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F ounded in 2023 by seasoned stylist and costume designer Charlotte Holt, The Fashion Library is an apparel rental house for the UK film, TV and advertising industries. Instead of wasting money and materials on each new project, The Fashion Library urges stylists and costume designers to act sustainably by repurposing existing clothes while monetising their own closets. “We recognised the need for a platform that not only simplifies the process for stylists but also promotes sustainability within the industry,” said Holt. “Our goal is to save time, money and the planet while making our users’ lives easier.” What started as a 2000-piece inventory has evolved into what is essentially a peer-to-peer consignment shop where users rent and sell. Stylists can browse both the online and physical showrooms, selecting the items they want and paying a small holding deposit. All rentals last for seven days and are available by collection only. The Fashion Library rethinks costume rental
A rguably the industry’s most glamorous event, Cannes Film Festival wrapped on 25 May. The 11- day exhibition included Francis Ford Coppola’s return to filmmaking with dystopian epic Megalopolis , Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness , George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Andrea Arnold’s Bird . But the show-stealers were ultimately Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez and Sean Baker’s Anora , which earned the elusive Palme d’Or – the fifth consecutive win for American indie studio Neon. For Oscar hopefuls, Cannes is a must-hit stop on the circuit. Previous Palme d’Or winners include Taxi Driver , Apocalypse Now , Pulp Fiction , Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Parasite , Cannes in review
which then became the first non- English language film to win best picture at the Academy Awards. Headed by president Greta Gerwig, the Cannes jury awarded George Lucas with the honorary Palme d’Or, Armand with best first film, Coralie Fargeat with best screenplay ( The Substance ), The Seed of the Sacred Fig with special award for best screenplay, Miguel Gomes with best director ( Grand Tour ), Jesse Plemons with best actor ( Kinds of Kindness ), Emilia Perez with the Jury Prize, All We Imagine As Light with the grand prize and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent with the short film Palme d’Or. Best actress went to Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez for their work on Emilia Perez .
I n partnership with BBC Studios, ITV Studios and Sky, ScreenSkills is piloting a training passport that will provide a record of industry-approved training for staff and freelancers. It will ideally offer benefits to both employees and employers; with standardising training, studios can ensure crew members are equally up to par, while creatives can keep track of certifications. Staff and freelancers can complete all training via the ScreenSkills website. The training passport will pilot for six months. ScreenSkills introduces training passport
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