DIVIDED CONNECTION DIRECTED BY STELLA STYLIANOU

Stella Stylianou is a dynamic freelance fashion and movement wear designer as well creative visionary from Cyprus based in Paris. She graduated from The Royal Academy of Art, The Hauge (KABK) in the Netherlands with a Fashion & Textile design BA. Her interest in designing garments that are meant to move stems from her dance education and love from the age of 5 to this very day. 

Divided Connections is a short film to support Stella Stylianou’s graduating designs from The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. 

The driving force behind every aspect of this film is to reflect on the division Stella experienced growing up in a divided country, Cyprus. As the film unfolds we experience relentless depictions of separation, displacement, tension, push and pull whilst encompassing Stella’s evocative designs and a rich immersive soundscape. These sensations only seem to resolve as the performers gather perspective and find peace in connecting with each other.