Category: In Development

Looking for Laszlo

A documentary that follows the life of Hungarian architect Laszlo Hudec and how he came to design several famous buildings across Shanghai after fleeing from capture by the Russian Army in 1916. His most notable works in Shanghai include the Park Hotel, the Grand Theatre, and the post-modern ‘Green House’. Hudec explored a variety of styles during his career, from neo-classicism to art deco and more modern style buildings, all of which have added a distinct character to the Shanghai cityscape.

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Forever Queer

Forever Queer is a documentary that will explore the lives of people within the Chinese LGBT community. A series of intimate interviews with various LGBT people from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong will be carried out. We hope to provide the audience with a personal insight into queer experiences within these different Chinese societies as well as to highlight the constraints or freedoms that each might bring.

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Kenzo Takada – La Joie De Vivre

With an unstoppable desire to pursue his dreams, a young Kenzo Takada embarked on a voyage from his native land of Tokyo to Paris – the world capital of fashion. Upon arriving, he only had his talent and 5 francs to live on per day. Nobody would have imagined the pioneering career he was soon to build.

Men weren’t allowed into design schools. Being creative was not accepted in Japanese society in the 1950s. 

Kenzo Takada

Leaving post-war conservative Japan and arriving in 1968 revolutionary France, was an eye-opening journey that made him the extraordinary fashion designer that we all know him to be.

Throughout his 30-year fashion career, he combined Eastern and Western elements in his work, accumulating fans from all corners of the world and making him the first truly global designer of the 20th century.

This documentary is constructed as an immersive, sensory-driven journey, giving audiences a glimpse into the life of a free man and a multi-cultural artist.

Poet of cotton and ethnic-chic stylist, Kenzo Takada invites us to travel and to celebrate life…

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