan, Paris Office/ GQ Magazine and Mantree. Her last moodfilm was on the winter collection “Strong Women” by designer Chris Janssens. Hanan is represented by Allan&Watts Agency in Antwerp.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LINDA BUJOLI PRODUCTION COMPANY:LINDA BUJOLI COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE DURATION: 4’33 MUSIC:” BELLA DANCE MUSEUM OF THE SEA” BY BARDI JOHANNSSON CAST: ALEX PREAUX DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: LINDA BUJOLI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: LINDA BUJOLI HAIR: YUSUKÉ TANIGUCHI MAKE-UP: LUDOVIC ENGRAND
FILM SYNOPSIS Everything transforms, everything moves, everything’s transforms, and all begins again eternity. Linda has created a video that symbolizes the permanence, inconsistency and transmission that are present always and at once. A virtual poem that shows the birth of a star, with the help of hypnotic music by composer Bardi Johannsson, touches our senses. A hymn to universal and eternal beauty.
DIRECTOR’S BIO After a successful career as a model, Linda Bujoli assumes the other side of the camera. From the subject’s stance to thoughtful perspective and placement, Linda uses light as a malleable tool to sculpt the appearance of her models. The photographer/director works in Parisian studios where she develops her subject through a mix of spatial design and the unseen.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: SARAH CHATFIELD PRODUCTION COMPANY: WHITE LODGE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 1’55 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: STEPHEN WHELAN PRODUCER:SERENA NOORANI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JAIME PERLMAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BEN TODD CAST: HENRY HOLLAND, DREE HEMINGWAY, PIXIE GELDOF SET: GARY CARD STYLIST: SAM RANGER HAIR: HALLEY BRISKER at DAVID COFFIN MANAGEMENT USING L’OREAL PROFESSIONAL MAKE-UP: ZOE TAYLOR at JED ROOT USING CHANEL EDITOR: SAM JONES at CUT+RUN POST PRODUCTION: JAMES BAMFORD at THE MILL MUSIC: SI BEGG at MAJOR TOM
FILM SYNOPSIS House of Holland launches its first fashion film with tongue firmly in cheek. Watch as Dree Hemingway and Pixie Geldof join Henry Holland to ham it up for a Test film that shows off Henry’s unexpectedly sexy, bingo-inspired, “Hawt Couture” collection for autumn/winter 2011-12 – featuring “100% crochet”, “100% Harris tweed” and “100% silk”.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Working across music videos and fashion film, LA-based Brit director Sarah Chatfield has shot for YSL, Henry Holland, Kelly Rowland and Lykke Li amongst others. Blending a sharp eye for luxe style with a playful sense of tone and pacing, Sarah’s films move seamlessly between polished glamour and raw naturalism.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LISA EISNER PRODUCTION COMPANY: COMMUNE IMAGES COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 3’ MUSIC: DEVENDRA BANHART CAST: DEVENDRA BANHART AND REBECCA SCHWARTZ DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: WYATT TROLL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ROMAN ALONSO STYLIST: LISA EISNER HAIR: LUCY HALPERIN MAKE-UP: LUCY HALPERIN
FILM SYNOPSIS This was a film inspired by the French new wave. Two lovers, together in the California sunshine
DIRECTOR’S BIO Lisa Eisner began her career as fashion editor at Mademoiselle Magazine and at American Vogue where she was European Editor in Paris and later West Coast Editor in LA. After 15 years in fashion business, she decided to focus on her photography and interest in subcultures and ceremonies. She has published two books, “Rodeo Girls”(1999) and “Shriners”(2004).
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KATHRYN FERGUSON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 4’30 CAST: KIERA GORMLEY, CHIARA VINCI, LONDON IRISH CENTRE DANCERS PRODUCER: ROMA VACCARO CINEMATOGRAPHER: BENOIT SOLER COSTUME: TRINE HAV CHRISTENSEN MUSIC: SINEAD O’CONNOR, SINEAD EAGAN SOUND COMPOSER: PETER DUFFY DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY: CORINNE DELANEY SET DESIGN: HELEN MACINTYRE STYLIST: KIM HOWELL HAIR: HIROSHI MATSUSHITA MAKE-UP: MORNA FERGUSON, KEN NAKANO EDITORS: MAX WINDOWS, PAUL O’REILLY (STITCH MEDIA LONDON) ONLINE EDITING: PRIME FOCUS, GOLDEN SQUARE, SMOKE & MIRRORS. CGI EFFECTS: CLIFFORD SAGE AFTER EFFECTS: OSCAR GRANSE
FILM SYNOPSIS Máthair, Irish for Mother, explores religious and cultural rituals experienced first hand by Kathryn Ferguson. Prompted and realized through a holy pilgrimage with her mother, Máthair recognizes and celebrates the need to revisit rituals of the artists past. Presenting a hyper real vision of Ireland conveyed through patterns of thought, memory and behavior mapping out Ferguson’s construction of her homeland.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Belfast born Kathryn Ferguson is a self-taught filmmaker. After graduating from CSM, Ferguson worked in styling before moving to film. Projects include films for Katie Eary, Richard Nicoll, David David, Theatre de la Mode, Erika Trotzig, Domino Records, BFC and a film commissioned by Dazed Digital featuring Lady Gaga. Ferguson just completed an MA in experimental film at RCA.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MIKE FIGGIS PRODUCTION COMPANY: RED MULLET COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 4’38 MUSIC: PHILIP GLASS - ’WICHITA VORTEX SUTRA’. BASED ON A GINSBERG POEM CAST: ROSEY CHAN – ZACK WINOKUR (DANCER) – MIKE FIGGIS – VITO DI ROSA (PRODUCER) DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE FIGGIS STYLIST: BOUDICCA HAIR: ASHLIE KUEK MAKE-UP: ASHLIE KUEK
FILM SYNOPSIS “Dancing on Glass” is a collaboration of Music and dance between Rosey Chan & Zack Winokur
DIRECTOR’S BIO Mike Figgis – directed some films, taken some photos, played a bit of trumpet
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MIKE FIGGIS PRODUCERS – ROSEY CHAN – BEN LATHAM JONES PRODUCTION COMPANY: RED MULLET COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: LONDON UK DURATION: 4’ MUSIC: MUSICAL SCORE BY ROSEY CHAN CAST: RICK YUNE - ROSEY CHAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE FIGGIS STYLIST: ANYA ZIOUROVA, HAIR: ALANA PHILLIPS, ASHLIE KUEK MAKE-UP: ALANA PHILLIPS ASHLIE KUEK
FILM SYNOPSIS Rosey composes a film score and then visualizes the images to go with the score with herself as the actress in an homage to “IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE”; A peak in to the ‘composers’ mind, her fantasy… through her writing process.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Mike Figgis – directed some films, taken some photos, played a bit of trumpet
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LUCA FINOTTI + MARIANO VIVANCO PRODUCTION COMPANY: HERCULES MAGAZINE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’16 MUSIC: “JOY” BY KATHY BROWN CAST: AMANDA LEPORE, BEHATI PRINSLOO, ARLENIS SOSA, KENNY KENNY, JUN NAKAYAMA, LADYFAG, DIRTY MARTINI, MATT CAMP, MALIK SO CHIC, YASMINE, KERIN ROSE, JORDAN FOX, MALCOLM, JOURDAN COULTER, FRANCO DOMINGUEZ, TOMAS SKOLOUDIK, BO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: LUCA FINOTTI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MARIANO VIVANCO STYLIST: NICOLA FORMICHETTI HAIR: PETER GRAY MAKE-UP: MAKY RYOKE
FILM SYNOPSIS The fashion film is a dream about the night .The night world meets the world of fashion. Statuesque beauties of the night, and personalities come together in a fast-paced colorful, glamorous and fun. The naked bodies are mixed with haute couture dress, antique chic mix of new visual languages to relive the night of the big New York party, so fast you’d never end.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Luca Finotti is a video director and editor who lives between New York and Milan. He has been the head of video production for ‘Frankie Morello’ since 2008. Luca has directed videos names like The Blonds, Anna Dello Russo’s World Fashion Tour, Bloomingsdale’s, Dazed & Confused, and Vogue. He recently edited an i-D magazine video with Lady Gaga directed the 25 world best male models in ‘KINGS OF MILANO.’
DIRECTOR’S NAME: VARVARA FROLOVA PRODUCTION COMPANY: FROL-ZALESKY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: POLAND DURATION: 2’47 MUSIC: ADAM WALICKI CAST: VRAVARA FROLOVA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: GRZEGORZ ADAMSKI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: DAVID ZALESKY, VARVARA FROLOVA STYLIST: VARVARA FROLOVA
FILM SYNOPSIS This film is based on photographs of one of the Soviet family. Describes a relationship to clothes and items at the end of eighties - early nineties.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Varvara was born in 1984 in the heartland of Russia’s arms industry, in a city known for producing AK-46 machine guns. Spent her childhood in an atelier where her mother worked as a fashion designer. It was at this time that design became Varvara’s destiny. Currently lives in Warsaw where she crafts costume’s installations for theater sets and performance backdrops.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEWART SHINING AND VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO. PRODUCTION COMPANY: GAGLIOSTRO.FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 0’39 MUSIC: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO CAST: DREW BARRYMORE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STEWART SHINING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO
FILM SYNOPSIS Shining and Barrymore met in 1999 to shoot a US Marie Claire cover and have worked together ever since. CUT ONE, marks the collaboration of Vincent Gagliostro and Shining who have been life long friends. For Gagliostro, every image holds a story and the random assemblage of images in a particular way can lead to a random narrative.
DIRECTOR’S BIO
VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO: “The beauty of a moral act depends upon the beauty of its expression. This is the task of images.” — JEAN GENET CV/Influences: ACT UP. Merce Cunningham. Joan Didion. Gran Fury. Annoymous Queers. PRINCE. Currently preparing to make my first feature film, After Louie based on a story by my friend William Wilson.
