GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
Fri 5 - Sun 7 Sept
Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema.
Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world.
With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression.
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Upcoming screenings in this season
Fruit of Paradise
classified 12A S GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
Following Daisies (1966), Fruit of Paradise marks another acclaimed collaboration between director Věra Chytilová, costume designer Ester Krumbachová, and cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera.
Nature’s Resources: Animated Adventures for Families
classified U S GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
We are delighted to present a special children’s programme that showcases the harmonious collaboration between humans and non-human species, while celebrating the power of animation to bring the impossible to life.
Ready-to-Wear Landscapes + Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA) S GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
The production, dispersal and eventual re-distribution of clothing is one of the protagonists of the climate crisis. This programme of short films zooms in on the term ‘waste colonialism’ and reveals the ways in which creativity can be deployed to amplify collective concerns.
Sacred Transmissions
classified 18 (CTBA) S GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
The presence of gods and spirits inhabiting the natural world is a recurring motif in the work of Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo and Spanish filmmaker Rocío Mesa.
Youth: Spring
classified 18 (CTBA) S GROUNDED: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature
Spring is the first part of Wang Bing’s immersive Youth trilogy, and it documents relationships as they fold and unfold amongst a group of young Chinese textile workers.