CAMP ISABOKO DIRECTED BY MAYA MARZUKI PETERS

London born, Maya is an award-winning Irish-Indonesian filmmaker known for her bold and playful style. She is skilled at creating visually striking and detailed environments and has a talent for eliciting authentic performances from actors, as well as crafting provocative set designs and utilizing dynamic camera techniques. 

Unearthing the nostalgic memories of childhood summer, a new camper arrives at CAMP ISABOKO. They are immediately whisked away into the madness and frenzied fun, meeting friends and foes.  

Isaboko is a radically sustainable, zero waste and gender neutral fashion brand, meant to embrace unconventional people and ideals. All models are members of the LGBTQ+ community and all members of crew are POC. 

DENTRO DIRECTED BY CAMILA FREIHA

The Dentro film series, comprising five distinct chapters, serves as the inaugural video campaign for the accessories brand. These chapters are a creative exploration of Dentro bags, drawing metaphorical connections to different aspects of the human body. Shot across two unique locations - the leather goods factory in Verona and a Parisian studio - the series seeks to establish Dentro as a luxury brand renowned for its exceptional craftsmanship and elevated status.  

The series unveils the artisanal labor on the exterior,the threads,the handles,the foam and the zipper while the polished facade remains hidden within, resulting in a captivating portrayal of craftsmanship. Every part is inverted, every element becomes an aesthetic focal point, offering a documentary-style journey into the world of Dentro's unique creations. 

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.  

DOLLIE DIRECTED BY CYBELE MALINOWSKI

Cybele Malinowski has galvanised her place in the fashion, music and advertising industry with her bright, bold and unmistakable imagery. Dividing her time between Australia and LA for 15 years, her work is distinct for its striking connection between subject and viewer. Cybele’s obsession with the play of light, form and attention to detail are a reference back to her formal training in architecture. She has shot with more musicians and models than we can name in this short bio. Cybele is also a widely celebrated fashion photographer, and curates immaculate frames – both moving and still.  

Stylishly disturbing, satirical and chic, Dollie is a modern shopping channel malaise of a film that will scramble your gaze and make you rethink your childhood. 

Australian photographer and filmmaker Cybele Malinowski has spent the last 15 years making waves in the local and international fashion industry. But in her latest film and fashion shoot ‘Dollie’, her lens becomes a satirical one – taking aim at where it all began: her doll collection. 

EAST LONDON GORILLAS DIRECTED BY MARGAUX LAHAYE & ROMAN PHAM ROELLET

Margaux Lahaye is a French film director inspired by sonder: the complexity and uniqueness that transpires from each and every human being. She is a creative soul playing with all art forms. Romain Pham Roellet is a young French-Vietnamese director. He falls in love with cinema at the age of 16. Ever since, he writes and directs movies. He integrates his love for street photography into his cinema, trying to create bold and new imagery in order to tell meaningful stories. 

East London Gorillas is the uninhibited and dreamlike wanderings of Alien, Warrior and Armor in the queer and creative North and East London. It depicts the encounter of alternative fashion with women's rugby: two worlds driven by unique, strong and liberated women. 

EMPOSE JEWELS DIRECTED BY TUNA TUNA

Tuna is an award winning director based in Istanbul. He was born in June 1998 in Ankara. He graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Film Design Department.

In 2018, he wrote and directed the short film "ALTI" starring Suna Selen. This film was selected in various festivals. During this time, he went to England to study language and received a certificate from Skola English In Exeter. When he was in the third year of the university, he shot the short films "DUVAR" and "DÜŞ-ME".

“DÜŞ-ME” was screened at the Russian Cultural Center and received awards from various festivals. In addition to these, Tuna worked on many film projects. He shot commercials and dance-music clips. He was selected for many international film festivals with his fashion films that he wrote and directed. Tuna is currently a graduate student at Marmara University Fine Arts Institute Film Design Department. 

Trace a visual and auditory transformation that reflects a search for one’s own existential sound with the sparkle of jewels. 

I WEAR MY CULTURE FASHION FILM DIRECTED BY GILMORE QHAWE KHUMALO

Popularly known as Gilmore Tee, Gilmore Qhawe Khumalo is an award-winning media practitioner, curator, publicist and content creator. He is the Founder & Creative Director of Paper Bag Africa, a content creation, management and public relations establishment headquartered in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Gilmore has led a research named I Wear My Culture, on ethnic groups in Zimbabwe, using Fashion and Film to capture findings. The end results of the research are contemporary looks, made by 10 young designers, inspired by the findings, a fashion film and mini-documentary.

