Fashion in Film Festival


The Fashion in Film Festival 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. 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.
The second Fashion in Film Festival was titled If Looks Could Kill and was held in London in May 2008 at BFI Southbank, Tate Modern, the Ciné lumière, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Horse Hospital.
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, touring to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York in April 2011.

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.
Fashion in Film commissions new public projects, bringing together artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, performers and musicians. 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