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2026
COMPETITION
Connection
What impact does one human being have on the future of Earth?
Directors
Daniel Lir, Bayou Bennett
Writers
Daniel Lir, Bayou Bennett
Producers
Zef Cota, Berite Labelle
Key Cast
Berite Labelle
Other Credits
Supporting: Valerie Qi; Cinematographer: Byron Werner; Original Score: Roman Molino Dunn; Producer: Zef Cota; Colorist: Alex Gray
Project Type
Short
Genres
Environmental, Drama
Duration
00:10:00
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
United States
Language
English
Completion Date
2023-08-15
ECHO BLOOM
She was born in a clothing factory, a girl stitched into life among cloth and thread, in the quiet hum of machines. One afternoon, she fell asleep on her desk, a quiet black hole at the center of the workshop.
When she awoke, she was no longer on Earth. In this strange, otherworldly place, she meets a boy and falls in love, before suddenly vanishing. The boy begins his search, following her absence all the way to Tokyo. Where did she go? When did she pass away? Was she in the universe, or in the realm beyond death? To be continued.
Shot entirely in the working atelier of THEULTRABLACK—a new brand born from the very factory that produces garments for Paris collections by Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto—this film features its real seamstresses as the dancers who hauntingly move through the factory floor.
The film stars Leon, Paris Collection runway regular for Rick Owens and more, and YUUMIKO, a top model for ZARA, adidas, and Levi’s. At the helm is director Kasumi Hiraoka, whose fashion-forward cinematic vision captivated audiences at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
In the film’s final sequence, clothing becomes a vessel of rebirth, and something deeper is awakened as a resurrection unfolds at the very place where new fashion is born.
Directors
Kasumi Hiraoka
Writers
Kasumi Hiraoka
Producers
-
Key Cast
Leon, YUUMIKO, Kannna Goto
Other Credits
Cinematographer: Tom Tominaga; Lighting Director : Fuyuki Ishikawa; Production Sound Mixer: Yasuyuki Dodo; Music : KOPY; VFX Supervisor: Ray Wakui; Colorist: Yuta Hirabayashi
Project Type
Short
Genres
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Drama, Fashion
Duration
00:08:59
Country of Origin
Japan
Country of Filming
Japan
Language
Japanese
Completion Date
2025-05-29
ELEMENTS
Textile artist Jenny Monks and composer/film artist David Ian Bickley have collaborated to create a captivating short film. This project digitally maps AR elemental film images onto student textile creations, seamlessly transitioning fashion from the sewing room to the digital realm.
The theme, ELEMENTS, inspired the staff and students of Douglas St Campus in Cork, Ireland, to unite their creative talents. They produced a film artwork featuring intriguing headpieces designed and crafted by students. Drawing inspiration from iconic designers like Alexander McQueen, Coco Chanel, Iris Van Herpen, and John Galliano, the students skillfully manipulated reclaimed materials, transforming raw elements into wearable sculptural accessories. All of this was achieved under the creative direction of Jenny Monks.
Directors
David Ian Bickley
Writers
-
Producers
Jenny Monks
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Student
Genres
-
Duration
00:07:26
Country of Origin
Ireland
Country of Filming
Ireland
Language
-
Completion Date
2025-04-09
Embroidered
Embroidered is a generative fashion short film that reimagines traditional Hanbok through the lens of artificial intelligence.
Blending the elegance of Korean heritage with the aesthetics of global fashion, the film explores how AI can curate, interpret, and express cultural identity in a visual language.
Created using ChatGPT, MidJourney, KlingAI, and HailuoAI, Embroidered presents the silent poetry of fabric, form, and movement.
It stands at the intersection of fashion, technology, and cultural storytelling — a minimalist expression of tradition, translated through innovation.
