Festivals

Explore our thematic festival seasons celebrating different forms of interplay between fashion, textiles, art and cinema. We curate diverse programmes spanning documentaries, artist cinema and contemporary fashion screen cultures alongside classics and hidden gems from European, American, and global archives. Placing fashion and costume design at the forefront of interest, we craft vibrant programmes that invite audiences on captivating journeys.

A still from the short film 'There’s a Garden in My Head' (1987). A nude woman is the center of a collage featuring leopards, pink roses, green foliage, and blue clouds.

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature

May-October 2025  LONDON & UK-WIDE

In response to the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, Fashion in Film Festival’s latest edition takes cinema as a lens through which to consider the entanglements between fashion, the human body and nature - both real and imagined. More information coming soon.

Festivals

Explore our thematic festival seasons celebrating different forms of interplay between fashion, textiles, art and cinema. We curate diverse programmes spanning documentaries, artist cinema and contemporary fashion screen cultures alongside classics and hidden gems from European, American, and global archives. Placing fashion and costume design at the forefront of interest, we craft vibrant programmes that invite audiences on captivating journeys.

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature

In response to the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, Fashion in Film Festival’s latest edition takes cinema as a lens through which to consider the entanglements between fashion, the human body and nature - both real and imagined. More information coming soon.

May-October 2025  LONDON & UK-WIDE
A still from the short film 'There’s a Garden in My Head' (1987). A nude woman is the center of a collage featuring leopards, pink roses, green foliage, and blue clouds. 
PAST FESTIVALS
 
8–10 March 2019  MIAMI

A three-day festival of film screenings, talks and panels exploring the links between fashion, cinema and art. Presented in association with Miami International Film Festival and Miami Design District.

A three-day festival of film screenings, talks and panels exploring the links between fashion, cinema and art. Presented in association with Miami International Film Festival and Miami Design District.

8–10 March 2019  MIAMI
PAST FESTIVALS
In a scene from the film 'Black Girl' (1966), actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop sits at a kitchen table with her face resting upon one hand. She wears a polka dot dress and white headband. 
2016–2018  LONDON | MIAMI | NEW YORK

Fashion in Film Festival’s 10th anniversary season explores the fascinating connections between fashion, cinema and time.

Fashion in Film Festival’s 10th anniversary season explores the fascinating connections between fashion, cinema and time.

In a scene from the film 'Black Girl' (1966), actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop sits at a kitchen table with her face resting upon one hand. She wears a polka dot dress and white headband. 
2016–2018  LONDON | MIAMI | NEW YORK
A still from 'The Sound of Cos', a 2014 fashion film by Lenert and Sander. Two men stand in a studio, holding umbrellas and facing a screen displaying two men wearing wool coats. A bicycle can be seen in the foreground. 
17–24 March 2015 LONDON

Taking a retrospective look at the fashion moving image in the digital age, this series of conversations explores how the fashion industry is embracing and adapting to new developments.

A still from 'The Sound of Cos', a 2014 fashion film by Lenert and Sander. Two men stand in a studio, holding umbrellas and facing a screen displaying two men wearing wool coats. A bicycle can be seen in the foreground.

Taking a retrospective look at the fashion moving image in the digital age, this series of conversations explores how the fashion industry is embracing and adapting to new developments.

17–24 March 2015 LONDON
Actress Brigitte Helm poses whilst using a telephone in a scene from 'L'Argent' (1928). Her hair is short and styled in 20s fashion, and she wears pearl jewellery, and layers of satin and white tulle. 
10–19 May 2013  LONDON

This season is dedicated to one of France’s most innovative but internationally overlooked directors whose career straddled the avant-garde and mainstream cinema.

This season is dedicated to one of France’s most innovative but internationally overlooked directors whose career straddled the avant-garde and mainstream cinema.

Actress Brigitte Helm poses whilst using a telephone in a scene from 'L'Argent' (1928). Her hair is short and styled in 20s fashion, and she wears pearl jewellery, and layers of satin and white tulle. 
10–19 May 2013  LONDON
A scene from 'Rapsodia Satanica' (1917), depicting Italian actress Lyda Borelli in a forest setting. She stands with her arms slightly outstretched, with a veil of sheer fabric covering her entire face and body, revealing a pink dress beneath. 
1–12 December 2010  
LONDON | UK | NEW YORK | COPENHAGEN

This intoxicating celebration of costume as cinematic spectacle presents a wide-ranging programme of screenings, conversations and film installations.

A scene from 'Rapsodia Satanica' (1917), depicting Italian actress Lyda Borelli in a forest setting. She stands with her arms slightly outstretched, with a veil of sheer fabric covering her entire face and body, revealing a pink dress beneath.

This intoxicating celebration of costume as cinematic spectacle presents a wide-ranging programme of screenings, conversations and film installations.

1–12 December 2010  LONDON | UK | NEW YORK | COPENHAGEN
French actress Musidora as she appears in the 1915-1916 serial 'Les Vampires'. Contrasted against a pink background, she wears an all-black bodysuit, only revealing her face. Gazing to the right, she poses with one hand on her shoulder. 
10–31 May 2008  LONDON | UK | NEW YORK

From stolen pearls to the postmodern gangster silhouette, this season explores the compelling links between cinema, fashion, crime and violence.

From stolen pearls to the postmodern gangster silhouette, this season explores the compelling links between cinema, fashion, crime and violence.

French actress Musidora as she appears in the 1915-1916 serial 'Les Vampires'. Contrasted against a pink background, she wears an all-black bodysuit, only revealing her face. Gazing to the right, she poses with one hand on her shoulder. 
10–31 May 2008  LONDON | UK | NEW YORK
Two models with their hair slicked back and 1960s eye-makeup wearing avant-garde metal dresses. Still from 'Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?' (1966). 
2006–2007  LONDON | PRAGUE | NEW YORK  | ARNHEM

Fashion in Film Festival’s inaugural edition is a retrospective showcase delving into cinema’s ambiguous attitudes towards fashion.

Fashion in Film Festival’s inaugural edition is a retrospective showcase delving into cinema’s ambiguous attitudes towards fashion.

2006–2007  LONDON | PRAGUE | NEW YORK  | ARNHEM
Two models with their hair slicked back and 1960s eye-makeup wearing avant-garde metal dresses. Still from 'Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?' (1966).