COPENHAGEN FASHION FILM GOES TO AARHUS – MOVING THE FASHION IMAGE FESTIVAL

28.04 – 07.05.2016

Copenhagen Fashion film goes to Aarhus! With the festival MOVING THE FASHION IMAGE created specifically for the city of Aarhus in collaboration with HEADSTART FASHION, Copenhagen Fashion Film introduceD its new audience to the phenomena of fashion in film and fashion film. The festival presented a program consisting of unique silent films, iconic underground films and brand new fashion films.

Fashion Film connects sound and moving images and adds an extra dimension to the experience of fashion, which creates new opportunities for the representation of clothes. As an exciting new film form, fashion film has become one of the main communication tools for fashion designers today and has in recent years grown to become an internationally recognised art form in itself.

As a new festival in the city of Aarhus, the MOVING THE FASHION IMAGE festival thus gave an insight into the fascinating world of fashion films and offered its audience the opportunity to meet an exciting range of people from the film and fashion industry. Not only did the programme hereby offer great film experiences, but also inspiring talks, events and debates. So whether you were a curious newcomer, well versed in film and fashion, or simply just a fashion lover – there was something for everybody.

FEBRUARY 2016

Copenhagen Fashion Film presents the festival:

THE SKIN I WEAR

Body, Gender & Identity

02.02.-14.02. 2016

Copenhagen Fashion Film festival – The Skin I Wear focused on the connections between fashion and film through various film screenings, talks, debates and special events. Combining the best of contemporary fashion films with a special selection of old cult fashion movies, the festival audience was not only in for breathtaking cinematography but also outstanding fashion film treats.

This year we paid special tribute to the diversity of the human body and spirit by presenting a selection of films and events that discussed and challenged gender and body issues as well as fashion’s depictions of beauty and ageing. We wished to celebrate the growing changes within fashion casting today and filmmakers who portray the varied and exceptional people of the world we live in – without ever having to compromise their fashion sense! By screening works by directors such as G.W. Pabst, Jennie Livingston, Xavier Dolan, Matt Lambert and Kathryn Ferguson the festival set up a programme that aimed to break boundaries and make us think.

For the first time in Copenhagen Fashion Film’s history, all film artists out there had the chance to submit their fashion film to our short film programme. The prize-winners of this programme were elected by a highly acclaimed international jury consisting of some of today’s key players within fashion and film.

Strong female fashion icons were the center of Copenhagen Fashion Film festival 2015. Under the theme “The Importance Of Being A Heroine” we tributed the stylish silver screen starlets and significant divas. With heroines such as Sophia Loren, Gloria Swanson, and Faye Dunaway combined with the best of contemporary fashion film the audience was in for not only breath-taking cinematography, but also outstanding fashion film treats.