Reflecting the Essence of a Fashion Brand in Robert Hackett’s ‘Shrine’
We asked director Robert Hackett to share his reflections on the process and inspiration behind his Komana fashion film, 'Shrine'.
Art & Fashion
Simon Baucks Discusses Collaboration & the Elevation of the Modern Dance Film in his Short ‘Inmotion’
Simon Baucks' passion project 'Inmotion' makes a concerted effort to elevate the 'film' portion of the' dance film' and in so doing elevates the whole to the status of enthralling motion artwork. Baucks tells DN how he superseded his limitations for the film.
Crossing Genres Across a Culture of Subtraction in Ramón Ayala’s Fashion Sci-Fi Short ‘People Like Us’
Ramón Ayala discusses how his fashion film commission 'People Like Us' transformed beyond the genre into a sci-fi tinged improvised meditation on enduring love, culpability and 'otherness'.
Alessandro Bertelle Questions Our Realation to Reality in Experimental Short ‘A Subjective Story of an Object’
In his experimental short 'A Subjective Story of an Object' Alessandro Bertelle explores how we perceive objects in a reality in which our faulty senses prevent us from perceiving the true essence of everything. We asked Bertelle to escort us through his version of reality.
The Symbiosis of Fashion Designer & Industry Fall Under the Glare of David Zimmermann’s ‘Missing Tiger’
David Zimmermann's 'Missing Tiger' sees two models take on the symbiotic roles of young designer and fashion industry. We asked David to guide us through his allegorical fashion film.
Hawaii & Smith Get Random with Oh! Tiger Mountain for Storytelling Experiment ‘The Start of Whatever’
Directors Hawaii & Smith take us through their collaboration with DIY space crooner Oh! Tiger Mountain for storytelling experiment 'The Start of Whatever' - a ‘Random Story About Electricity, Reverberation, Explosion, Random’.
Ed Lawes Probes the Nature of the Mechanisms of Memory in ‘Glimpse’
In the short film 'Glimpse' Ed Lawes envisions memory as processed by a flawed machine and investigates the wider concept of the nature of memory itself. We invite Ed to share how he devised an aesthetic which would embrace the imperfections of his handheld footage, snatched whilst holidaying in Spain.
Clive Will Marries Sexy Chic Edged with Contemporary Punk for Kirsten Goss’ Arcade Collection
Clive Will’s promo for Kirsten Goss' Arcade collection mixes high speed videography, with a range of colourful props for an onslaught of arresting images, which will leave an indelible mark on your retinas. He takes us through the project.
All:Expanded Blur the Lines Between Fashion, Music & Narrative in ‘Providence’
All:Expanded’s multi-faceted debut Providence marks them as a creative force to be reckoned with right out of the gate as they blur the lines between fashion, music promo and narrative short for a film which is certainly more than the sum of its parts. We get in at the ground floor with brothers Duncan and Stuart Winecoff to find out how they established such an impressive toehold and where they plan to take All:Expanded in the future.
Step Inside Tim Plester’s JFK Assassination Memento Mori ‘Et In Motorcadia Ego!’
As you’ll no doubt be aware from the slew of programmes commemorating, analysing and dramatising the tragic event, November 22nd 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy as he waved to the Dallas crowds from the backseat of an open-topped Lincoln Continental convertible. With the event and those 486 …
Pseudopodium
We’ve featured the work of Polish director Alan Kępski before and back then I found it hard to put into words exactly what it was about his visuals that made them so compelling. I’m not saying that I have a better explanation now, but Pseudopodium is an equally transfixing piece of filmmaking (and slightly NSFW).
Tropicalia
Kristel Van De Kamp finds herself lost in a paradise that’s not for her in Iñaki San Juan’s fashion film Tropicalia.