The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents
Fashion on Film 2016
Presented in partnership with Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival
25 February to 14 March 2016
acmi.net.au/fashion-on-film-
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents Fashion on Film, a carefully chosen collection of fashion documentaries hot off the runways in London, Milan, New York and Paris, as part of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF). Between 25 February and 14 March 2016, marvel over the last collections of Alexander McQueen, meet Hubert de Givenchy, and learn about the hat that sat atop some of Hollywood’s greatest stars. As always, each documentary is accompanied by a short film that has been handpicked from the 2016 VAMFF Film Competition.
Curated by James Nolen.
BORSALINO CITY Unclassified 15+
Australia has the Akubra but in Hollywood and the rest of the film world, there is the Borsalino. Borsalino is not only a brand (established in Italy in 1837), it is also considered to be the ultimate Hollywood hat, aka the fedora – a mainstay of ‘40s gangster flicks and ‘50s film noir. Founder Giuseppe Borsalino quickly saw the value of aligning their high quality and stylish products with the emerging world of moving pictures. The hat became a favourite among many actors and helped to shape indelible cinema legends including Charlie Chaplin, Robert Redford and Humphrey Bogart. By the 1920s Borsalino hats could be found in the finest stores of every major American city and Borsalino helped to establish ‘Made in Italy’ label as a sign of high quality. Australian premiere, exclusive to ACMI.
Enrica Viola, 2015, 80mins, Italy, DCP. Courtesy Una Film, Italy
Screens with One Morning in Italy (3 mins, USA, 2015) from filmmaker Oscar Boyson (Frances Ha). Shot on location in Pisa, the film features some of the not-quite-ready-to-wear clothes of Sleepy Jones from the United States.
Also see Borsalino and Bubbles – a special one off event
Screens 25 February, 5, 6 & 11 March
THE LEGACY OF ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Unclassified 15+
In celebration of one of fashion’s greatest designers, director Loïc Prigent delves into the extraordinary career of Alexander McQueen. Using his last four dramatic collections – Horn of Plenty, Plato’s Atlantis, The Bone Collector (menswear) and Angels and Demons – as a framework, Prigent crafts a stunning tribute to a designer who left us far too early. In a career spanning just over two decades, his legacy is being globally discovered through blockbuster exhibitions and now on film. Australian premiere, exclusive to ACMI.
Loïc Prigent, 2015, 52mins, France, DCP. Courtesy ARTE, France
Screens with Shadow/Self (6 mins, Australia, 2015) featuring the Spring-Summer 2015 collection by Bianca Spender. Filmmaker Laura Scrivano has combined dance, fashion and music to explore the darker side of the feminine psyche. Stars dancers Elizabeth Blackmore and Geraldine Hakewill.
Screens 27 February, 3, 9 & 14 March
JEREMY SCOTT: THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER PG
A celebrity-filled documentary about the polarising fashionista whose life went from country boy to couturier. Director Vlad Yudin follows Scott as he prepares for his debut runway show with Italian luxury brand Moschino in 2014. Amidst an array of personal accounts from celebrity supporters, some not-so sympathetic fashion journalists, and reflections from family members back on the farm in Missouri, the film introduces us to aristocratic stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, always dutifully by Scott’s side. Together they select the models and refine the collection as Jeremy braces himself for the next major chapter in his illustrious career. Jeremy Scott has scaled the fashion heights, injecting the fashion world (as well as brands such as Adidas and Longchamp) with plenty of colour, humour and unadulterated joy. He calls performers Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora and Katy Perry (to name just a few), close friends and confidants.
Vlad Yudin, 2015, 109 mins, USA, DCP, Courtesy of Madman Entertainment
Screens with Dust (2 mins, Australia, 2015) featuring a collection designed by Love Shop Share’s Erin Maxwell for Ballettonet. Directed and shot by Nick Rieve and starring model Laura DeWit.
Screens 3, 5, 7 & 12 March
HUBERT DE GIVENCHY: A LIFE IN HAUTE COUTURE Unclassified 15+
One of the last great couturiers of France, Hubert de Givenchy began pursuing his fashion destiny as a teenager, showing up unannounced on the doorstep of Cristobal Balenciaga. While he may not have secured a position at the time, he went on to learn under Jacques Fath, then Robert Piguet and Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris, before opening his own house at just 24 years of age and going on to be the exclusive stylist of Audrey Hepburn. Filmmaker Eric Pellerin talks extensively to the great and thoroughly modest Hubert de Givenchy, now close to celebrating his 90th birthday, as well as many former and affectionate Givenchy colleagues, fashion journalists and museum curators. Australian premiere, exclusive to ACMI.
Eric Pellerin, 2015, 52mins, France, DCP. Courtesy Upside Distribution, France
Screens with Cartography (4 mins, Australia, 2015) by filmmaker Justin McLean. A rugged Australia landscape proves an ideal backdrop for Jacinta Raquel’s recent collection modelled with aplomb by Abul Akol.
Screens 4, 6, 10 & 12 March
DRESSED UP FOR WINTER 2016 (HABILLÉES POUR L’HIVER 2016) Unclassified 15+
This season, not only do the clothes come in a multitude of cuts and shapes, the runway itself takes on many forms, eschewing the traditional ‘t’ shape for complex and challenging permutations. At Kenzo, the set even chased their models and had a dance! The collections are first and foremost shows, and designers pulled out all the stops: a Welsh men’s choir at Anya Hindmarch, karaoke at Diane Von Furstenberg and Mary J. Blige at Dsquared2. With Gaultier absent to concentrate exclusively on his haute couture line, the focus is back on the big houses – Gucci, Dior, Vuitton and Chanel. See how they’ve embraced social media and how the rise of bloggers is viewed by traditional critics. Australian premiere, exclusive to ACMI.
Loic Prigent, 2015, 61mins, France, DCP. Courtesy ARTE, France
Screens with It All Starts with Hew (2 mins, Australia, 2015) featuring the colourful menswear of Melbourne designer Ema Hewitt, brought to life by dancer James Conrado.
Screens 4, 6, 10 & 12 March
BORSALINO AND BUBBLES
Last year, Fashion on Film reveled in the beautiful craftsmanship of fashion and accessories emerging from Naples in a special walking tour of Melbourne. This year, we celebrate the exceptional work of the craftspeople at Borsalino in Alessandria, Italy. In this one-off event, learn the intricacies of this special hat Tickets are strictly limited. Booking in advance is strongly advised.
60 mins.
3 March 2016
ACMI’s Fashion on Film program will screen 25 February to 14 March 2016. Session times and dates available here: acmi.net.au/film