STEWART SHINING: Stewart Shining is one of the leading contemporary photographers of top fashion models and pop culture celebrities. Based in NYC, he also serves on the Board of Directors of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc. and ACRIA, an AIDS research and education foundation based in NYC.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEWART SHINING AND VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO. PRODUCTION COMPANY: GAGLIOSTRO.FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 4’31 MUSIC: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO CAST: MARTHA BLUMENSTOCK AND SHANA DOWDESWELL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO
FILM SYNOPSIS The film looks at the tragic world beauty exists in.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEWART SHINING AND VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO. PRODUCTION COMPANY: GAGLIOSTRO.FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’43 MUSIC: DOMINIK EMRICH CAST: FRANCISCO LACHOWSKI AND MARLON TEIXEIRA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: VINCENT GAGLIOSTRO
FILM SYNOPSIS I was asked by Mr. Shining to take a look at some photos and video and make a film. Finding a random narrative intrigues me, so given my bent I began to invest my interests on to the images creating a homo-erotic murder mystery and an homage to the French New Wave’s SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER directed by Truffaut.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRALIA DURATION: 4’07 MUSIC: ‘GIRLS IN GREY’ BY CHARLES WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER: CHAPPELL RECORDED MUSIC LIBRARY CAST: TESSA ANDERSON, ODA AUNAN, MAREE COLE, THEA COSTANTINO, MATTHEW DAVIES, ALEXANDRA ENRIGHT, THOMAS ENRIGHT , TRISTAN FEIHN, SHERIDAN GILL, ARIELLE GRAY, SHERRY-ANNE HAYES, KRISTY HINGSTON, JACQUI HOWELL, CHRISTOPHER ISAACS, LUCAS MATA, STEVE MATTIOLI, LILY NEWBURY-FREEMAN, BRETT O’MARA, JENNIFER PHILLIPS, CHLOE POTTER, TIM WATTS. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY & EDITOR: JUSTIN BARNES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT STYLIST: TARRYN GILL AND PILAR MATA DUPONT HAIR: SHERIDAN GILL AND THEA COSTANTINO MAKE-UP: SHERIDAN GILL
FILM SYNOPSIS In Gymnasium 20 athletes ’perform’ indoor gymnastic-like routines. Their movements are rhythmical and repetitive, like clockwork. We investigate how the same qualities valued in sport; camaraderie, focus and control, submissive behaviour; are also valued in militarised societies. We link the sportsfield to the battlefield as a demonstration of legitimate patriotic aggression, and success as a source of national pride.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Gill and Dupont are artists, producers and performers who work together on a practice that encompasses photography, performance, choreography, film and design. Recent exhibitions include: remix: wa contemporary art, Art Gallery of Western Australia; The Biennale of Sydney; Contemporary Australian Art: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. They won the Basil Sellers Art Prize with their video work Gymnasium.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MĀRTIŅŠ GRAUDS PRODUCTION COMPANY: TANKA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: LATVIA DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: (sound) ERNESTS ANSONS CAST: ANTONS ZAMIŠĻĀJEVS, AIRA LAPŠĀNE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREJS RUDZĀTS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ILVA KĻAVIŅA STYLIST: KETA GUTMANE HAIR: MAIJA GUNDARE, VLADISLAVS SAVELJEVS MAKE-UP: MAIJA GUNDARE
FILM SYNOPSIS Victor gets a job as a watchman in an old castle. In the night, he hears a creak.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Martins Grauds is a filmmaker and photographer from Latvia. As a director he has made short films, music videos and commercials.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JAE H WANG PRODUCTION COMPANY: THE BIRDCAGE MEDIA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 3’ MUSIC: ENO LEE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: WAKAKO KISHIMOTO
FILM SYNOPSIS The graveyard for past-sell-by-dates is given a kiss of life by a pulse of an old tv set. Secret fairground party behind the latched door repaints the dusty attic in a lurid palette. Series of graphic prints narrates the classic fairytale theme.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Jae H Hwang: Graphic Moving Image ma 2010, Director Animation/Motion Graphics London 2011 Eno lee music/sound director london 2011
DIRECTOR’S NAME: HANNES HAGSTRAND AND NINJA MIORI PRODUCTION COMPANY: NON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SWEDEN DURATION: 4’55 MUSIC: AUDIO DAS POLY CAST: MARYAM NIKANDISH DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TOBIAS HÖIEM-FLYCKT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: NINJA MIORI STYLIST: NINJA MIORI HAIR: CAMILLA KÄRKKÄINEN MAKE-UP: CAMILLA KÄRKKÄINEN COSTUME DESIGNER: MARCELA CUBURA
FILM SYNOPSIS Numb Ceremony is a short abstract art film about a state just after loosing someone and before the grief comes, when it is impossible to understand what has happened. A frozen landscape with black creatures in a ceremony of taking ferwell. Numb Ceremony was created with matte painting and compositing.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Hannes Hagstrand is a visual artist, editor and lecturer in visual effects. Ninja Miori makes art and dance films. They have worked on features, animations, corporate films, documentaries and shorts. They are both based in Stockholm, Sweden.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ROBERT HAMADA PRODUCTION COMPANY: WARDENCLYFFE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 3’04 MUSIC: ANTON ESTEBAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: THOMAS AKIRA NAKASONE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: GUIDO CALLARELLI AT MISTER EDITOR: ANTON ESTEBAN AT GAMMA KNIFE VISUAL EFFECTS: ALEX CZETWERTYNSKI AT INFARED JEWELRY STILL LIFE: NICHOLAS ALAN COPE COLOR: SIGURD WIDENFALK AT VISIBLE PRODUCTION: WARDENCLYFFE
FILM SYNOPSIS “Amasia- Possible Future Supercontinent After Actual Earth" demonstrates that if nature is systematic, then there is a calm before the torrents and an unleashing of perfectly normal change. The moving imagery of terrain is pure. Its realness fools an untrained eye as visual effects may trick the sharpest one. The jewelry industry is a well-mapped frontier in search of discovery.
DIRECTOR’S BIO New York-based photographer and filmmaker, Robert Hamada has contributed to Japanese Vogue, Nylon, Elle (Korea), Smug, Metal, Luel, and exclusive films for NOWNESS, POP, Interview, Vogue Italia and V Man. Commercial clients include Levi’s, Samsung, CLOSED, Tory Burch and the Waldorf Astoria. He was nominated for the Sante Fe Center Prize for Photography and portfolio showcase in V Magazine.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MASANOBU HIRAOKA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: JAPAN DURATION: 3’50
FILM SYNOPSIS I expressed an uneasy everyday image with an animation. I matched an uneasy image with a triangular beautiful image.
DIRECTOR’S BIO I was born in 1986. I graduated from the university in 2010. I’m living in Japan and making animation now.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: PAM HOGG CO DIRECTOR: JAMES LEES PRODUCTION COMPANY: JULIETTE LARTHE AT WARP FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK/IRELAND DURATION: 32’ 34 EDITOR: DERREN BALDWIN MUSIC: ’HORSE NATION’ BY THE SOUTHERN DEATH CULT CASTING: LUKE FOY CAST: JAMIE WINSTONE, BEN AND BETTY AT MODELS 1, SADIE AND DANIELLE AT ELITE, LAKIZA AT PROFILE AND MILLY AT UNION. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT FOX STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER: JULIA KENNEDY STYLIST: PAM HOGG HAIR: PETER LUX MAKE-UP: KATE LINDSAY
FILM SYNOPSIS A fantasy journey leading to enlightenment and divinity through bondage and ecstasy. Appearing in ghost like form through simmering smoke, a procession emerges through a forest of gnarled trees headed by a naked drummer girl. They are joined by darker more serene forces and an Angelic army searching the golden fleece, the chalice, the divine illusive grail.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Pam Hogg infiltrated the elitist ranks of the conventional fashion world with her self-taught outrageous creations. In 1991, Terry Wogan introduced her onto the show as “one of the most original, inventive, creative designers in Britain. She has reached what is called Cult Status”. Her well awaited return to fashion in 2009 was greeted with a standing ovation.
DIRECTORS NAMES: ACTUALLY HUIZENGA & SOCRATES MITSIOS PRODUCTION COMPANY: US (SOCRATES’ BROADWAY MARKET FLAT) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GREECE & UK DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: ACTUALLY HUIZENGA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SOCRATES MITSIOS MAKE-UP: ACTUALLY HUIZENGA CAST: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: STYLIST: HAIR: ALL BYACTUALLY HUIZENGA & SOCRATES MITSIOS
FILM SYNOPSIS This is the first of a mini series of erotic romanticism in idyllic yet more-than-slightly nefarious environments. At once glossy and vulgar, fastidiously disciplined and wildly chaotic, the films are an exercise in the photogenics of sex. The video has all the predictable pleasures of porn and pop: processed, repetitive, manufactured visual thrills intended for rapid and casual consumption. It threatens pain all the while offering decorative entertainment.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Actually Huizenga specializes in raw Bacchanalian LA music video kitsch and performs as Actually with her band Wet Look. Socrates is a Greek American who has been throwing his long-limbed body into photographic hallucinatory-idealism from the grey depths of London. They hope to find new extravagances and beauty through art in a future of their own design.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ZAIBA JABBAR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 2’41 MUSIC: FUJIYA & MIYAGI “SIXTEEN SHADES OF BLACK AND BLUE” CAST: ASHLEY SMITH, CARA PARK, CARLIE HAGUE, DAVE BABY, DR. NOKI, ELLA DROR, ESSER, FRANKY MANG, GAVIN AT , ISOBEL WEBSTER, IVY SUN, JASON AIREY, JENNY RUNACRE, JESSICA BROAS, JORDAN BOWEN, JUDY BLAME, KARLIE AT PINS LONDON, FERAL AKA MC KINKY, LIZ, LYALL HAKARAIA, MEGAN FORSDICK, MEGAN PENFOLD, NIKOLE IVANOVA AT FM, PHILIP DUNN, PRINCESS JULIA, RYAN PICKARD AT PREMIER, STEPHANE CHESNE, THOMASIN DAVIS, TWIGS AND ZANDRA RHODES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KIM HOWELLS STYLIST: KIM HOWELLS HAIR: MODELS OWN MAKE-UP: MODELS OWN FILM SYNOPSIS Piers Atkinson took inspiration for his Fall/Winter 2011/12 collection “Paris” from the night skies of the Fashion Capitals and all of his friends and colleagues living under those skies. In the winter glamour is found in his locale, East London’s Dalston! The film focused on capturing intimate moments with Piers Atkinson’s flamboyant and charismatic friends wearing the F/W 2011/12 collection. DIRECTOR’S BIO Zaiba Jabbar is a London-based filmmaker who studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins. She was one of two winners of the ASVOFF and Vogue Italia Light Series competitions. Zaiba has worked with brands like Aquascutum, Mulberry, Levis, New look, Bordelle, and Charlie Le Mindu. Her work is often featured in Vogue Italia, Vice Style, Dazed Digital and i-D ONLINE.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: TAKAHIRO KIMURA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: JAPAN DURATION: 2’26 FILM TYPE: ANIMATION MUSIC: TAKAHIRO KIMURA ANIMATION: RUI MIYOSHI STAFF: AYAKO MATSUMOTO
FILM SYNOPSIS For the last supper, the man invited 12 beautiful girls. He knew there is a betrayer. “Today is our last dinner. Please enjoy and cerebrate. Stuff your mouths with food and show me your primitive appetite for living.” Girls were moving their hands as broken robots. The man who was breathing faintedly knew in the end… All 12 were betrayers.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Born in Tokyo, Japan on July 4, 1965.Artist, Illustrator and Film Director. The main motif of Kimura’s artworks is “Faces of Human Beings”. AWARD/Annecy Animation Film Festival(2010)Official selection Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona(2011)Official programme
