Bucharest Fashion Film Festival 2018

2018 Edition of Bucharest Fashion Film Festival took place in the weekend of 13-15 April.
The film screenings where set at Cinema Elvira Popescu and the talks where scheduled in Point.
I was invited to take part in the jury panel, together with Andy Lee, a Senior Lecturer in Film Practice and the Course Director for MA Fashion Media Production at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. The jury panel members from Romania where Alina Gavrilă-Borțu, Maurice Munteanu and Mihai Bumbu.

The charming festival was well organized and carefully curated by founders and directors Ioana Diaconu and Madalina Cozmeanu. During the festival several talks where organized, focusing on topics such as the Future of Fashion Film and 'Women's representation in media and positive body image'. In addition to short films, several fashion documentary where screened such as We Margiela, 1070:Sex, Fashion & Disco and Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist.
On Sunday evening, the festival closing ceremony concluded with announcement of two awards. “The Eye Ball” - Georgetown Opticians, by Dean Alexander won Best Film and Prosper Center // SS18 by Raya al Soulimanwon Best Romanian fashion film.

Lana Del Rey - Tropico

Written by Lana and directed by Anthony Mandler, Tropico is a tale of redemption told to the music of Body Electric, Gods and Monsters and Bel Air -- all tracks taken from Lana's Born To Die -- The Paradise Edition album.

Tropico stars Lana Del Rey and Shaun Ross.

ASPIRE - FASHIONCLASH fashion film by Strictua

ASPIRE - FASHIONCLASH 2013 from Strictua on Vimeo.

Aspire is commissioned by FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013, international and interdisciplinary fashion event.

Aspire tells the story about the lives experienced by creatives. They can be considered nomads who are struggeling to survive and settle their camps from time to time. People around us are constantly influenced by each other. Aspire is based on FASHIONCLASH, a unique platform where aspiring, talented artists can present their work and get inspired by the art of fashion.

Written & directed: Strictua
Editing and post-production: Strictua
Composer & sound design: Oby Nine
Art direction: FASHIONCLASH / Strictua
Creative advisor: Peter Stigter
Script reader: Joost Horward
Make-up artist: Romina Hermans

Cast: -The travellers: Nina Willems, Kiki Willems, Kursad Tas, Jeffrey Franssen
Grey people: Josien Hennen, Michel Vanderheijden Van Tinteren, Nina Kuiper, Pierre Grispen, Branko Popovic, Jasper Spobeck, Foteini Tsimpouka, Katharina Milz, Laurens Hamacher, Qingbing Yuan, Simona Manole, Yisha Bu

Check out making off pictures!
http://brankopopovic.blogspot.nl/2013/06/aspire-film-at-berlin-fashion-film.html

FAGNARDS. Too much love will kill you

'Fagnards', a short wildlife music documentary, premiered during Made in Europe Go Short short film festival.

'Fagnards' is a story of a tragic love affair made by the Belgian musician/filmmaker who goes by the name of TOUR (Hasselt, 1977) On January 22 1871, Marie Solheid and François Reiff took off to Marie’s native village to settle their marriage. They decided to take the shortest route: across the High Fens, a rough nature area with unpredictable weather conditions. They would never reach their goal: the couple died in the middle of the Fens, desorientated and struck with hypothermia. On the location where they past away people placed the Lover’s Cross.

You can listen to the soundtrack here: http://tour.bandcamp.com/album/fagnards

Next screening
FAGNARDS HD Screening
Sat 23.03.2013, 19:00
Church of Virgin Jesse, Hasselt, Belgium
Entrance 5 euro — no reservation 

http://www.fagnards.com/

Made in Europe - Go Short

Made in Europe - Go Short at Lumière Maastricht 

15 - 16 March 2013 

Showcase of European short films, 
2-day festival program in Maastricht alongside the short film festival in Nijmegen.

Made in Europe, based in Maastricht, functions as a platform for the development and support of burgeoning European and Euregional film talent. Go Short is the foremost festival short film festival of The Netherlands. Put the two of them together, and you end up with Made in Europe / Go Short, a two-day mini-festival during which the best and newest European short films are presented, promising regional filmmakers get their moment in the spotlight and film enthusiast are given the opportunity to meet with the directors of tomorrow.
All this in a lively and easy-going ‘festival’-atmosphere, what more can one possibly ask for?

Though short films are often met with low enthusiasm by the general public, the art form stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to pure versatility. They allow for filmmakers to experiment and give them an opportunity to test their creativity. For the young and aspiring they serve as a springboard to a professional career, for more experienced filmmakers they function as an arena to further explore their more idiosyncratic tendencies and escape the confines of the studio system.
Made in Europe is an initiative of Lumière Cinema Maastricht.

More information & Tickets

You can book tickets online or by phone: http://www.madeineurope.nu

Go Short International Film Festival: From March 13 until March 17 2013 – LUX Nijmegen www.goshort.nl

FAGNARDS Preview

Belgian musician makes short film about drama on High Fens (Belgium) and he is looking for investors through crowdfunding.

Few months ago the initiator of the project, musician TOUR (Stijn Segers), asked me if I was interested to design costumes for FAGNARDS project. I was sold immediately to this unique project and said yes. Meanwhile, the costumes are done and the docu has been filmed and I can't wait to see the end result.


FAGNARDS needs your support
Until then FAGNARDS is featured on Cinecrowd.nl a non-profit organization that together with filmmakers is looking for investment for their film project among the film audience. In exchange for the investment the will receive rewards. You can already support the project with a small donation.
From today there are 60 days to find investors who can give FAGNARDS the extra push it needs. The aim is 2500 euro. Investing is possible with a small amount of money: the start amount is 15 euro. There are several investment formulas possible. Check the details for crowdfunding here.

FAGNARDS TRAILER

Fagnards Trailer Cinecrowd from CineCrowd on Vimeo.