DIRECTOR: KATHRYN FERGUSON / PRODUCTION COMPANY: SYLVIA FARAGO / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / DURATION: 11'11" /BRAND: SELFRIDGES BESPOKE – HENRY ROSE, EMILIA WICKSTEAD, CHARVET & HAWICK / MUSIC: FILMFONIX / CAST: ZAHA HADID, CARYN FRANKLIN, SHARMADEAN REID, BELLA FREUD / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NEUS OLLE / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KATHRYN FERGUSON / STYLIST: ELLIE GRACE CUMMING / HAIR: BIANCA TUOVI / MAKE-UP: LUCY BRIDGE / ANIMATION: JO RATCLIFFE.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
A International Women’s Day fashion film celebrating female role-models, featuring Zaha Hadid, Bella Freud, Sharmeadean Reid and Caryn Franklin. Commissioned by Selfridges to launch Selfridges Bespoke, with animations by Jo Ratcliffe.
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Kathryn Ferguson is a UK-based filmmaker who has made films for fashion designers and musicians including Chloe, Selfridges, Sinead O’Connor, Richard Nicoll, Charlie Le Mindu, Katie Eary, Lady Gaga and Domino Records. As well as her own filmmaking practise Kathryn also works as a Curator and Lecturer. She began curating the annual Birds Eye View Film Festival’s ‘Fashion Loves Film’ strand at the Institute of Contemporary Arts & British Film Institute in 2008. Her work with the BFC has seen her join a curatorial panel creating a new seasonal film festival called Fash/on Film. In October 2012 she curated “Dressing the Screen”, the world’s first fashion film exhibition at the UCCA in Beijing. She lectures at both London College of Fashion & Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.