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MITSUAKI KOSHIZUKA PRODUCTION COMPANY: MOREVISIONtokyo COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: JAPAN DURATION: 5’09 MUSIC: DAISUKE HINATA CAST: KERSTI PEDANIK / YUAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:MITSUAKI KOSHIZUKA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MITSUAKI KOSHIZUKA STYLIST: YOPPY YOHEI YOSHIDA HAIR: TETSU MAKE-UP: MINA NODO
FILM SYNOPSIS Woman of the day crosses woman of the night. It’s the interplay of light and shadow. The woman of the day and the woman of the night replace each other in diurnal alternation. That is same providence and rhythm of the Earth.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Mitsuaki Koshizuka is an award-winning photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. Born in 1969, he started his career as a professional photographer in 1997 following his career as a planner and editor. He both photographs and films for a wide array of industries and projects such as fashion, beauty, advertising, music, and so on.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: CHRISTINA KRUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY: ICONOfly COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France and US DURATION: 3’30 MUSIC: DA/ GUY LESSER EDITOR: WILL TOWN CAST: CHRISTINA KRUSE/GUY LESSER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STEVEN PAN WRITTEN BY: GUY LESSER MAKE-UP: ANGIE PARKER
FILM SYNOPSIS A short film written by Guy Lesser and directed by Christina Kruse, commissioned by ICONOfly in celebration of the US debut of its first fragrance, ATTACHE-MOI, Eau de Parfum by ICONOfly. This dialogue piece or meditation explores some of the premises of a product that is unisex and European - leaving as much possible unstated and to be inferred.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Born in Egestorf, Germany, Christina Kruse now lives and works in New York. Kruse began her career as a model. In 1995, she started “Reisebuchs” a series of collages, drawings, writing and photographic self-portraits. Her photography has appeared in Interview, Vogue, i-D and Harper’s Bazaar. Recent projects include a four-screen video installation forthreeASFOUR, large-scale paperworks and a video performance.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JOSEPH LALLY PRODUCTION COMPANY: NONE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: ORIGINAL SCORE BY DIRECTOR CAST: DAPHNE GUINNESS and DIEGO MIGUEL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOSEPH LALLY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JOSEPH LALLY STYLIST: MATTHEW ELLENBERGER HAIR: VALENTINO LONGO MAKE-UP: NICOLE DIVER
FILM SYNOPSIS Experimental film about a man who agonizes about lost of a woman who was cold and beautiful.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Creator of art films, such as THE BLACK AND WHITE MAZE OF THE PAINTED ZEBRA starring Tyson Ballou and THE MURDER OF JEAN SEBERG starring Daphne Guinness.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JASON LAST & JAIME RUBIANO PRODUCTION COMPANY: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US/FRANCE DURATION: 4’36 MUSIC: SARAH NEUFELD CAST: SARAH NEUFELD, MEGHAN COLLISON, JEAN ROGER DAVID CREATIVE DIRECTOR: JAIME RUBIANO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BLAKE MARTIN STYLIST: DELFINA PINARDI HAIR: LYDIA O’CARROLL MAKE-UP: JOY FENNELL
FILM SYNOPSIS I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. - Irving Penn
Presented by Vogue Italia, Scalpel/Stadivarius features live performance by violinist Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire, The Bell Orchestre) who composed the score for the film, & model Meghan Collison (Next NY). It is a piece of dueling sounds and visuals, where two subjects are reduced to their simplest elements. The body itself is obscured, flattened, blocked and abstracted.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Filmmaker Jason Last & Creative Director Jaime Rubiano have been collaborating for many years, with a focus on fashion film. They live and work in New York & Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KARINE LAVAL PRODUCTION COMPANY: KARINE LAVAL PHOTOGRAPHY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’30 CAST: DANIEL SMITH AND CHRISTOPHE DOLOIRE FROM THE BAND “THESWIMMINGPOOLS” DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: KARINE LAVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KARINE LAVAL
FILM SYNOPSIS “Inferno” was inspired by the encounter with Dan and Christophe’s electro band “theswimmingpool” and my obsession with water, light and body gesture. Dan and Christophe are more than musicians. They are performers who pay special attention to their costumes, which are conceived and designed by them in collaboration with Jean Rabel. “Inferno” explores the friction between reality and imagination.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Born in Paris in 1971, Karine Laval has lived in New York since 1997. Her photographs have been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The Sunday Telegraph, Le Figaro Magazine, and The New Yorker. Her work has been widely exhibited in the US and Europe in solo and group exhibitions as well as festivals.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kira Lillie PRODUCTION COMPANY: Kira Lillie COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Paris DURATION: 4’ MUSIC: Today’s Tomorrow’s and Yesterday’s & Duncan Nilsson Pinhas CAST: Olga Sherer and Bianca O’ Brien DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kira Lillie ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Kira Lillie STYLIST: Rossana Passalacqua HAIR: Franco Argento MAKE-UP: Hugo Villard
FILM SYNOPSIS The film is born from the understanding of the power, the symbolism and the purification that water portrays throughout religion, and not only religion, but spirituality as a whole. Water, such a precious liquid, perfectly conveys that which is essential, and brings with it immense power. This film is about unifying religions, through the common thread of water, the power of “Self” and self-belief.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Kira Lillie grew up in Santa Cruz, California and is currently living in Paris. Kira divides her time between Directing, Photography and VK Lillie- her Jewelry line. She strives to add meaning to her creations; seeing life as an opportunity to bring conscious change.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: GUSTAVO LOPEZ MAÑAS PRODUCTION COMPANY: GUSTAVO LOPEZ COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SPAIN DURATION: 1’50 FILM TYPE: MUSIC VIDEO MUSIC: I’M A MAN BY BO DIDDLEY CAST: OLGA BLANCO & VINILA VON BISMARK DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: GUSTAVO LOPEZ MAÑAS HAIR: RAFIT NOY MAKE-UP: RAFIT NOY
FILM SYNOPSIS A guy tries to chat up a girl but she leaves before
DIRECTOR’S BIO Gustavo has performed a large amount of work for the music industry as video director for big name artists such as Paulina Rubio and Vinila Von Bismark working for companies such as EMI Music, Universal Music, Sony Music and independent labels and big name Redords Subterfuge. He has made fashion films for brand such as Massimo Dutti, Desigual and Revlon.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: DUSTIN LYNN PRODUCTION COMPANY: CORTO MOLTEDO PRODUCTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY DURATION: 2’09 CAST: ALICIA ROUNTREE, CARLO MANCUSO, CORTO MOLTEDO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DUSTIN LYNN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MAI IKUZAWA STYLIST: SOFIA GUELLATY HAIR: VANESSA BARRIOS MAKE-UP: VANESSA BARRIOS FILM SYNOPSIS Designer Gabriele Corto Moltedo, whose parents founded Bottega Veneta, commissioned Dustin Lynn to mark the opening of his Milan boutique in the city’s high-end Via Montenapoleone fashion district his e-commerce store. Shot at the lush Padova abode of the designer’s mother, the short sees Moltedo and Mancuso fall under the spell of model Alicia Rountree and her glinting accessories. DIRECTOR’S BIO Dustin Joseph Lynn (January 6, 1981) is an American artist, filmmaker and traveler. He is most associated with his 16mm experimental short documentaries, Tranquil Music, The Halfway Tree, and Toxico. In 2011 he was commissioned by designer Corto Moltedo, son of the founders of Bottega Veneta to create a series of films for the luxury brand.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU PRODUCTION COMPANY: EREVOS AETHER COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.K DURATION: 4’24 MUSIC: MICKE LINDEBERGH CAST: JOE GARCIA, PORTIA VAN DE BRAAM, TOM CLARK, JOSEPHINE MCGRAIL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID LIDELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU STYLIST: EREVOS AETHER HAIR: JULIA SKJELBRED, SIMONE BEST, MALGORZATA WALUS MAKE-UP: JULIA SKJELBRED, SIMONE BEST, MALGORZATA WALUS
FILM SYNOPSIS Souls are trying to clean their wounds, to find an answer, an ally for loneliness, to find the road to redemption, the road towards the light, to hope and eternal peace…
DIRECTOR’S BIO Konstantinos Menelaou is a London based film & art director. In September 2009 he completed his MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin’s College and since then he has been working on his video artworks, short films and fashion projects, as well as being one of the key members of the ASVOFF team. His creative roles are interconnected and they are defined by his practice as a writer, director, editor, curator and producer.. Recent screenings have taken place at PICA, Miami Art Basel, Centre Pompidou, Barbican Art Gallery and the BFI.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BLUE PENGUIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 4’43 MUSIC: ACTUALLY HUIGENZA CAST: JAIME WINSTON, AARON FREW, CEM GULAMP, LIAM NOLAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID LIDELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU STYLIST: AIMEE CROYSDILL & HOLLY CHAVES HAIR: GIORGOS CHATZIS & GOSIA WALUS MAKE-UP: GIORGOS CHATZIS & GOSIA WALUS
FILM SYNOPSIS A sexy woman spends her summer days driving from carwash to carwash to watch men wash her car. She alludes power, style and is in control of her surroundings. As soon as the music stops, it signals the end of the carwash and she gets into the car drives off to find the next carwash, leaving the men left waiting.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: SUZIE Q + LEO SIBONI PRODUCTION COMPANY: MOONWALK FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: AUDIO ART CAST: VANESSA SCHREIBER NINA GENDRONNEAU DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: PIERRE JOUVION ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SUZIE Q + LEO SIBONI STYLIST:INES FENDRI HAIR: GILLES DEGIVRY MAKE-UP: GILLES DEGIVRY
FILM SYNOPSIS In this film, tinged with surrealism the garment becomes the answer to an intrigue, a mystery, but also a character in itself – a fantastic object, in the cinematic sense of the word.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Suzie Q + Leo Siboni are young artists and fashion photographers. Suzie studied graphic design and Leo focused on film studies. Directed like feature films, their fashion series are full of cinematic references, ranging from the French New Wave to John Carpenter, or even Ford style westerns. Their short film Pursuit is a high heels metaphor of Die Hard.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MARIE SCHULLER PRODUCTION COMPANY: NONE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 3’08 MUSIC: NEOSOUNDS.ORG CAST: GEORGIE WASS AT ELITE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BRIAN FAWCETT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MARLON RUEBERG STYLIST: TRACEY NICHOLSON AT STREETERS HAIR: OLIVER METZLER AT APLUSO MAKE-UP: AYAMI NISHIMURA AT JULIAN WATSON AGENCY
