A TALE OF ENDURANCE: CELEBRATION OF THE IMPERFECT
FASHION FILM IRO PARIS 2017
Created on spec for French fashion label IRO Paris this fashion short film is a celebration of color, race and women and is meant to send an empowering and disruptive message about preexisting gender norms and racial stereotypes. Inspired by the interchangeability of IRO’s clothes between sexes, identity and androgyny are central themes in this sensual, feminist zombie liberation saga.
Logline
Trapped in an abandoned dungeon the badass heroine IRO manages to free herself and a band of zombielike misfits from captivity.
Credits
Director/Writer Stephanie Bollag
Starring Melissa Weisz, Yansen Abreu, Simone Awor, Aloba Ayinde, Cassy Cammarano, Emma Chaves, Simone Di Donna, Fraser Edwards, Athena Levesque, Arianna Levesque, Andrea Levesque, Sheena Sakai, Alexa Marie Santy, Charity Woods, Balto (dog), Rabbit
Director of Photography Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll
Producers Kate Stahl, Stephanie Bollag
Composer Victoria de la Vega
Sound Designer Bumi Hidaka
Editors Alan Wu, Stephanie Bollag
Production Designer Erin Blake
Stylist Amanda Bollag
Makeup Artist Pamela Fuentes
Hair Stylist Bella Bonder
Assistant Director Molly Gandour
Assistant Camera Zamarin Wahdat, Mamadou Dia
Gaffer Rhys Jones
Best Boy Anthony Saxe
Sound Mixer Artur Szerejko
Set Photographer Tess Mayer
Driver Eric Emma
Animal Handler Gloria Winship
Colorist Dave Francis
Recording Artist Amanda Bollag
Supported by NYU Tisch School of the Arts Grad Film
Nominations
2018 Official Selection. Brooklyn Film Festival. New York.
2018 Official Selection. New Media Film Festival. Los Angeles.
2018 Official Selection. La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival. San Diego.
2018 Finalist. Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
2017 Official Selection. Fashionclash Fashion Film Festival. Maastricht, Netherlands
2017 Official Selection. Fashion Film Fest Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey.
2017 Official Selection. Best Shorts Competition. Global.
2017 Official Selection. California International Shorts Festival. Los Angeles.
2017 Best Picture. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
2017 Best Director. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
2017 Best Artistic Design. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
2017 Best Cinematography. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
2017 Best Sound Design. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
2017 Semi-Finalist. Miami Fashion Film Festival.
Wins
2017 Best Spec Commercial. Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
2017 Award of Merit: Women Filmmakers (Student). Accolade Global Competition.
2017 Best Cinematography. Seattle International Fashion Film Festival.
Press
2017 Q&A with Creative Talent Stephanie Bollag