Fashion in Film Festival

Poster for Fashion in Film Festival by Sean O'Mara

Poster for Fashion in Film Festival by Petr Babak

The Fashion in Film Festival (often abbreviated as FFF) is a biennial festival organised by Fashion in Film. The festival is currently in its fourth edition. It has previously been held at venues including BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, the Barbican Centre, the Horse Hospital and the Ciné lumière in London and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.

History

The first Fashion in Film Festival was titled Between Stigma and Enigma and premiered in London in May 2006 at the Ciné lumière, the Horse Hospital and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. The programme subsequently toured to Kino Světozor in Prague and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.^[1] The poster for the festival's visit to Prague was designed by Petr Babak; its bold colours and black hats suggest early films and later developments.^[2]

The second Fashion in Film Festival was titled If Looks Could Kill and was held in London in May 2008^[3] at BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, the Ciné lumière, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Horse Hospital.^[4]

The third Fashion in Film Festival, Birds of Paradise was held in London in December 2010 at BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, the Barbican Centre, and the Horse Hospital,^[5][6] touring to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York in April 2011.^[7][8]

Parent organisation Fashion in Film

Fashion in Film is based at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. It was founded by Marketa Uhlirova, Roger Burton and Christel Tsilibaris in 2005 as a way of encouraging critical response to the use of fashion, clothing, jewellery, make-up and accessories in film, and addressing current practices in the context of film’s long history.^[9][10]

Fashion in Film commissions new public projects, bringing together artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, performers and musicians.^[11][12] Fashion in Film present a mix of popular culture, art and the underground which shows how the moving image has represented and interpreted fashion as a concept, an industry and a cultural form. As well as curating the festival, Fashion in Film collaborates on smaller projects including special screenings, conferences and exhibitions.

Fashion in Film festivals

• April - May 2011: Birds of Paradise tour to Museum of the Moving Image.^[13]
• December 2010: Birds of Paradise in London.
• November 2008: If Looks Could Kill tour to the Arnolfini in Bristol.
• May 2008: If Looks Could Kill in London.^[14]
• March 2007: Between Stigma and Enigma tour to the Museum of the Moving Image, New York.
• September 2006: Between Stigma and Enigma tour to Kino Svetozor, Prague.
• May 2006: Between Stigma and Enigma.^[15]

Other projects

• November 2011: conference: Secrets of the Orient at Yale University.
• October 2011: film programme at Holon Fashion Week at Design Museum, Holon.
• June 2011: Fashion-Colour-Cinema-Inventory' for Arnhem Mode Biennale.
• May 2011: collaboration with Fokus Video Festival in Copenhagen.
• November - December 2010: installed Kinoscopes, based on Edison's kinetoscope at 12 locations in London showing archive film.^[16] Locations included Somerset House, the V&A, Queens Road Market in Upton Park and Lewisham Library.
• September 2009: presented a programme of films at an international symposium at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
• October 2008 - March 2009: screenings at the V&A with Cold War Modern exhibition.
• October 2007: presented a two-day event focusing on sweatshops at the Horse Hospital.
• June 2007: collaborated with Arnhem Mode Biënnale^[17]
• November 2006: The Death of Taste: unpicking the fashion cycle film programme at Institute of Contemporary Arts.

References

1. "Fashion Film Festival". Fashioninfilm.com. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
2. Fashion in film festival Prague. Poster design by Petr Babak for Tranzit, 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
3. "Fashion in Pictures - Fashion in Film | AnOther". Anothermag.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
4. "Fashion Film Festival". Fashioninfilm.com. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
5. "Fashion in Film Festival". Dazed Digital. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
6. The Independent: Fashion in Film Festival: A magical, material world
7. Chong, Yuri (2011-04-15). "A Fest for the Eyes - NYTimes.com". Tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
8. O'Reilly, Kelly (2011-04-15). "Fashion in Film Festival Kicks Off Tonight". NBC New York. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
9. Marketa Uhlirova CSM staff profile
10. Fashion in Film Festival: A magical, material world Independent
11. "Jason Bruges Studio | HEMLINE GOES LIVE AT SOMERSET HOUSE 1 - 12 DECEMBER 2010". Jasonbruges.com. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
12. "Tate Modern|Film|Co-conspirators". Tate.org.uk. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
13. "Fashion in Film Fest Opens in New York - People - Eye". WWD.com. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
14. "See Film Differently diary - May | Commercial | guardian.co.uk Film". London: Film.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
15. Jones, Alice (2006-04-14). "London gears up for its first 'Fashion in Film' festival - Features - Films". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
16. Fashion Freeze Frame Film London
17. HAPPY THOUGHTS WITH FASHION IN FILM FESTIVAL Arnhemmodebiennale

External links

• Fashion Festival
• Fashion in Film (official website)
• Ciné lumière
• Poster for Fashion in Film Festival Prague by Petr Babak, 2006