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WOMEN NOW
TITLE: Fantagirls
DIRECTOR: Carolina Amoretti & Sofia Aztori
BRAND: Fantabody
COUNTRY: Italy
It’s a project that aims to celebrate the female body and beauty keeping diversity and inclusivity at the core to make every individual feel special and empowered.
TITLE: The Foster Sisters
DIRECTOR: Alice Fassi & Claudia Campoli (Victimes Directors)
BRAND: Salvatore Vignola, Ilariusss, Fabio Rusconi
COUNTRY: Italy
Emily founds herself unexpectedly sitting in front of a desk in the middle of a field, surrounded by sheeps. Inspired, she begins to write a story called “The Foster Sisters”.
TITLE: I’ll say it first
DIRECTOR: Alena Shevchenko
BRAND: /
COUNTRY: Russian Federation
What woman wants? You never know, until get in their mind. This is a story about a girl who wants to text to a boy first, but she really hesitates to make a first step.
TITLE: Holly
DIRECTOR: Francesca Buonocore
BRAND: LOMO
COUNTRY: Italy
The video tells the story of Holly, a girl who opened up to us about how she was raped as a teenager.
TITLE: Anthem of Spring
DIRECTOR: Katya Shtokolova
BRAND: Vogue
COUNTRY: Russia
This video is dedicated to the notion of female beauty and its diversity. The shooting was attended by Maya trans * activist, Asya, a positive blogger, Asya, influencer and person with disabilities, Sammy, a pregnant model Julia Trukhina and other women, each of whom has her own story of self-acceptance and her own characteristics.
TITLE: In my dreams
DIRECTOR: puss puss magazine
BRAND: EMMA TEMPEST
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
A visual exploration into the subconscious of a dream.
TITLE: Mirror
DIRECTOR: Stella Asia Consonni
BRAND: Vogue Ukraine
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
Mirror, directed by Stella Asia Consonni, explores the concept of the human soul as reflection of the world.
TITLE: The Royal Danish Ballet
DIRECTOR: Laurent Amiel
BRAND: Griegst, Vivienne Westwood, Acne Studios, Rokh, Elliss.
COUNTRY: Copenhagen – Danemark
Sonic and kinetic drama coexist in this film shot inside the Royal Danish Ballet. Dancers move to a cellist’s rendition of Bach’s Suite No 2 in D Minor, reframing the stoic facade of a historical institution.
TITLE: We Mind
DIRECTOR: Emma Nica Scarafiotti
BRAND: Lydia Fung (RCA) and Knitwear designer Khanh Brice Nguyen
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
“We Mind” is a dance short film, that involves the use of movements and the body with the aim to challenge stigma towards Mental Health especially through millennials and generation Z.
TITLE: SKIN
DIRECTOR: Jessica Candradi, Rizky Satari
BRAND: /
COUNTRY: Indonesia
A visual poetry of self-love.
TITLE: DISCORD
DIRECTOR: ZION LACROIX
BRAND: BOO PALA LONDON
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
In this digitalized distant world two clashing character’s path crosses by in London town and that’s where the discord starts.
TITLE: Presente
DIRECTOR: Sallve Beauty
BRAND: Jazzie Moyssiadis
COUNTRY: Brazil
Part of the summer campaign of the Brazilian skincare brand Sallve, the short Presente portraits two older women — longtime friends — that gather to enjoy a summer trip in a light-hearted mood.
TITLE: Beauty Standards
DIRECTOR: Valentino Zondi
BRAND: Bokisi
COUNTRY: South Africa
In a world where beauty standards are constantly and consistently being imposed on women, we find our character caught in a state of limbo and confusion having to decide to stay true to ones ideas of beauty or adopt the imposed version.
TITLE: Beautiful Ugly
DIRECTOR: Mykhailo Dolgin
BRAND: /
COUNTRY: United States
Behind every successful story there is pain, disappointment, tears and blood. Behind every fashion piece there are broken dreams, years of work and often ugly reality. For Viandka it is hard not to break under unfortunate circumstances of life.