FILM SYNOPSIS “The Glow and the Gloom” showcases the most stunning garments of S/S 2011. It combines elements of performance, music and light design. A suggested narrative creates a loose structure around our heroine within a sinister yet beautiful world. Guided by a never revealed power, our heroine moves around her surroundings, revealing a dark and brooding world.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Marie Schuller is a German born filmmaker who resettled to London in 2003. She creates fashion films with her brother in Paris or her collaborators in London and also works since 2010 as Nick Knight’s film editor at SHOWstudio in London.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MARIE SCHULLER AND KRISTIAN SCHULLER PRODUCTION COMPANY: NONE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 2’48 MUSIC: NEOSOUNDS.ORG CAST: LAURA AT WOMEN PARIS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIE SCHULLER AND KRISTIAN SCHULLER STYLIST: PEGGY SCHULLER HAIR: CYRIL LALOUE MAKE-UP: GABRIELLE THEURER
FILM SYNOPSIS Inspired by 1930s Surrealism - specifically Jean Cocteau’s Le Sang d’un Poete - La Taille showcases the role of the waist in fashion history. Schuller cinched her waist with an archive piece by renowned couture corsetier Mr Pearl (originally worn on Antonio Berardi’s S/S 1997 catwalk), in scenes reminiscent of Horst’s Mainbocher Corset and deconstructed dolls of Hans Bellmer.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Kristian Schuller is a Paris based photographer and his sister Marie a London based filmmaker. They work together on fashion film projects where his photographic expertise and her film background meet. "La Taille’’ is their latest filmic collaboration and has been launched on SHOWstudio.com in late 2010.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Hermano Silva COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom DURATION: 3’ MUSIC: “Minuet in G” from Ludvig van Beethoven CAST: Ronan Mac Erlaine (role: tailor), Victor Thiele (role: client). DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Hermano Silva ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Hermano Silva STYLIST: Hermano Silva HAIR: Reinold Becker MAKE-UP: Reinold Becker
FILM SYNOPSIS “Bespoke Relationships” explores the symbiotic relationship between a tailor and his client. The encounter of these two men leads to an unexpected interaction. While the tailor measure and cut a fetish leather outfit, the client is freed to enter a world of fantasy. Their relationship is based on collaboration, where intimacy is a fundamental value for a successful outcome.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Hermano is a Brazilian photographer based in Berlin. He had previously worked as a fashion journalist in his home country before pursuing a photographer career in London. He coursed the MA program in Fashion Photography at London College of Fashion, where he graduated with distinction in 2011. His current visual research is about menswear, fashion history and sexuality.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ELISHA SMITH-LEVEROCK PRODUCTION COMPANY: KNOCKKNOCK PRODUCTIONS, CREATURE LONDON & STAMP LONDON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 2’53 MUSIC: BENJAMIN ESSER CAST: KIZZY VAINES DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JUSTIN BROWN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ANNA LOMAX AND LIZZIE KING STYLIST: KIM HOWELLS HAIR: ADRIAN CLARK MAKE-UP: YIN LEE
FILM SYNOPSIS The film plays with taboos and gender stereotypes, exploring a different kind of female beauty. It provides a glimpse into the world of female bodybuilder Kizzy Vaines. The visual aesthetic and soundtrack are reminiscent of the late 70s/early 80s, the golden age of female bodybuilding. It pays homage to pioneering goddesses of the sport like Lisa Lyon and Rachel Mclish.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Elisha Smith-Leverock is half German, half American. She studied photography in Berlin. After graduating, she worked as a freelance photographer and contributor for several international fashion magazines. In 2005 she moved to London. Parallel to her career as a photographer, she started experimenting with moving image and in 2009 she crossed over into the world fashion films & music videos.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ben Strebel PRODUCTION COMPANY: EQAL (CH) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland DURATION: 02:01 MUSIC: Lamb ‘Soft Mistake’ CAST:Polina Semionova DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ben Strebel ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Ben Strebel & Michel Comte STYLIST:Ayako Comte) HAIR:Various (Michel Comte) MAKE-UP:Various (Michel Comte)
FILM SYNOPSIS Berlin’s Prima Ballerina Polina Semionova moves like no other. Her strength and power contrast’s well with the accessories, highlighting the delicate finish and beautiful details of the shoes and bags. She moves slowly at first before erupting into a ferocious frenzy of dance and emotion.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Ben Strebel started out creating visuals for bands such as Madness, MUSE and Stereo MC’s before directing music videos for the likes of Phoenix, Crystal Fighters and Chapel Club. Now, he also works closely with fashion houses developing films to accompany their forthcoming ranges. Past clients include: Vivienne Westwood, House of Organza, Navyboot Swiss with Michel Comte, Allsaints.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: CHRIS SWEENEY PRODUCTION COMPANY: COLONEL BLIMP COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 1’55 FILM TYPE: FASHION FILM FOR CHARLIE LE MINDU PRODUCER: TAMSIN GLASSON DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ROSS MCLENNAN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ANDY KELLY CHOREOGRAPHER: DAVID LEIGHTON STYLIST: CYNTHIA LAWRENCE JOHN HAIR: CHARLIE LE MINDU MAKE-UP: ANDRIANI EDITOR: JOCE HOCKINGS at FINAL CUT POST PRODUCTION: FRANCH PORD COMPANY, THE MILL MUSIC: MARCELO BALDIN
FILM SYNOPSIS This debut film for Haute Coiffure Charlie Le Mindu taps tribal ritual and contemporary performance in an explosive dual between man and woman expressed through choreography. Taking Le Mindu’s designs as the creative catalyst, the piece contrasts raw masculine animalism against a hyper-feminine army of sleek goddesses.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Chris Sweeney’s work crosses boundaries between performance, drama and observational documentary to create a heightened synthesis of aesthetic styles. Showing a naturalistic purity while amplifying emotional resonance through visually arresting composition, Sweeney’s filmed pieces oscillate between fantasy and reality. Previous collaborations include a series of art films for YSL shot as both solo works and in conjunction with Sarah Chatfield.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: IVAN TALIJANCIC PRODUCTION COMPANY: WAXFACTORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 4’ MUSIC: SOUND BY MIHA KLEMENCIC CAST: CECILIA ALBERTINI, GILLIAN CHADSEY, RYAN GINGERY, JUN KIM, ERIKA LATTA, MASHA YAKOVENKO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ANTONIO GIACOMIN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: IVAN TALIJANCIC STYLIST: HAANS NICHOLAS MOTT HAIR: TAKEO SUZUKI MAKE-UP: KRISTEN PAYNTER
FILM SYNOPSIS: Conceived and directed by Ivan Talijancic, WaxFactory’s SLEEPWALKER features a collaboration with artists from Japan and Eastern Europe. In the company’s signature multidisciplinary style, this unsettling new work shadows an actress whose escape from a film studio sets her on a trail of chance encounters during the hours of the night when things take on a particularly eerie glow.
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ivan Talijancic is a cross-media artist working in the realms of directing, audio-visual design, movement, installation and new media, as well as a curator and producer. He is based in New York, where he is a founder and co-director on WaxFactory, an international multidisciplinary art collective. His creative work has been presented in many festivals and venues worldwide. www.waxfactory.org
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MARCUS TOMLINSON PRODUCTION COMPANY: MTSPACE/COLLATERAL FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 3’05 MUSIC: THE UNIVERSE CAST: LILY COLE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MARCUS TOMLINSON STYLIST: ANNA TREVELYAN HAIR: TIM CRESPIN MAKE-UP: SARAH REYGATE
FILM SYNOPSIS A moving image installation commissioned for the launch of Mini’s ‘Rocketman’ concept car at Milan Fashion Week 2011. Collaborating with Karla Otto, MTSPACE’S owner and filmmaker Marcus Tomlinson produced this striking piece in which Lily Cole takes center stage in an intriguing work of avant-garde cinema.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Marcus Tomlinson is a London-based photographer and fine art film and commercial ads director. He has produced fashion campaigns for Koji Tatsuno and Christian LaCroix and worked with Philip Treacy, Hussein Chalayan, Issey Miyake and Hermès. He has exhibited in venues such as the Tate Modern, the MOCA, LA, and the MoMA, Luxembourg.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JEZ TOZER PRODUCTION COMPANY: PULSE FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: SOUND DESIGN TIM STEVENS & ANDREW JONES CAST: BILLIE PIPER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: KATE MCDONOUGH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SET DESIGN: ALUN DAVIES STYLIST: KAREN BINNS HAIR: RICHARD SCORER MAKE-UP: NORA NONA USING MAC
FILM SYNOPSIS The Raven is the first film in a four part series titled The Alchemy Series. Charting the ‘negredo’ phase of the alchemical journey The Raven is a study in human despair and circular thought. References include Carl Jung & ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Jez Tozer is a London-based fashion film director and fashion photographer. Fascinated with telling a story and capturing a truth, his stills and films have a unique intimacy and a focused sense of narrative. Clients include Aitor Throup, The Chemical Brothers Craig Lawrence, Louise Gray and STARK. Editorials include iD, Dazed Japan, GQ style, PonyStep and regular commissions for SHOWstudio.com.
DIRECTOR’S NAMES: INEZ VAN LANSWEERDE AND VINOODH MATADIN PRODUCTION COMPANY: THE COLLECTIVE SHIFT AND FRED & ASSOC. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE DURATION: 3’12 MUSIC: “EVERGLADE” – WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS CAST: KATE MOSS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JODOKUS DRIESSEN ANIMATION CREATIVE DIRECTOR: JO RATCLIFFE STYLIST: EMMANUELLE ALT DESIGNER: BALMAIN HAIR: CHRISTIAAN MAKE-UP: TOM PECHEUX
FILM SYNOPSIS When Inez and Vinoodh signed on to shoot the fall/winter 2010/11 Balmain campaign starring Kate Moss, they did so as double agents. Without anyone knowing, they set up four surveillance-style cameras to capture Moss’s unbridled performance on set. The short film, titled Everglade, takes its name from the haunting Antony and the Johnsons song that serves as its soundtrack. (from nowness.com)
DIRECTOR’S BIO Inez (Amsterdam, 1963) and Vinoodh (Amsterdam, 1961) have been working together since 1986. In the early 1990s, they counted among the first practitioners to use digital-imaging technology as a creative medium. They developed a powerful aesthetic vocabulary oscillating between fascination and repulsion, and are among the very few artists who have successfully crossed the line separating fashion from art.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: IKÉ UDÉ PRODUCTION COMPANY: ARUDE PRODUCTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’ CAST: PAT CLEVELAND, PATRICK MCDONALD (IKÉ UDÉ, IN CAMEO) DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: IKÉ UDÉ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: IKÉ UDÉ
FILM SYNOPSIS Enigma of Arrival is a poetic exploration of desire, presence and the anticipation of arriving and closure.
