Fashion 99

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Fashion 99
Directed byKaren Firus
Written byKaren Firus
StarringSharron Kearney
Music byTimothy McGuinness
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Fashion 99 is a Canadian short film, directed by Karen Firus and released in 1987. [1] Set in a futuristic world where the fashion industry controls society, the film stars Sharron Kearney as Orchid, a fashion photographer who has a nightmare that her clothes attack her in a bid for revenge. [2]

The film, made while Firus was a film student at the University of British Columbia, [2] premiered at the Festival of Canadian Fashion in June 1987. It won the festival's special jury award for excellence in fashion video. [3] It subsequently screened at the 1987 Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the Norman McLaren Award for Best Student Film. [4]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mini-Reviews: Fashion 99". Cinema Canada , May 1988.
  2. 1 2 "Three B.C. filmmakers in running for Genies". Vancouver Sun , March 19, 1988.
  3. ↑ "Fashion film wins award". Vancouver Sun , June 4, 1987.
  4. ↑ "B.C. filmmaker tops in festival". The Globe and Mail , August 29, 1986.
  5. ↑ "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail , February 17, 1998.


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