Women's Tales

Women's Tales is an ongoing short film series created by fashion brand Miu Miu. Aside from the stipulation that the films use Miu Miu clothing the all female directors are given carte blanche to create their films. Miu Miu has commissioned two films a year since 2011, one for their summer collection and one for the winter collection.

Since 2012, all of the winter collection films have had their world premiere at the Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The summer collection films, which typically premiere during the New York Fashion Week in February, are shown there as well. Miu Miu is a so-called "creative partner," i.e. sponsor, of Venice Days.[7]

History

The first film, Zoe Cassavetes' The Powder Room premiered online in late January 2011.[8] The series' second installment, Lucrecia Martel's Muta, premiered at an invitation-only screening at a Beverly Hills mansion and online in July 2011.[9][10]

In February 2012, the third film, Giada Colagrande's The Woman Dress, was screened during the New York Fashion Week and made available online.[11] Massy Tadjedin's It's Getting Late, number four in the series, had its world premiere at the Venice Days sidebar of the 69th Venice International Film Festival where all four films from the series were screened together for the first time.[12]

The fifth film, Ava DuVernay's The Door, premiered online in February 2013.[13] The film was later shown at the 70th Venice International Film Festival along with Le donne della Vucciria by Palestinian Israeli actress and director Hiam Abbas.[14]

In 2015, Agnès Varda's film Les 3 boutons premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

In 2020 Miu Miu offered limited edition t-shirts printed with still from the films.[15]

Films
No.DirectorTitleYear
1Zoe CassavetesThe Powder Room2011
2Lucrecia MartelMuta2011
3Giada ColagrandeThe Woman Dress2012
4Massy TadjedinIt's Getting Late2012
5Ava DuVernayThe Door2013
6Hiam AbbassLe donne della Vucciria2013
7So Yong KimSpark & Light2014
8Miranda JulySomebody2014
9Alice RohrwacherDe Djess2015
10Agnès VardaLes 3 boutons2015
11Naomi KawaseSeed2016
12Crystal MoselleThat One Day2016
13Chloë SevignyCarmen2017
14Celia Rowlson-Hall(The [End) of History Illusion]2017
15Dakota FanningHello Apartment2018
16Haifaa Al-MansourThe Wedding Singer's Daughter2018
17Hailey GatesShako Mako2019
18Lynne RamsayBrigitte2019
19Małgorzata SzumowskaNightwalk2020
20Mati DiopIn My Room2020

References
  1. "It's Getting Late". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. "Le donne della Vucciria". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. "#8 Somebody per festval". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  4. "Les 3 boutons". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  5. "That One Day - Women's Tales #12". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  6. "#14 (The [End) of History Illusion]". Venice Days. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  7. "Agnès Varda and Alice Rohrwacher: Miu Miu Women's Tales 2015". Venice Days. July 22, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  8. Booth Moore (January 26, 2011). "Miu Miu, Zoe Cassavetes and the future of short fashion films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  9. Camille Banzon (July 21, 2011). "Stars, Musicians, Fashionistas Attend: MiuMiu Presents Lucrecia Martel 's "Muta"". International Business Times. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  10. Ray Pride (July 21, 2011). "Miu Miu Presents Muta, a New Film by Lucrecia Martel". Movie City News. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  11. Emma Brown (February 15, 2012). "Tales from Miu Miu". Interview. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  12. Apphia Michael (August 31, 2012). "Miu Miu Womens' Tales: It's Getting Late by Massy Tadjedin". Wallpaper*. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  13. Rachel Small (February 11, 2013). "Ava DuVernay Brings Us Through the Door". Interview. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  14. Tambay A. Obenson (August 13, 2013). "Venice Days Lineup Includes Ava DuVernay's 'The Door' + Benny & Joshua Safdie's 'Lenny Cooke'". IndieWire. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  15. "Miu Miu Unveils "Women's Tales" T-Shirts". Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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