Directors
SOOKMYEONG
Writers
SOOKMYEONG KIM
Producers
-
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
Genres
-
Duration
00:01:27
Country of Origin
South Korea
Country of Filming
South Korea
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-05-13
Fake Roses Never Die
"Tell me—Why do we fall in Love?" follows the intimate emotional journey of a protagonist navigating the stages of love, from its exhilarating anticipation to its bittersweet disillusionment, and ultimately towards self-discovery. Through a series of dream-like vignettes dipicting the tender inner world, the protagonist explores the vulnerabilities of connection, delving into questions of identity, longing, and the meaning of love itself. The film paints a portrait of transformation, culminating in a tender revelation: the path to love is as much about holding oneself as it is about holding another.
Directors
Kazumi Sakamoto, Noah Swan
Writers
Kazumi Sakamoto, Noah Swan
Producers
Kazumi Sakamoto
Key Cast
Nicole Efimenko
Other Credits
Director of Photography: Mattias Axelsson; Set Designer: Noah Swan; Make up and hair: Alice D Kister; PA: Amanda Andersson Svanbrink; Stylist: Michela D'alfonso; Fashion Designer: Kazumi Sakamoto; Production Assistant: Ikiu Capou Siripangno; Music Composer: Mason Taylor Davis, Johannes Kant; Editor: Mattias Axelsson
Project Type
Short
Genres
-
Duration
00:06:57
Country of Origin
Germany
Country of Filming
Germany
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-08-27
Losing The Thread
How to seamlessly stitch together fashion, style, and vintage film moments involves finding, but also LOSING THE THREAD. Participants in this sewing spree are the likes of Deleuze, Coco Chanel, Cardin, and Courrèges.
Directors
Ostrovsky, Vivian
Writers
-
Producers
On the Fly
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Short
Genres
-
Duration
00:08:20
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
France
Language
English, French, Italian
Completion Date
2014-11-27
Master
This is a story about the unrivaled Master of jewelry art Ilgiz Fazulzyanov, who had exhibited his art works in the most famous world museums. This film tells us about the life journey of a young man from a small town, who became a true modern jewelry genius.
Directors
Vage Mikaelyan
Writers
Dmitry Volov
Producers
Ildar Fatkhullin, Dmitry Volov, Yulia Veihman
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
Camera: Maksim Polunin; Editing: Vahe Mikaelyan; Sound: Mikhail Shelukhin; Soundtrack: Ivan Shafrun
Project Type
Documentary
Genres
Documentary, Film-portrait
Duration
01:04:32
Country of Origin
Russian Federation
Country of Filming
Russian Federation
Language
Russian
Completion Date
2025-05-15
Millers, your hair, your day
Millers, your hair, your day is a fashion film that celebrates the power of a great hairstyle to turn the everyday into a runway. Through three protagonists —a designer immersed in sketches and textures, an architect obsessed with form and detail, and a musician who moves to the beat of her own rules— we follow how their hair, styled at Millers, shapes their day. From the first glance in the mirror to the final chord, Millers walks with them, with attitude, precision, and personality. Because the day starts with you —but also with your hair.
Directors
Nairobi
Writers
-
Producers
Monserrat Arico, Franco Araoz
Key Cast
Simon Bechis
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Other
Genres
Fashion film, branded content
Duration
00:01:18
Country of Origin
Argentina
Country of Filming
Argentina
Language
-
Completion Date
2025-07-03
No-Land
‘No-Land’, a hypothetical underwater residential area in a parallel universe, set in the situation of the disappearance of land. In a surreal underwater apartment located in ‘No-Land’, six eccentric citizens engage in bizarre confrontations, with the curiosity of a mysterious treasure, triggering suspicion, unravelling future human identities and societal realities.
The film illustrates the story of the fashion collection ‘No-Land: The Twilight Zone”. Show Lei’s vision of an underwater world and evolved human civilization.
