The best film festival in town just got underway yesterday and I just took a look at the program. Holy moly there's lots of good stuff here. A couple of projects I did the costume design for are going to partake in the fun, so check it out!
First up,
Turn Off Before Living, directed by Annick Blanc, a dark and steamy film set in Havana, Cuba about a cast of characters living personal lies.
Step Well Pilgrim is a dance film that I had the pleasure of making "butt turbans" for four of the performers. Director
Duncan McDowall was inspired by principal performers Katia Lesvesque and Jonathan Fortin's performance from
Cabaret Carmagnole and transformed it to a screen adaptation.
I was super stoked to assist the insane talent of costume designer
Patricia McNeil for one day on the set of
Félix et Meira. Directed by
Maxime Giroux, the film explores the unlikely crossing of paths of a young mother and wife in the Hassidic Jewish community and an eccentric francophone québecois.
My one awesome day consisted of transforming about twenty bearded men, from young hip dudes to elderly santa claus-like gentlemen into Hassidic Jews. With the treasures of eBay Israel and a bunch of resourcefulness, McNeil orchestrated epic movie magic.
