Fashion Film Festival Milano
[5] In its conversations and feature films premieres, the festival has encouraged the discussion of social values and the awareness of issues such as women's empowerment, sustainability,[6] diversity and the support of young talent.
[9] The jury was chaired by Valentino's creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and included the fashion designers Stella Jean and Harris Reed, actress Alba Rohrwacher, Chiara Sbarigia, president of Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, photographer Nadia Lee Cohen, model and activist Lea T and Laura Brown, editor in chief of InStyle Magazine.
[12] The nominated and winning films were presented in a digital awards ceremony and were announced on the occasion of two contemporary exhibitions open to the public at Triennale di Milano and MIAC – Museo dell’Audiovisivo e del Cinema of Cinecittà in Rome, Italy.
The seventh edition went online during five days of Men's Fashion Week and in collaboration with Camera della Moda Nazionale Italiana with a completely digital program.
The jury was chaired by art director and Oscar-nominated costume designer Tim Yip and included Lachlan Watson, Marcelo Burlon, Anna dello Russo, Milovan Farronato, Margherita Missoni, Paolo Roversi, Eliza von Guttman and Tamu McPherson.
[14] The conversation with Javier Goyeneche and the screening of the three feature films, "Made in Bangladesh[15]", "Let it be Law[14]" and "I am Greta" put the theme of sustainability at the center of the seventh edition.
The edition featured the European and Italian premieres of “Peter Lindbergh: Women's Stories”, with an introduction by Paolo Roversi, Carla Sozzani and Alessia Glaviano and “The Times of Bill Cunningham”, introduced by director Mark Bozek.
[23] The panel discussion “No Country for Women: How #GenerationEquality is breaking the rules within society” between Giorgia Roversi, Nicola Paòmarini and Francesca Vecchioni was accompanied by the film screening of “Fertility Day” by Sara Scamarcia and Paolo D’Orsogna.
[19][24] The sixth edition in 2019 also featured the workshop "The Gaze of the Future Fashion Film Contest" in collaboration with Istituto Marangoni and with the participation of Constanza Cavalli Etro, Anna Dello Russo, Angelo Ruggeri and Andrea Pompilio as the jury, judging the 10 best videos produced by the students of Istituto Marangoni in Milan, Florence, London and Paris an awarding the film "In un mondo di etnie-chapter2" by Fabio Princigallo.
It took place at Anteo Palazzo del Cinema from September 20–24 and organized its program according to two initiatives: "FFFMilanoForWomen" to promote the female universe and "FFFMilanoForGreen" to foster the discussion about environmental pollution caused by the fashion industry and the integration of innovative solutions.
A conversation between Casey Legler, former Olympic swimmer and the first woman to have built a career as a men's clothes model and the president of the David di Donatello prize Piera Detassis.
The third edition ran from September 24 to 26 at Milan's Anteo Spazio Cinema with the inaugural screening and Italian premiere of the documentary film "Anna Piaggi: A Visionary In Fashion" directed by Alina Marazzi.
[31] The off-contest saw four conversations: "Women in Cinema," a talk between director Alina Marazzi and writer and journalist Marta Stella; "Digital Insiders" a discussion with Simon Bekerman, Riccardo Conti, and Federico Sarica, founding editor of Rivista Studio; the conversation ”Fashion in Radio” between radio DJ La Pina and Nicoletta Morozzi; and a talk between founder of Purple Magazine, Olivier Zahm, and the curator Gloria Maria Cappelletti.
In collaboration with L'Archivio Nazionale Cinema d'Impresa the festival organized “Body&Garment”, a screening of experimental Italian films from the 60s and 70s directed by artists such as Bruno Munari, Ugo Nespolo and Mario Schifano.
In its first year, the festival awarded 14 categories: Standouts were Wes Andersons’ fashion film “Castello Cavalcanti” for Prada and Paolo Sorrentino's short movies series “Frames of Life” conceived for Armani.
[47] Constanza Cavalli Etro appeared in Sheikha Intisar AlSabah's book "Circle of Love" (2019) as one of the women who are changing the international fashion and cultural scene.