Directors
Lei Jiang
Writers
Lei Jiang, Xinyue Wang
Producers
Xiangjun Liu, Lei Jiang
Key Cast
JK, Shan Wang, Anou, Sasha Churakova, Debra Lee, Alisha Asare
Other Credits
DoP: Yang Zhang; Camera Assistant: Sarah Kelly, Noah Mirlach; Gaffer: Richard Zhang; Lighting Assistant: Jimmy Kuang, Cj You; Costume: Leiland; Hair and Make Up: Wenhui Xue, Jingmeng Dou, Ran Dai; Editor: Zheng Gong; VFX: Lei Jiang; Title Designer: Siting Yao; Sound: ChunS!ut
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media, Other
Genres
Sci-Fi, Fashion, Fantasy, Experimental, Suspense
Duration
00:03:05
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Country of Filming
United Kingdom
Language
-
Completion Date
2025-01-30
Nystagmus
Film Nystagmus builds upon the story around the latest collection by Dóra Surányi, BIGSEE Fashion Awards winner 2023.
The human psyche can alter how we see and feel. Nystagmus reflects this through the visual experience of involuntary eye movement and vibrating sight. The garments in the film feature photogram compositions made from upcycled plastic parts, designed to mirror the disoriented perception of nystagmus. Through these shifting patterns and movements, the film explores how vision and inner state can lose focus, distort, and ultimately dissolve into new forms of perception.
Directors
Sasha Kasatkina
Writers
Sasha Kasatkina
Producers
Sasha Kasatkina
Key Cast
Lena Maria Koch, Fiona Tschuwan
Other Credits
Styling: Dora Surani; Director of Photography: Manon Pichon
Project Type
Experimental, Other
Genres
-
Duration
00:01:24
Country of Origin
Austria
Country of Filming
Austria
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-10-16
ONWARD MOMENTUM
Traversing the hypnotic rhythm of Woman and Machine… a modern-day heroine etched in leather and velocity hurtles down the familiar Route 33. Each stitch a road marker home. A visual lookbook sonnet where leather learns its wearer and armor becomes second skin.
After a life of global exploration, Cleopatra Stella Jones, the motorcycle, returns to her roots on a nostalgic journey to Richmond, Virginia’s rolling hills and shifting landscapes, debuting the signature handcrafted leather MWR Collection DAVIS Body Luggage™; the inaugural piece from the atelier’s MWR Body Luggage Collection. Model Sasha Payton commands Cleopatra while adorned in the signature Whipstitch leather outerwear.
Under Creative Director Mia Wright-Ross’s vision, MWR Collection reveals itself as luxury's quiet guardian with each bespoke leather piece engineered for the body in motion. A collaboration with Director Sewra G Kidane (“Proclamation Punctuation” & “As Above”) and musician Pink Siifu, producing an electrifying soundscape, ONWARD MOMENTUM rebels against the mundane in a metronomic hum of the sewing machine against the blur of highway… daring us forward.
Directors
Sewra G Kidane
Writers
-
Producers
Sewra Kidane, Mia Wright-Ross
Key Cast
Sasha Payton
Other Credits
Editor: Sewra G Kidane; Music: Pink Siifu
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Other
Genres
-
Duration
00:05:17
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
United States
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-08-24
Replica Project: Alice Watkins Archive Wardrobe Test
Directors
Mandy Nichols
Writers
Mandy Nichols
Producers
Mandy Nichols
Key Cast
Fiona Dawson, Grace Dawson
Other Credits
cinematographer: Nick Alexander; Sound recordist: Adam Morgan
Project Type
Short, Student
Genres
-
Duration
00:09:04
Country of Origin
Australia
Country of Filming
Australia
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-05-22
Skin On Skin: The Rise & Fall Of The World's Largest Furrier
Skin On Skin: The Rise & Fall of the World's Largest Furrier is a psychological examination of the people that contributed to creating and destroying an empire.
The story is told by 40 different people involved; Meltzer family members, former Evans Furs Employees & industry partners. Each scene is analyzed by two psychologists, helping us to dig into the WHY of it all.
An empire stitched from glamour and grief, built on silence, undone by time.
For every family still living with what was never said out loud.
Flawed. Imperfect. Fallible. How could they have not seen this coming?
All the glass ceilings they broke; empires they built; none of it could shield them from the tragedies to come. And each time another one would happen, the Meltzer family community would yet again be transformed.
It looks glamourous and perfect, envious even, from the outside looking in, but it isn't.