TITLE: Wata
DIRECTOR: Ronan Mckenzie and Joy Yamusangie
BRAND: Gucci x Garage Magazine
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
Inspired by water deity Mami Wata, the film WATA illustrates the journey of music from Africa to London through the meeting of our two main characters; Mami Wata and The Musician.
TITLE: Otto & Leda
DIRECTOR: Marco Celotti
BRAND: Julian Fashion
COUNTRY: Italy
For some time now I have felt the need to tell the story of dogs like mine, who are abandoned, sometimes in countries where this means they are put down in kennels, but who through misfortune find someone’s love and a new life.
TITLE: She Knows
DIRECTOR: Pablo F Chocron
BRAND: Vasquiat
COUNTRY: Spain
The Vasquiat girl is the one who anticipates. The one that people watch because, in theory, something is not cool… until she wears it
TITLE: This Is Power
DIRECTOR: Nur Casadevall
BRAND: Violeta
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
Nur Casadevall’s latest campaign for Violeta by MANGO. ‘This is Power’ portraits eight women who embrace the power of being women
TITLE: LAPSE
DIRECTOR: Domenico Onorato
BRAND: MARCO RAMBALDI
COUNTRY: Italy
Three women meet at the river to come to terms with their wounds and their desire for redemption.
TITLE: Monique Baumann PRIVATE VIEW
DIRECTOR: Catherine Hyland
BRAND: Le Labo | Nowness | Another Magazine
COUNTRY: Switzerland
The high fashion collage artist creates a new body of work to mark the tenth anniversary of Another 13—the fragrance collaboration between Le Labo and AnOther Magazine
TITLE: Physical Thoughts
DIRECTOR: Anne Hollowday
BRAND: Create Art Performance
COUNTRY: United States
A dancer reflects on a recent injury.
TITLE: Women We Love
DIRECTOR: Osman Özel
BRAND: AZI
COUNTRY: Uzbekistan
Let the inner child out. Look at the core of things. Listen to the ear of the heart. Feel the ease of the body. Touch the wild of the soul. Jump, dance and sing. Read fairytales. Play with the Earth. In the mountains, by the sea, in the city. Let things be.
TITLE: The Dreamers: Lucia Liu
DIRECTOR: William Kennedy
BRAND: Burberry
COUNTRY: China
The Dreamers profiles women who have imagined their careers into being, usually in opposition to the cultural zeitgeist.
TITLE: Immortal goddess
DIRECTOR: Nabil Mendes
BRAND: Hermès
COUNTRY: France
A full moon night, the dance of a goddess overflows on earth..
TITLE: SELF-POLLINATION
DIRECTOR: Mary Rozzi
BRAND: Editorial Playboy USA + The September issues Magazine
COUNTRY: USA
Director Mary Rozzi teams up with performance artist Millie Brown for a performative installation piece on pollination-exploring the regeneration of life on earth, and highlighting the seductive matrimony between flower and bee.
TITLE: Athlete in Progress: Dina Asher-Smith
DIRECTOR: Rei Nadal
BRAND: Nike
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
Athlete in Progress: Dina Asher-Smith
Step onto the race track in this high-octane portrait of Britain’s fastest woman—in partnership with Nike
TITLE: Lost in LA – Alice Phoebe Lou
DIRECTOR: Caroline Mackintosh
BRAND: Document Journal
COUNTRY: Germany
Video for Alice Phoebe Lou and Document Journal. Song titled “Lost in LA”
TITLE: Showing Up Showing Out
DIRECTOR: Margot Bowman
BRAND: Carhartt
COUNTRY: United States
Showing Up Showing Out is an ode to the attitude that has kept Detroiters going for so long. The phrase is something you’d hear on the streets of a Detroit block and probably in any other Black city. Written by Imani Mixon
TITLE: Don’t Break My Heart
DIRECTOR: Amy Gwatkin
BRAND: /
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
Set in an imaginary club, the space film responds to a theme of fetish – which we interpreted as the particular ‘worms eye view’ in magazines that celebrate dominant females
TITLE: Invocation of my divine brother
DIRECTOR: Giulia Achenza
BRAND: Andrea Pompilio
COUNTRY: Italy