DIRECTOR’S BIO New York-based Iké Udé is editor in chief and publisher of aRUDE magazine, an aesthete and a writer. He is the author of Style File: the World’s Most Elegantly Dressed. His work is in the permanent collections of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Smithsonian Museum of Art; reviewed in Art in America, Flash Art, and the New York Times.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KATERINA JEBB PRODUCTION COMPANY: POST PRODUCTION PREMIERE HEURE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France DURATION: 3’23 CAST: TILDA SWINTON ASSISTED BY FRANCK MURA, MICHAEL CLEARY AND CLARE MYHILL HAIR: SEBASTIEN LE COROLLIER MAKE-UP: CAROL HANNAH EDITOR: BENJAMIN RICART MOTION GRAPHICS: YANN MASSON
FILM SYNOPSIS THE ALLURE OF NOTHING THE PROMISE OF EVERYTHING NANO CHARGED NIHILISM FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR UNBORN SKIN
ERASE YOUR PAST
LOOK INTO THE EYES OF YOUR FUTURE COME BACK AS A BRIGHTER VERSION OF YOURSELF
IN A PARALLEL WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL SKIN
AN EYELESS GAZE
A SHAPELESS VOID
LIFE ERASER
DISSOLVE THE SOUL OF THE MATTER
DIRECTOR’S BIO British-born artist Katerina Jebb lives and works in Paris. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, the Barbican, and The Hayward Gallery. Jebb often crosses the line between art and fashion. New works have been acquired for the permanent collection of Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs du Louvre, Paris and Musée Réattu, Arles.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LINA PLIOPLYTE IN COLLABORATION WITH ARI SETH COHEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: TEENAGE PEANUT PRODUCTIONS/ARI SETH COHEN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 4’20 MUSIC: YOUR YOUTH, MATT & KIM, THE CULTS CAST: LYNN DELL, IRIS APFEL, ILONA ROYCE SMITHKIN, TZIPORAH SALAMON, MARY, IDIOSYNCRATIC FASHIONISTAS, JACQUIE TAJAH MURDOCK, ROSE, MARYANN, ANNE MARIE BULLEN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: LINA PLIOPLYTE PRODUCER: ARI SETH COHEN
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS Based on the street style blog of the same name, this short film gives a glimpse into the life and style of New York’s best dressed senior fashionistas. Advanced Style offers proof from the wise and silver haired set that style advances with age.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Lina Plioplyte is a Lithuanian born filmmaker based in New York City. Her fashion films explore creativity in dressing and philosophy of personal style. She developed her interest in fashion making films for Nylon magazine and other fashion publications. She currently is working as a freelancer on creative films and documentary projects.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: SERGIO CRUZ PRODUCTION COMPANY: WE ARE MOVING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 1’10
FILM SYNOPSIS The film is a celebration of motion, energy and elegance of human movement, evoking the power of adrenaline in the young Alex.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Sergio Cruz has been developing experimental film and video in which the emphasis is not on verbal narration, but on the poetics of movement. His films have won several awards and have been internationally broadcasted on television and screened in film festivals and art galleries, including the collective exhibition Figuring Landscapes held at the Tate Gallery, London.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Lernert & Sander PRODUCTION COMPANY: White Lodge COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / Netherlands DURATION: 1:20 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Whelan PRODUCER: Serena Noorani DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Bjorn Bratberg STYLING: Jodie Barnes GROOMING: Kenichi @ Caren MUSIC: Danny Calvi STYLING ASSISTANCE: Joe Porritt GROOMING ASSISTANCE: Ellie Gill EDITOR: Arno Ouwejan POST PRODUCTION: The Mill THANKS TO: MPC
FILM SYNOPSIS 2 Fantastic Men, 5 figure skating spins, 5 designers, 1 slow motion camera.
DIRECTOR’S BIO The work of Dutch duo Lernert & Sander straddles film, installation, events, and print. With little regard for existing borders between contemporary art and commercial projects, Lernert & Sander present a highly esthetic and humorous challenge to existing assumptions about media forms. Their work has featured at international festivals in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Oberhausen.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Lernert & Sander PRODUCTION COMPANY: White Lodge COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / Netherlands DURATION: 1:20 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Whelan PRODUCER: Serena Noorani DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Bjorn Bratberg STYLING: Jodie Barnes GROOMING: Kenichi @ Caren MUSIC: Danny Calvi STYLING ASSISTANCE: Joe Porritt GROOMING ASSISTANCE: Ellie Gill EDITOR: Arno Ouwejan POST PRODUCTION: The Mill THANKS TO: MPC
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Lernert & Sander PRODUCTION COMPANY: White Lodge COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / Netherlands DURATION: 1:20 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Whelan PRODUCER: Serena Noorani DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Bjorn Bratberg STYLING: Jodie Barnes GROOMING: Kenichi @ Caren MUSIC: Danny Calvi STYLING ASSISTANCE: Joe Porritt GROOMING ASSISTANCE: Ellie Gill EDITOR: Arno Ouwejan POST PRODUCTION: The Mill THANKS TO: MPC
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Lernert & Sander PRODUCTION COMPANY: White Lodge COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / Netherlands DURATION: 1:20 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Whelan PRODUCER: Serena Noorani DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Bjorn Bratberg STYLING: Jodie Barnes GROOMING: Kenichi @ Caren MUSIC: Danny Calvi STYLING ASSISTANCE: Joe Porritt GROOMING ASSISTANCE: Ellie Gill EDITOR: Arno Ouwejan POST PRODUCTION: The Mill THANKS TO: MPC
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LERNERT & SANDER PRODUCTION COMPANY: WHITE LODGE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / NETHERLANDS DURATION: 1’20 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: STEPHEN WHELAN PRODUCER: SERENA NOORANI DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BJORN BRATBERG STYLING: JODIE BARNES GROOMING: KENICHI at CAREN MUSIC: DANNY CALVI STYLING ASSISTANCE: JOE PORRITT GROOMING ASSISTANCE: ELLIE GILL EDITOR: ARNO OUWEJAN POST PRODUCTION: THE MILL THANKS TO: MPC
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEFANO GALUZZI PRODUCTION COMPANY: HUMANTOUCH MILANO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY DURATION: 1’14 CONCEPT AND DIRECTION: STEFANO GALUZZI MUSIC: STEVE PICCOLO & GAK SATO CAST: TASHA TILBERG DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHELE BRANDSTETTER DE BELLESINI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: PIETRO SOMMACAMPAGNA STYLIST: TANYA JONES HAIR: FRANCO ARGENTO MAKE-UP: ARIANNA CATTARIN
FILM SYNOPSIS An audition being held in a vast space, sunset, last rays filtering through... Nervous girls, studying their lines, reminiscent of female clones in a Beecroft installation. Dimly lit neighbouring space. Tasha Tilberg, ready for her role as leading lady. Resplendent, appearing down the stairs, she leaves behind a wake of admiration.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Stefano Galuzzi was born in Milan in 1970. He studied Modern Literature at Università Statale of Milan. A self-educated person in the creative field, Stefano now divides his time between Milan and Paris. His portfolio and other information are available on www.stefanogaluzzi.com.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MARK BORTHWICK PRODUCTION COMPANY: - COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE DURATION: 2’34 MUSIC: BY MARK BORTWICK ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: GILLES ESTEVE @ RYSWYCK FOR MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA
FILM SYNOPSIS “as ay vision`s translates as an apparition toward`s your reflection ay stream of imperatives lies between what`s known un`known us drawn onna stone as conscious awakes your intimate fire`s as vibration`s inspire`s your love`s desire`s among your bedding of flower`s as an embrace whom rape`s to awake these finest hour`s as one awakes to be un`tied”
“all the more”” Mark
DIRECTOR’S BIO French/British photographer based in New York, Mark Borthwick’s work has been described as minimal and crisp, with a play of light and colour saturation. His photographs have been published in many top international publications, including Vogue, Purple and Index among many others.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: UNTITLED ASSOCIATES PRODUCTION COMPANY: DAY FOR NIGHT FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UNITED KINGDOM DURATION: 3’25 MUSIC: CHANEL NO3 (PAINTED EYES) BY HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR. CAST: IEKELIENE STANGE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: UNTITLED ASSOCIATES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: UNTITLED ASSOCIATES + ANDREW BUTLER +JASON FARRER STYLIST: JASON FARRER HAIR: STEPHEN LACEY MAKE-UP: CELINE NONON
FILM SYNOPSIS A psychedelic, mystical trip through the third eye: A young woman in a sleep-trance, enters a dream world through her third eye. The film cuts between the trance her body is in and the dreamscape her mind wanders through.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Untitled Associates is a three person creative collective formed by Chloë de Carvalho, Mo Stoebe and Tobia Sempi, who look out for concepts where they can combine their love for directing, motion graphics and cinematography. Working in commercials, music videos and fashion films. Based in London. www.untitled-associates.com
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ELLEN VON UNWERTH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: NY, USA DURATION: 1’30 EDIT + KAMERA: ALEXANDER SEILER MUSIC: CARMEN MIRANDA CAST: SABRINA NAIT, ISAAC WEBER, ADRIAN CARDOSO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ELLEN VON UNWERTH STYLIST: REBECCA CORBIN MURRAY HAIR: DENNIS LANNI MAKE-UP: DEVRA KINERY
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ellen started as a model before changing careers in the eighties. She has been published in international high-fashion magazines and shot advertising campaigns for several brands. Ellen has published many books and in 1991 she was awarded first prize at the „International Festival of Fashion Photography“. She has also directed and produced short films and music videos.
FILM SYNOPSIS: A tribute to Carmen Miranda.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEVEN MEISEL POST PRODUCTION COMPANY: GLASSWORKS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’01 MUSIC: PITBULL I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO) CAST: RAQUEL ZIMMERMANN KAREN ELSON LOWELL TAUTCHIN MILO SPIJKERS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: HOUSE AND HOLME/ ALBER ELBAZ HAIR: GUIDO PALAU MAKE-UP: PAT MCGRATH
FILM SYNOPSIS Adorned in Lanvin dresses, two gorgeous ladies are ready to step out for the evening. Instead, they stand in position, start to groove to the music and sway their hips. Suddenly, the scene switches to their male companions. The party has begun. The rhythm of the night and the synchronized steps do not delay the revealing guest surprise.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Steven Meisel is fashion’s pre-eminent image-maker visualizing the trends of every fashion season since the 1980s. As the primary photographer for Italian and American Vogue, Meisel’s interpretations lead, define and influence our understanding of contemporary fashion, giving it cultural resonance. In addition, he has captured some of fashion’s more memorable campaigns for clients such as Balenciaga, Prada, and Louis Vuitton.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEVEN MEISEL PRODUCTION COMPANY: PROD N COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 2’ MUSIC:PHILIP GLASS CAST:MILOU, MIRANDA KERR, JAMIE BOCHERT, ZUZANNA BIJOCH, NYASHA, COLINNE MICHAELIDIS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:TRISTAN SHERIDAN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: RAUL MARTINEZ, AR New York STYLIST:MARIE AMELIE SAUVE HAIR:ODILLE GILBERT MAKE-UP:PAT McGRATH
FILM SYNOPSIS A modern study of human movement, the film showcases the pure simplicity and perfection of the season’s cuts and colors through flowing action and intermittent transparency.