Thus, may I present, a tragic love letter to my grandmother, her siblings and all descendants that would come along afterwards.
In 1912, after having been 'sold' into marriage by her brothers but now with three children, my maternal great grandparents, Rose & her husband, Julius Meltzer decided to run from their troubles by going to America.
You can run but you can not hide and naturally, old as well as new troubles tagged along.
Things would not go as planned when Rose's depression sends her reeling, thereby infecting the entire family along the way, but each of her then six children would respond to the ensuing abandonment in vastly different ways with vastly different outcomes, thereby forcing an examination of obvious questions; does money care who has it? Which influences outcomes more; genetics or environment? And is there only one direction you can go when you get to the top of the highest peak?
Directors
Scott Hunter
Writers
Scott Hunter
Producers
Scott Hunter
Key Cast
Rose Meltzer, Julius Meltzer, A.L. Meltzer, Herman Meltzer, Thelma Meltzer Sussman, Harold Sussman, David Meltzer
Other Credits
-
Project Type
-
Genres
-
Duration
01:41:00
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
Not Specified
Language
English
Completion Date
2024-09-27
The OC Effect
The surf-skate business evolution with interviews with the major principals in the industry.
Directors
Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
Writers
-
Producers
Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Documentary
Genres
-
Duration
01:00:04
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
United States
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-03-01
The Phobias: Fashion Film
Presenting Pinchanski's Debut collection. Spring-Summer 2026.
One may think fear and phobias are the same, but they are not. Phobias are irrational, no reason of being there. And I have an irrational fear, a phobia if you may, of not leaving a mark in the world, of the people not knowing who I am and being able to appreciate my art.
Thats the reason why I decided to go with Phobias for my first collection. I want people to not only see, but feel the collection, I want them to see the pieces and when they find the one that is related to their phobia, have them appreciate it.
Ive been through some really tough things I wouldnt wish upon anyone, and it took me some time, but after learning to appreciate all the positive and good things on all the bad, my talent started taking off.
Thats what I want to achieve with this, have people see my vision of their phobia in my creations, and appreciate the art on the fear, the beauty of the ugly.
Directors
Benjamin Tarace
Writers
-
Producers
Benjamin Tarace
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
Creative Director: Mijael G. Pinchanski; Costume Design: Mijael G. Pinchanski; Additional Crew: Cadence Cooper, Andy Chen, Mia Bazon, Jayda Lindset; Music Producer: Joshua Yuen; Cast: Trevor Gulino, Demi Smith, Tomiwa Adegboye, Natalia Kwak, Joshua Yuen, Fernanda Ponce, Deja Tresvante, Mercedez Yahara, Nicole Poltrioneri, Timothy Chiverton, Gabriela Medrano, Berlyn Fulcar, Faith Rodriguez, Bryan Cenita, Carson Fulks
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Other
Genres
-
Duration
00:03:56
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
United States
Language
No Dialogue
Completion Date
2025-09-11
The Suit
Filmed over seven years, The Suit is stunning meditation on mastery and mortality – an intimate film about the making of a $50,000 suit.
Directors
Pria Viswalingam
Writers
Pria Viswalingam
Producers
Pria Viswalingam
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Documentary
Genres
Art, Fashion
Duration
01:10:00
Country of Origin
Australia
Country of Filming
Australia, Peru, United Kingdom
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-11-14
Weaving Hope – Hsinshe Banana Fiber Workshop
The Kavalan people, an Indigenous group from Taiwan’s eastern coast, have endured a long history of displacement. For decades, they were officially classified under other Indigenous groups by the government. After years of persistent advocacy, the Kavalan regained their official recognition in late 2002—a milestone that marked not only the restoration of their name but also the revival of their nearly lost craft: banana fiber weaving.
This documentary centers on the stories of members from the Lala Ban Banana Fiber Workshop in Xinshe, and explores the unique weaving traditions of the Kavalan people. Beginning with the tribe’s historical background, the film takes viewers into the workshop’s daily life, examining the challenges of cultural transmission, difficulties in marketing handmade goods, and broader issues of cultural preservation and community employment. More importantly, it reveals the deeper meaning the workshop holds for the Kavalan community.