What if you could wear your culture? What if you could express your identity and heritage through fashion? That’s the question that 9 Zimbabwean designers set out to answer in I wear my culture, a fashion film that showcases their stunning creations inspired by different ethnic groups in Zimbabwe.  

The film is the first part of a two-part project, the second being a feature-length documentary that goes behind the scenes of the research and design process of the designers. I wear my culture is a film that celebrates and preserves the rich and diverse heritage of Zimbabwe, as well as the potential and innovation of African fashion. 

POWERHOUSE X JORDAN GOGOS DIRECTED BY SOPHIE GEORGIOU

Motel Picture Company is a disruptor. Founded by Sophie Georgiou and Stef Mileski, they create unique films on and with leading international and Australian artists and institutions including Art Gallery NSW, National Gallery of Victoria, Sydney Modern, Carriageworks, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Opera House and Kukje in South Korea just to name a few. 

Artists include Ai Wei Wei, Takashi Murakami, Issac Julian, Oliver Beer, Charlie Tsai, Bill Henson, Blak Douglas, Del Kathryn Barton and the late Nyapanyapa Yunpiny. 

Motel have an on going relationship with the Biennale of Sydney working with both Mami Kataoka and Jose Roca on the last two Biennales as well as continuing an ongoing strategic partnership for the 2024 Biennale, created Three Women Arrive for SHOW studio and works with Conservation International, recently completing a film with cinematographer Chris Bryan narrated by Jason Momoa. 

Motel Picture Company is an Australian - based film and production company with a native approach to motion concepts and content. 

PURUN DIRECTED BY IGNATIUS RADITYA BHRAMANTA

Also known as Bramsky, a Director, a Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, and an Editor, Bramsky is known for Yura Yunita: Hoolala (2020), Cinta Laura Kiehl: Markisa (2021) and Maudy Ayunda: Heartless (2021). 

Fashion vs Climate Change. The journey of the Purun, a grass-like plant that grow naturally in the peatlands, and the weaving women who are timeless and ageless, just like mother earth who never tires of giving warmth and hope. Purun is a heavenly plant born in the peatlands is God gift to protect earth and its living creatures. Skilled hands make Purun a masterpiece that gives a long breath to the earth and living things. 

SOOTHE THE BOTHER, YOU BUSY BODY! DIRECTED BY AMELIA CARLISLE

Amelia Carlisle is based in Naarm, Melbourne, recently completing her Honours in Fashion Design at RMIT University.  Amelia’s graduating project, “Soothe the bother, you busy body”,  is inspired by sensory support devices that help calm overstimulation and anxiety.  

‘Soothe the bother, you busy body’, is inspired by sensory support devices that help calm overstimulation and anxiety. Sensory support is defined as a variety of different equipment, tools and toys that are designed to support a persons sensory system by providing input to one or more of their senses.

The film focuses on how  garments and accessories of this collection are able to be moved, worn and used in these situations and the variety of individual needs. The film aims to  communicate the ease in which sensory support can be integrated into a contemporary fashion context, providing comfort through clothing and a more in  depth consideration of the user experience. 

STONEYRIDGE DIRECTED BY HOLLY RENEE NORMOYLE

Student of RMIT University Melbourne where she is graduating from a Bachelor of Fashion Design, Holly Normoyle explores the concept of ‘Australian’ fashion through materiality and draws upon her lived experience having grown up with access to her family farm.

Holly’s family has been farming and nurturing the land for 163 years and her mission was to weave this narrative into a tangible medium of clothing and moving image.

Growing up on the outskirts of Bendigo, Victoria, Holly re-located to Melbourne to study her Bachelor and begin her career within the Fashion Industry. She currently works within the industry as a Client Advisor at Giorgio Armani, Melbourne. She also works casually as a ‘Design Assistant’ at local Melbourne label Van Der Kooij. While her pursuits and goals keeps her busy, she loves to come back home to see her supportive family and help on the farm. 

TEMPÊTE - DIRECTED BY BROCK NEWMAN

From an extensive background in sport filmmaking, Canadian-American director Brock Newman brings a kinetic sensibility to his work through contemporary camera techniques and energetic edits. Brock focuses on projects that are both visceral during and memorable after. 

Synopsis: An honest and poetic look at the nature of love.