DIRECTOR’S NAMES: INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE & VINOODH MATADIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE DURATION: 3’47 MUSIC: “INVISIBLE” WRITTEN BY WARREN FISCHER AND CASEY SPOONER, PERFORMED BY FISCHERSPOONER CAST: DARIA WERBOWY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: STEFANO PILATI STYLIST: JOE MCKENNA HAIR: LUIGI MURENU MAKE-UP: TOM PECHEUX
FILM SYNOPSIS It was as if the staircase, as solemn and distinguished as the grand Parisian hotel pariculier in which it stood witness to generations of comings and goings, might descend forever, or as far as she required in order to punctuate her entrance. She became who she was to become as she strode across that threshold, the effect of her dignity and elegance building with every step. (excerpt from the Manifesto)
DIRECTOR’S BIO Inez (Amsterdam, 1963) and Vinoodh (Amsterdam, 1961) have been working together since 1986. In the early 1990s, they counted among the first practitioners to use digital-imaging technology as a creative medium. They developed a powerful aesthetic vocabulary oscillating between fascination and repulsion, and are among the very few artists who have successfully crossed the line separating fashion from art.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS PRODUCTION COMPANY: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GREECE DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: TOD DOCKSTADER CAST: IOANNA PANTAZOPOULOU DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: THANOS KYRIAKIDES STYLIST: DIMITRI ZAFIRIOU HAIR: DIMITRI ZAFIRIOU MAKE-UP: DIMITRI ZAFIRIOU
FILM SYNOPSIS “Ghond” was filmed on June 2010. Artist Ioanna Pantazopoulou is wearing the “MATA HARI DRESS” from collection #1 act #2 of Thanos Kyriakides’ BLIND ADAM Project. She wanders around the historical Tombazis Mansion on Hydra Island, Greece. This film captures the journey of a “timeless entity” that transcends a domestic space, whilst leaving a trail of momentary traces of existence.
DIRECTOR’S BIO He studied Fine Arts at Central St Martins College of Art & Design where he specialized in film, video art and photography; he has participated in several gallery group shows and cinema festivals. He has collaborated with advertising agencies, magazines and theater companies as a professional filmmaker, photographer & illustrator/graphic designer.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS PRODUCTION COMPANY: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GREECE DURATION: 4’21 MUSIC: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS CAST: IOANNA PANTAZOPOULOU DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STAVRO CHRISTO VLACHAKIS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: THANOS KYRIAKIDES STYLIST: THANOS KYRIAKIDES HAIR: MORFE MAKE-UP: MORFE
FILM SYNOPSIS This film is inspired by the surrealist movement of the 20s in cinema. The action takes place in an indeterminate time-space private room-restaurant where one of the female saints of surrealism is invited to a dinner, almost suitable for her tastes...
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ANDREAS WALDSCHUETZ & ADIA TRISCHLER PRODUCTION COMPANY: ANDREAS WALDSCHUETZ COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRIA DURATION: 4’26 MUSIC: (sound) GREGOR LADENHAUF CAST: KAMILA BACZYK @ LOOKMODELS INTERNATIONAL INC. LEONHARD LASS/ALEX RATH/DANIELA ZACHERL @ AMT WIEN GREGOR LADENHAUF/ADIA TRISCHLER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: VOLKMAR GEIBLINGER & ANDREAS WALDSCHUETZ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ADIA TRISCHLER STYLIST: ADIA TRISCHLER HAIR: PATRICK GLATTHAAR MAKE-UP: STEFANIE LAMM
FILM SYNOPSIS META.MORPH is an experimental film that combines the inspirations that arose from the cinepoems of Man Ray and jarring aspects of psychological horror. We gain further insight into feelings of claustrophobia, confusion and entrapment as we watch the body developing and evolving with the character learning to use these new appendages.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Andreas Waldschuetz (Vienna) and Adia Trischler (New York City) have been working together for about 3 years. Starting with fashion editorials, they soon started shooting moving images. Their first film Sand People was shown at an exhibition in Vienna and a Fashion Film Festival in Budapest. META.MORPH was shown at Vauxhall Fashion Scout and got picked up by Italian Vogue.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’30 MUSIC: DVORAK, CELLO CONCERT IN B MINOR, JACQUELINE DU PRE, DANIEL BARENBOIM, CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COURTESY OF EMI CLASSIC CAST: HAILEE STEINFELD DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BRUCE WEBER CREATIVE DIRECTOR: MIUCCIA PRADA - FABIO ZAMBERNARDI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: GIOVANNI BIANCO STYLIST: JOE MCKENNA HAIR: DIDIER MALIGE MAKE-UP: DIANE KENDAL EDITOR: PHYLLIS FAMIGLIETTI
FILM SYNOPSIS The multiplicities and dichotomies of Miuccia Prada’s idea of femininity are further explored this season through “Portrait of Hailee” by Bruce Weber for Miu Miu Autumn/Winter 2011 collection. The Miu Miu woman is confident in her individuality, fresh and far from conventional.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Bruce Weber was born in 1946 in Greenburg, Pennsylvania. A photographer and filmmaker, he has photographed for most major magazines, and has 25 books to his credit. His work has been exhibited in over 70 gallery shows and museums. His photographs are in the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photography Division of the City of Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ERIC WEIDT PRODUCTION COMPANY: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 2’50 MUSIC: SPEECH BY REV. J.M. GATES (1929), MUSIC ROBOT DRUMMER CAST: ATAUI DENG & KELLY MOREIRA (ELITE), KINEE DIOUF (VIVA), KALO TSCHIEKELA DANCERS, EXTRAS - LE ROCHER CHURCH DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ERIC WEIDT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: VANESSA REID (POP MAGAZINE) STYLIST: VANESSA REID (POP MAGAZINE) HAIR: RAMONA ESCHBACK (ARTLIST) MAKE-UP: JULIE NOZIERES (ARTLIST)
FILM SYNOPSIS The confluence of faith & fashion via dancing… Inspired by quotes from the acts of john (apocryphal) “to the universe belongs the dancer” and psalm 150 “praise him with tambourines and dance.” This is the director’s cut (with a new soundtrack & edit) of a film that was featured in Pop magazine, issue 23. The original version was shown on their website. http://thepop.com/2010/10/03/pop417/
DIRECTOR’S BIO Born in Monterey California, to French and American parents. BA in theater arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1992). Living in Paris since November 2000…
DIRECTOR’S NAME: ZARA ZERNY PRODUCTION COMPANY: PRODUCED AT THE GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: HOLLAND DURATION: 5’10 MUSIC: JULIEN DEBEY, DANIEL NØRREGAARD AND ZARA ZERNY CAST: NIKI HADIKOESOEMO, DAVID BENZ, LINN HALLSTRÖM, VEERLE SCHUTJENS, MARVIN ABOELI, ANONYMOUS, NINA FOKKER, IDA FUGLSANG-DAMGAARD, PETER SATTLER, JOSE MARCHENA GARCIA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOCHEM VAN INGEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ZARA ZERNY STYLIST: ZARA ZERNY AND THE 5 DESIGNERS HAIR: VANESSA CHAN at HOUSE OF ORANGE MAKE-UP: JAN FUITE at HOUSE OF ORANGE
FILM SYNOPSIS A hall, a briefcase, a curtain, a clock a boxing pillow and a trolley are all narrative objects in cinema. By creating a circling movement through the hallway, the positions of the people, the objects and actions create different tensions and stories of the 5 scenes placed in the same environment.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Zara Zerny (1985 Danish/Canadian) started making films in 2007 while studying in the Graphic Design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Netherlands. She has used film as the medium for both applied and autonomous works. She investigates the design of a situation and observes the interactions that happen within a specific setup. Her works often play between fiction and documentary.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MELISSA HAMMEL PRODUCTION COMPANY: BECOMING PICTURES COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 24’27 MUSIC: ORIGINAL SCORE BY LOW, ONE TRACK BY ADMUSIC CAST: ILONA R. SMITHKIN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MELISSA HAMMEL
FILM SYNOPSIS “Ilona, Upstairs” is a portrait of an artist; a glimpse at a butterfly who wants no association with her life as a caterpillar. In this mixed format documentary, deftly filmed in part by Albert Maysles, Ilona sings, dances, orates, paints, swims, and smells the roses, but will not, under any circumstances, face the specifics of her painful past.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Melissa Hammel received her MFA in filmmaking from New York University. “Ilona, Upstairs” is the winner of multiple awards including HBO’s “Audience Award for Best Short” at the Provincetown Int’l Film Festival, and currently airs across the US on Public Television and Plum TV. Melissa is now making a new documentary in Madagascar and New York.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: TETSUYA NAGATO / KATSUHIDE MORIMOTO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: JAPAN DURATION: 25’
FILM SYNOPSIS Paris, March 2, 2011. Jun Takahashi, designer of “UNDERCOVER” held his first show in 3 years. How did the new designs come about, how were the designs made. Leading up to the Paris shows, the camera follows Jun Takahashi for 3 months in Tokyo, Kiryu & Paris to show the designer’s life as it is now.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Tetsuya Nagato: Artist and art director. Tetsuya moved to the U.S. After graduating high school and upon his return, he designed CD album covers for top artists and took part in filming. In 2002 he won the Excellence Prize at Japan Media Arts Festival and also received the Tokyo Wonder Wall award in 2003.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MADS DINESEN AND MALI LAZELL PRODUCTION COMPANY: DANIEL DESIDERIO PAEZ CASTILLO WWW.SIDERIO.DE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GERMANY DURATION: 8’ MUSIC: FRAUKE SCHMIDT, PIA RASMUSSEN, LEO TARDIN/GRAND PIANORAMAX CAST: STUDENTS, MODELS AND CREW AT THE ANNUAL SHOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS AT THE MERCEDES-BENZ FASHIONWEEK 9TH OF JULY 2010 BERLIN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MALI LAZELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MADS DINESEN AND MALI LAZELL PART 1: EDIT: DANIEL DESIDERIO PAEZ CASTILLO SOUND: FRAUKE SCHMIDT PART 2: EDIT: KARIN LUSTENBERGER MUSIC: PIA RASMUSSEN MIXED BY KARIN LUSTENBERGER PART 3: EDIT: ADRIAN KÜNZEL MUSIC: LEO TARDIN/GRAND PIANORAMAX STYLIST: MADS DINESEN HAIR AND MAKE-UP: ABRA KENNEDY
FILM SYNOPSIS For the graduation show of Mads Dinesen at the annual show of the University of the Arts – Berlin, during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion week july 2010, photographer Mali Lazell documented the preparations backstage in photos and film. Focusing on an ongoing artistic exchange, Lazell and Dinesen invited three videoartist and three musicians to interpret the material and create a new output.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Mads Dinesen is a young Danish designer living and working in Berlin. His grauate-collection has received a great international attention, and been selected for various festivals and exhibitions. Mali Lazell is a German photographer from Berlin. Lazell and Dinesen have collaborated on various projects, including films, and are increasingly involving creative exchanges with other artists.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: TIZIANA PANIZZA IN COLLABORATION WITH JORGE YARUR PRODUCTION COMPANY: DOMESTIC FILMS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: CHILE DURATION: 9’12 MUSIC: VARIOUS
FILM SYNOPSIS Between the years 1945 to 1970 my father filmed with is camera the most important moments of our family life. These are images of my childhood, but they are, first and foremost about my mother. In the space between memory and nostalgia, her image remains and this video diary is a way bringing her back today.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Panizza is a Chilean documentary filmmaker and lecturer at the University of Chile. She´s directed several documentaries, such as Dear Nonna: a Film Letter and Remitente: una carta visual. She was awarded and selected in various video art and experimental cinema exhibitions like Torino Film Festival, Fidmarseille, European Media Art Festival, Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine, and Invideo.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LEONARDO VAN DIJL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: BELGIUM DURATION: 10’ MUSIC: THE RADIO DEPT, KILL THE ZODIAC, SUN SUN CITY GIRLS CAST: STEPHEN JONES, GEERT BRULOOT
FILM SYNOPSIS Documentary about Stephen Jones during the production of his retro perspective in Antwerp.