The structure of the documentary is inspired by the metaphor of weaving—where the warp threads represent knowledge and the weft threads carry emotion. The “warp” introduces the intricate processes, skills, and obstacles of banana fiber weaving, while the “weft” tells personal stories of the artisans—their passion, perseverance, and dedication to this ancestral craft.
In addition to interviews with members from diverse backgrounds, the film incorporates ambient sounds and scenes from daily life to retain a sense of presence and authenticity. Historical footage, photographs, and archival news clips are also used throughout the film to enrich its visual and narrative layers.
Directors
Will Wen-jeng Chen
Writers
-
Producers
-
Key Cast
-
Other Credits
Director of Photography: Hsi Lun Chen; Presenter: The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC); Executive Producer: Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV); Production: The Moment Production
Project Type
Documentary, Short, Television
Genres
Indigenous, Culture, community
Duration
00:23:06
Country of Origin
Taiwan
Country of Filming
Taiwan
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Completion Date
2023-11-05
Weaving the Forest
A journey to create clothing—It is a journey of prayer for life.
From soil, water, plants,animals, to people—Countless lives, spanning past, present, and future, are woven together to create a single garment of silk. In Japan’s satoyama—traditional rural landscapes nurtured by forests and human hands—this culture has evolved, deeply rooted in the blessings of nature.
The Japanese belief in Yaoyorozuno Kami-Countless gods and spirits, the idea that deities reside in all things, reflects a
worldview of reverence and gratitude toward the natural world.
Though these traditions are fading, their spirit endures in the textile regions across Japan, where people continue to preserve the culture of weaving as a living expression of harmony between life and nature.
Directors
Alisa Evans
Writers
Akito Sakaino
Producers
Yumi Komori
Key Cast
Alisa Evans
Other Credits
-
Project Type
Documentary
Genres
-
Duration
01:04:49
Country of Origin
Japan
Country of Filming
Japan
Language
Japanese
Completion Date
2025-07-05
Worn Shapes
Worn Shapes is a three-look garment collection that aims to combat negative body ideals in the fashion industry through a historic fashion lens. The collection focuses on distorting understructures from the 16th-18th century as a metaphor for our modern body shame. Historically, when dramatic understructures were in vogue, a viewer would understand that the wearer’s body did not naturally take that shape underneath. Yet, the shapes worn were reflective of the body ideals of the time. Nowadays, understructures are still worn, think shapewear, push up bras–women’s body ideals are ever-changing. Worn Shapes will take understructures and distort them to echo the shapes of the natural feminized form, body parts we are told to hide away, instead, stripping them bare and becoming the only shape worn.
In the film, we see each look in a vignette, placed in a setting with furniture that often reflects the spaces where body shame and anxiety can manifest: a dressing screen, a chair too small for the hips, or in this case, her side hoops, and many mirrors. We see the model’s body anxiety and shame escalate to a breaking point, leading them to destroy their surroundings. This act symbolizes that freedom from body shame doesn’t come from altering one’s body, but from changing the environment—the media we consume, the people we keep close, and, most importantly, our own thoughts. The models then walk down the runway with an air of self acceptance, proving that their bodies have a place in fashion, now and always, joining each other at the end of the runway. Although these shameful thoughts and feelings about our bodies may feel overwhelming and isolating, we can find strength in communities of acceptance.
Directors
Dana Gray
Writers
Dana Gray
Producers
Dana Gray, Rachel Altand
Key Cast
Kaia Tolu, Ceri Roberts, Sophia Lane
Other Credits
Director of Photography: Rachel Altland; Editors: Charlie Cooper, Rachel Altland; Assistant Director: Callista Brand; Composer: Ela Brown; Gaffer: Maddie Vassalo; Makeup Artist: Miles Hionis; Hair Stylist: Addison James; Camera Operators: Lauren Donnatoni, Rachel Altland; Set Designers: Dana Gray, Tonya Gray, Bruce Gray; Costume Designer: Dana Gray
Project Type
Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media, Other
Genres
-
Duration
00:07:19
Country of Origin
United States
Country of Filming
United States
Language
-
Completion Date
2025-09-14
CURATOR'S CORNER
Artifashion Intelligence – The Virtual Journey of the Mask
Artifashion Intellighenzia is an immersive virtual reality installation by the ARTOLDO collective that blends AI-generated 3D objects, text, and voice cloning with audiovisual elements within a 360° space to explore a compelling question: Is fashion art?