DIRECTOR’S BIO I’m a student who has produced this film during his internship at the Momu
DIRECTOR’S NAME: LINA PLIOPLYTE PRODUCTION COMPANY: TEENAGE PEANUT PRODUCTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UNITED STATES DURATION: 15’08 MUSIC: JESSE RUINS, JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, EARTHA KITT, KEVIN MACLEOD, THE SO SO GLOS, SOUND DESIGN BY KELLI SCARR AND DAN CHEN. CAST: STEVEN COX, DANIEL SILVER, TIM BLANKS, J ALEXANDER, GRANT WOOLHEAD, DAVID BURRIS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: LINA PLIOPLYTE PRODUCER: JULIE MILLER
FILM SYNOPSIS Steven Cox and Daniel Silver are partners –partners in business, partners in creativity, and partners in life. They are Duckie Brown. Director Lina Plioplyte focuses her lens on this intriguing duo, exploring the heart, the brains, and exposing the guts of Duckie Brown.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Lina Plioplyte is a Lithuanian born filmmaker based in New York City. Her fashion films explore creativity in dressing and philosophy of self expression. She developed her interest in fashion making films for Nylon magazine and other fashion publications. She is currently working as a freelancer on creative films and documentary projects.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: DAVID HENRY GERSON PRODUCTION COMPANY: CAESURA MEDIA, LLC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 17’07 MUSIC: ‘FAMOUS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES’ BY ULTRA VIOLET CAST: ISABELLE COLLIN DUFRESNE, AKA ULTRA VIOLET, DAVID HENRY GERSON, SALVADOR DALI, ANDY WARHOL, CANDY DARLING, TAYLOR MEAD, MARCEL DUCHAMP, ED RUSCHA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID HENRY GERSON
FILM SYNOPSIS Ultra Violet, mistress to Salvador Dali and muse to Andy Warhol, reveals in this sixteen minutes documentary her untold tale of spiritual rebirth and her iconic perspective on fame, art, and religion. Includes rare photographs from her past, and Andy Warhol’s screen-test of Ultra Violet from 1965. (“Totally engaging” – Albert Maysles)
DIRECTOR’S BIO David Henry Gerson is a New York based actor and filmmaker. He studied English Literature at Columbia University, and he studied acting in London as well as in NY (Meisner and Method techniques). “Ultra Violet for Sixteen Minutes” is his first short film. He is currently completing “American Standard”: a film about a veteran from the war in Afghanistan. www.davidhenrygerson.com
DIRECTOR’S NAME: YURI ANCARANI PRODUCTION COMPANY: FONDAZIONE PITTI DISCOVERY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY DURATION: 9’54 MUSIC: SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU, BENEDETTA BARZINI, STEFANO ANNONI, ALBERTO BOCCARDI, LAURA FERRARI, SUSANNA GIAROLI, CLAUDIO RAIMONDO, WALTRUD JUDITH STECHER, DANILO VAROTTI, OLDERINA ZANAZZI DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: YURI ANCARANI & ANDREA INCONTRI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ANDREA INCONTRI STYLIST: ANDREA INCONTRI HAIR: ASTOR HOXHA MAKE-UP: ASTOR HOXHA
FILM SYNOPSIS The waiting room embodies the time of change when anything can happen. It’s the neutral space, the non-place of transformation. It’s a physical and mental place, a space to experience change. In the same way a bag becomes the silent receptacle attending men and women in their everyday life, supporting movement and keeping the dearest objects, transforming pieces of identity.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Yuri Ancarani is a visual artist, director and lecturer in Video Art at the NABA in Milan and the ABA in Ravenna. His work has been shown at international film festivals, museums and exhibitions such as Prague Biennal 5, 14 Media Art Biennale Wro, Trento Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Festival, True/False Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, and Centre Pompidou.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: STEFANO GALUZZI CHOREOGRAPHER: NOA SHADUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ISRAEL - ITALY DURATION: 4’40 MUSIC AND EDIT: SHAHAR AMARILIO CAST: DORON RAZ AVRAHAM, ROSALIND NOCTOR, OSNAT KELNER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STEFANO GALUZZI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: STEFANO GALUZZI & TANYA JONES STYLIST: TANYA JONES HAIR: YANIV ZADA MAKE-UP: NIRIT HIRSCHMANN
FILM SYNOPSIS Three Women, lead us into a world in which they explore their femininity. They do so with each other or alone, constantly transforming from girls to women to underwater creatures.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Stefano Galuzzi started working as a Fashion Photographer. His recognizable style thanks to the fascinating lighting and cinematographic feel made his choice to start exploring the world of video seem only natural. Over the years Stefano has collaborated with magazines such as: Vogue Italia, L’Uomo Vogue, D Repubblica, GQ style, Grey, Tank, O:, Another Magazine , L’Officiel, Vogue Turkie , Common&sense
DIRECTOR’S NAME: RUTH HOGBEN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK DURATION: 10’33 MUSIC DIRECTION: MATTHEW STONE CAST: NATASA VOJNOVIC AT UNION, JONATHAN BAKER AT D1 MODELS, HANNAH KIDD, SOPHIE APOLLONIA, OIAHA VESGA BUJAN, MANOU KOREMAN, ANDREW MACLEMAN, BENJAMIN JONSSON, MICHAEL KELLAND, JAY JACKSON DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SIMON CHAUDOIR STYLIST: KATIE SHILLINGFORD HAIR: MARTIN CULLEN MAKE-UP: LISA ELDRIDGE
FILM SYNOPSIS With a collection inspired by religious iconography and Florentine opulence, Gareth Pugh made his Italian fashion debut at Pitti Immagine #79, showcasing his clothes via a unique fashion film, created with Ruth Hogben.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Ruth Hogben is a filmmaker based in London. She assisted Nick Knight between 2005 and 2009 both as his first photographic assistant and editor of his fashion film projects. Hogben has continued to collaborate with Knight on numerous films for SHOWstudio.com, as well as creating films with creatives such as Gareth Pugh, Katie Shillingford, Matthew Stone and Francesca Burns.
CO-DIRECTORS’ NAMES: ANDREW YANG AND RAMÓN J. GOÑI PRODUCTION COMPANY: NEON LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 11’05 MUSIC: JOHN MAGEE CAST: MAXIM (RED MODEL MANAGEMENT), KYLE, ANDREW YANG DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SASHA D. BURDETT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SUSAN LOCHT STYLIST: SUSAN LOCHT PROP STYLIST: JOSEPH LUCIUS HAIR: CHRISTINE CHERBONNIER MAKE-UP: CHRISTINE CHERBONNIER
FILM SYNOPSIS The short fashion/art film, SWOON ÉPHÉMÈRE, premiered internationally on SHOWstudio’s website, and features an exclusive collection of Kouklitas, the handmade rag dolls made by artist Andrew Yang. The film explores emotions that surround human connection/disconnection: Euphoria, distain, compassion, anger, love and fear. SWOON ÉPHÉMÈRE was created in conjunction with “In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll,” a SHOWstudio exhibit in London.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Ramón J. Goñi is a New York-based director, cinematographer and broadcast multimedia journalist. His work has been published in W, SHOWstudio and BBC News. Andrew Yang is a New York-based artist, designer and director who has worked with SHOWstudio, Barneys, Joyce and Galleries Lafayette. His rag dolls, The Kouklitas, have been featured in Vogue, style.com and The New York Times.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KELLY SANE PRODUCTION COMPANY: FRANCHESCA PAGE LLC, OCELOT FILMS INC. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 94’ MUSIC: STEREO CAST: MAUREEN GRIFFIN, ROSSY DE PALMA, JOE PIROLLI ETC.
FILM SYNOPSIS In this musical parody, Franchesca Page, an aspiring singer and dancer with stars in her eyes and no discernable talent, scores a role in the upcoming disco stage extravaganza “The Lady Does It All!” as understudy to the leading lady. When the star unexpectedly dies, Franchesca is put front and center, where she proves woefully inadequate to the role.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Kelley Sane worked as a photographer in Paris; Japan; Vienna, London; Istanbul and Milan. In 1996, he directed his first script, a campy musical comedy, “Franchesca Page”. Then, he wrote about NSA eavesdropping, outsourcing and CIA. Even though his first film couldn’t be more different from his recent efforts, Sane says his interest in the human condition has remained consistent.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: IRVIN KERSHNER PRODUCTION COMPANY: COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 104’ MUSIC: “PRISONER” BY BARBRA STREISAND, “BURN” BY GEORG MICHALSKI (AS MICHALSKI) & NICKY OOSTERVEEN (AS OOSTERVEEN), “NATIVE NEW YORKER” BY ODYSSEY, “(SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY” BY KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND, “LET’S ALL CHANT” BY MICHAEL ZAGER BAND, “BOOGIE NIGHTS” BY HEATWAVE CAST: FAYE DUNAWAY, TOMMY LEE JONES, BRAD DOURIF, ETC.
FILM SYNOPSIS Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes. She contacts the police and with the aid of a police detective, tries to stop the killer. But first, they have to figure out who it is.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Irvin Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the U.S. Information Service in the Middle East and later turned to television. Kershner was given his first break by producer Roger Corman, for whom he shot Stakeout on Dope Street. His biggest commercial success was the sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: MARIE LOSIER PRODUCTION: STEVE HOLMGREN, MARIE LOSIER, MARTIN MARQUET COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 75’ DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIE LOSIER SOUND: BRYIN DALL EIDTOR: MARIE LOSIER MUSIC: BRYIN DALL, PSYCHIC TV3, PSYCHIC TV, GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE, THE MAJESTY
FILM SYNOPSIS The ballad of Genesis and lady Jaye follows the story of the artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and artist partner, Lady Jaye. In 2000, he started a series of operations in order to look like Lady Jaye as much as possible, a risky, ambitious and subversive performance, and finally an act of love and devotion.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Marie Losier is born in France in 1972. She has realized several avant-garde portraits of artists and musicians like George Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman, Tony Conrad and Genesis P.Orridge. Her films explore their life and work. Her films are regularly presented at renowned festivals and museums; she lives and works in New York.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JOSEPH LALLY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 58’ FILM TYPE: EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE MUSIC: JOHN ROBIE CAST: DAPHNE GUINNESS, MICHAEL BRAGER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOSEPH LALLY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JOSEPH LALLY STYLIST: TOM GUINNESS HAIR: DYANA NEMATALLA/TRISTAN WAIKONG MAKE-UP: DAPHNE
FILM SYNOPSIS A dreamlike meditation on the last 4 days of actress Jean Seberg
DIRECTOR’S BIO Creator of art films, such as THE BLACK AND WHITE MAZE OF THE PAINTED ZEBRA starring Tyson Ballou and THE MURDER OF JEAN SEBERG starring Daphne Guinness.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: JOSEPH LALLY PRODUCTION COMPANY: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 58’ FILM TYPE: EXPERIMENTAL DRAMA CAST: TYSON BALLOU, MICHAEL BRAGER, CHARLES DEVOE, DAPHNE GUINNESS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOSEPH LALLY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JOSEPH LALLY
FILM SYNOPSIS A baseball legend films his own crack up.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Creator of art films, such as THE BLACK AND WHITE MAZE OF THE PAINTED ZEBRA starring Tyson Ballou and THE MURDER OF JEAN SEBERG starring Daphne Guinness.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ellen Von Unwerth COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Paris DURATION: 4’39” CAST: Dioni Tabbers, Julia O., Alice Aufray, Victor Lacoste DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ellen Von Unwerth ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: STYLIST: Sascha Lilic HAIR: Tie Toyama MAKE-UP: Lisa Legrand
DIRECTOR’S BIO Ellen started as a model before changing careers in the eighties. She has been published in international high-fashion magazines and shot advertising campaigns for several brands. Ellen has published many books and in 1991 she was awarded first prize at the „International Festival of Fashion Photography“. She has also directed and produced short films and music videos.