The installation features virtual representations of iconic figures such as Alexander McQueen, Joel-Peter Witkin, David Bowie, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Isabella Blow, Sarah Burton, and others.
All voices in the installation are AI-generated clones, created using advanced voice cloning technology. Audio samples were meticulously extracted and refined from publicly available interviews, while AI-crafted scripts are rooted in in-depth research by Sara Ferro and Chris Weil. These scripts examine the provocative intersection of fashion and art.
This mixed-media project integrates cutting-edge technologies and artistic genres, including AI, virtual reality, 3D modeling, video art, audio and video editing, music composition, photo collage, moving image art, net art, code art, scripting, web design, and even site hacking.
From concept to completion, the project was developed over the course of a month to ensure a seamless experience across major browsers on smartphones, tablets, and desktops. More than a demonstration of how AI can enhance mixed-media art, Artifashion Intellighenzia delves into the nuanced dialogue between fashion and art.
Through this installation, we aspired to offer inspiration and bring iconic personalities like Alexander McQueen and David Bowie back to life in a digital form. The project also poses a broader question: Could this represent a step toward creating digital legacies for all?
The immersive AI-generated VR installation serves as a tribute to the legacy of British fashion icon Alexander McQueen, a close friend of David Bowie. The poster is inspired by McQueen’s No. 13 Finale from his Spring/Summer 1999 runway show, where model Shalom Harlow stood on a rotating platform, dressed in white, while robots spray-painted her. This iconic moment is reimagined through generative AI, with Harlow and her dress recreated in vivid detail. Viewers can access the runway video by pointing the mask at the model.
The installation can be experienced as a Point-and-Click Adventure Art Game, offering an immersive, interactive journey in any browser on Desktop, Tablet and Mobile devices. Visitors can discover the Alexander McQueen After Life collection, featuring over 30 AI-generated 3D models by Artoldo. The installation also includes AI voice cloning, with a total runtime of 45 minutes, enriching the experience with layers of sound and storytelling.
The poster also references Joel-Peter Witkin’s Mask and McQueen’s The Birds, with the red cross sprayed above Witkin’s Mask being replicated in the installation. In this tribute, the fashion runway is designed as a red carpet shaped like a cross, linking to Witkin’s deep Christian mythological worldview. This thoughtful design choice strengthens the connection between McQueen’s fashion art and Witkin’s symbolic imagery.
Moreover, to sum up, the red cross, which is sprayed above the crucified Jesus figure on Witkin’s Mask, raises the question of whether AI signals the death of fashion and art, or if it represents the resurrection of a system long past, offering a chance for rebirth and new levels of expression that were once unimaginable.
Directors
ARTOLDO
Writers
Sara Ferro
Producers
Chris Weil
Key Cast
Alexander McQueen, Joel-Peter Witkin, David Bowie, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Isabella Blow, Sarah Burton, Seán McGirr
Music
N30N Milan
Development
RedMagicBlue
Project Type
Virtual Reality
Genres
Art game, Art installation
Duration
-
Country of Origin
Italy
Country of Filming
-
Language
English
Completion Date
2025-02-01
Modafy (preview)
Exclusive documentary about the retired Italian Fashion teacher and Fashion designer Raffaela Cilento.
Directors
Sara Ferro, Chris Weil
Writers
Sara Ferro
Producers
Chris Weil
Key Cast
Raffaela Cilento
Music
N30N Milan
Project Type
Documentary
Genres
Biopic
Duration
-
Country of Origin
Italy
Country of Filming
Italy
Language
Italian
Completion Date
-
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