FILM SYNOPSIS: The dainty princess enjoyes the lightness of living in her castle sharing laughs and love with her equally attractive cousins…until the prince arrives….
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ellen Von Unwerth COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Paris DURATION: 9’43” MUSIC: Christian Fourteau + Thierry Planelle CAST: Naomi, Eva, Christy DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ellen Von Unwerth
FILM SYNOPSIS: Backstage movie of an Azzedine Alaia Show.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ellen Von Unwerth COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Paris DURATION: 7’30” CAST: Eva Herzigova, Juarez Malavazzi, Vincent Cassel, Bridget Yorke, Philippe Watty, Christian Fourteau, Thierry Planelle DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ellen Von Unwerth ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: STYLIST: Camilla Nickerson HAIR: Drew Jarrett MAKE-UP: Kay Montand
FILM SYNOPSIS: Eva Herzigova plays a femme fatale driving all the men crazy and her boyfriend jealous....
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ellen Von Unwerth COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: NY, USA DURATION: 1’18” MUSIC: The Trosss Wild Things CAST: Georgia Jagger DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ellen Von Unwerth STYLIST: Michaela Dosamantes HAIR: Dennis Sots MAKE-UP: Devra Kinery
FILM SYNOPSIS: This film is a making of Georgia May Jagger’s shoot for Italian Vogue. It is an effort to show both her male and female side.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Ellen Von Unwerth COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: California, USA DURATION: 6’51” MUSIC: Carmen Miranda CAST: Kirsten Dunst, Alex Allen, Lolly, Jennifer DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ellen Von Unwerth ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: HAIR: Dennis Lani MAKE-UP: Dawn Broussard, Jilian Dempsey
FILM SYNOPSIS: Kirsten Dunst is a metropolitan factory worker on a lunch-break. She and her colleagues find a fairy box of clothes and they escape for a little moment from their daily routine...
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER DATE OF RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2011 PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’ LANGUAGE: ENGLISH DESIGNER: BOTTEGA VENETA MUSIC: “ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY HEART SINGS” PERFORMED BY DANILO PEREZ CAST: NINE D’URSO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK STANLEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: THOMAS MAIER STYLIST: DEBORAH WATSON HAIR: ORLANDO PITA MAKE-UP: KAY MONTANO EDITOR: ANTONIO SANCHEZ COURTESY OF CONSULATE FILM NYC
FILM SYNOPSIS Shooting on the beach in South Florida with minimal staging or artifice, Weber, Tomas Maier, and Nine D’Urso created a campaign that expresses the sensuality, refinement, and individuality of the Bottega Veneta fragrance.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER DATE OF RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2010 PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 1’56 DESIGNER: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH MUSIC: “PUGNA IL GUERRIERO” PERFORMED BY PHILIPPE JAROUSKY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK AND THEO STANLEY, PHILIP ROY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SAM SHAHID STYLIST: DEBORAH WATSON HAIR: THOM PRIANO MAKE-UP: REGINE THORRE EDITOR: PHYLLIS FAMIGLIETTI
FILM SYNOPSIS We said it’s a closed set. Viewer discretion advised! You’ve been warned, now it’s time to get to work young thespians.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Bruce Weber was born in 1946 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. A photographer and filmmaker, he has photographed for most major magazines, and has 25 books to his credit. His work has been exhibited in over 70 gallery shows and museums. His photographs are in the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photography Division of the City of Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER DATE OF RELEASE: MARCH 2011 PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 7’48 MUSIC: “I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU” PERFORMED BY ART GARFUNKEL CAST: ELAINE IRWIN, DREE HEMMINGWAY, PAUL SCULFOR, DERYL GEORGE, KYLEIGH KUHN, NATALIA B, TIM EASTON, JOHN Z, PETER JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK AND THEO STANLEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ALEX WIERDON STYLIST: DEBORAH WATSON HAIR: GERALD DECOCK MAKE-UP: MARIA SECCIA EDITOR: PHYLLIS FAMIGLIETTI
FILM SYNOPSIS A deeply personal film that evokes a set of themes — friendship, family, the quest for adventure, the power and beauty of life lived outdoors.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Bruce Weber was born in 1946 in Greenburg, Pennsylvania. A photographer and filmmaker, he has photographed for most major magazines, and has 25 books to his credit. His work has been exhibited in over 70 gallery shows and museums. His photographs are in the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photography Division of the City of Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER DATE OF RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2010 PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 3’25 LANGUAGE: ENGLISH MUSIC: “THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS” PERFORMED BY JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BOSTON POPS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK AND THEO STANLEY, PHILIP ROY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SAM SHAHID STYLIST: DEBORAH WATSON HAIR: THOM PRIANO MAKE-UP: REGINE THORRE EDITOR: PHYLLIS FAMIGLIETTI
FILM SYNOPSIS ’Fantasy Studio’ takes us inside the fictional A&F Studios “from where movie legends are made...” The guys chill out - they playfully wrestle and dance - while the gorgeous women stroll about, twirl with delight, and blow sweet kisses of bliss. ‘Fantasy Studio’ is the place where anything goes.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Bruce Weber was born in 1946 in Greenburg, Pennsylvania. A photographer and filmmaker, he has photographed for most major magazines, and has 25 books to his credit. His work has been exhibited in over 70 gallery shows and museums. His photographs are in the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photography Division of the City of Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: BRUCE WEBER DATE OF RELEASE: JANUARY 2011 PRODUCTION COMPANY: LITTLE BEAR INC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: “DANCE OF THE DREAM MAN” BY ANGELO BADALMENTI AND “HIHAT” PERFORMED BY MAX ROACH CAST: LIL BUCK AND DAMIAN WOETZEL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK STANLEY AND JOHN SCOTT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: BRUCE WEBER STYLIST: BRUCE WEBER HAIR: BRUCE WEBER EDITOR: ANTONIO SANCHEZ COURTESY OF CONSULATE FILM NYC
FILM SYNOPSIS LA-based and Tennessee-born street dancer Lil Buck (née Charles Riley) brings his love of dance and Memphis-style “Jookin” to the NYC set of a Bruce Weber shoot.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Bruce Weber was born in 1946 in Greenburg, Pennsylvania. A photographer and filmmaker, he has photographed for most major magazines, and has 25 books to his credit. His work has been exhibited in over 70 gallery shows and museums. His photographs are in the permanent collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photography Division of the City of Paris.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: KATHY ROSE PRODUCTION COMPANY: KATHY ROSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 5’ MUSIC: KATHY ROSE CAST: KATHY ROSE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: KATHY ROSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KATHY ROSE
FILM SYNOPSIS A poetic vision of the self and the moon, carpeted with voices; a ritual of the mind.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Kathy Rose’s work has evolved from her pioneering performance work, combining dance with film/video to her current surreal performance video spectacles, and dance videos. Rose is a Guggenheim Fellow in Performance Art, and has exhibited her videos at Dance on Camera-Lincoln Center, The American Dance Festival, IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO/Naples,etc. She also creates projection design for architects. (see www.krose.com)
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kathy Rose PRODUCTION COMPANY:Kathy Rose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 7 l/2 min MUSIC: Kathy Rose CAST: Kathy Rose DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Kathy Rose: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: : Kathy Rose
FILM SYNOPSIS A sea of richly colored figures floating and flying are accompanied by eerie sounds. The animated figures are constructed in the manner of puppetry and collage. The imagery continues until the artist’s involvement with her “canvases” is revealed, with her performative self finally emerging.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kathy Rose PRODUCTION COMPANY:Kathy Rose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 3 min MUSIC: Walther Giger CAST: Kathy Rose DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Kathy Rose: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: : Kathy Rose
FILM SYNOPSIS A choreographic fantasy in which rhythms combine with figures moving singly and progressively in group formations, overlaid with decorative floral patterning and intensive colors. At the end, a regal percussion resounds as we returni to an empty eyed figure, with formal robes and a quieter world, as if ending a ceremonial performance.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kathy Rose PRODUCTION COMPANY: Kathy Rose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 9 min MUSIC: Walther Giger CAST: Kathy Rose DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Kathy Rose: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: : Kathy Rose
FILM SYNOPSIS Through my form of “self-puppetry” I am exploring the identity of the artist and process of the art.. This video uses fabrics, figures and miniature sets, to create an enchanting operatic vision. Influenced by the work of Remedios Varo, assemblages of Hannah Hoch, the supernatural world of the Japanese Noh theater, and a fascination with puppets and dolls.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kathy Rose PRODUCTION COMPANY:Kathy Rose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 4 1/2 min MUSIC C.P. Roth CAST: Kathy Rose DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Kathy Rose: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: : Kathy Rose
FILM SYNOPSIS An insectoid fantasy with an indio/arachnid sound track by C.P. Roth. This piece was originally created as a live performance (see Kathy Rose on youtube), and re-interpreted here as a video.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: Kathy Rose PRODUCTION COMPANY:Kathy Rose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 18:38 min MUSIC: Toshi Makihara CAST: Kathy Rose DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Kathy Rose: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: : Kathy Rose
FILM SYNOPSIS “Queen of the Fluids is an experimental, non-narrative surrealist video. Through rain falling backwards a golden queenly being rises up. In a poetic introductory scene, the gold drips out of her body, and her eyes are shed. Entering through the eerily empty orbs into her brain, we discover a metaphysical kingdom.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: WALTER PFEIFFER PRODUCTION COMPANY: BUREAU DES VIDEOS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 19’29
DIRECTOR’S BIO Walter Pfeiffer started photography in the 70’s without any technical ambition, but the will to provide a new visual vocabulary for beauty, erotism and freedom of life. Parallel with his photos, exploring the sexualisation of the everyday, Walter Pfeiffer directed videos. His work, gaining its initial recognition through an underground network, has reached today status of a cult object.
DIRECTOR’S NAME: WALTER PFEIFFER PRODUCTION COMPANY: BUREAU DES VIDEOS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 3’10
DIRECTOR’S NAME: WALTER PFEIFFER PRODUCTION COMPANY: BUREAU DES VIDEOS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA DURATION: 2’22