After gaining attention with his first two short films–Love 2062, a science fiction dystopia around pollution, and Krokodil Requiem, raising awareness of hard drugs–director Romain Demongeot, executive creative director at London-based agency Unit9, returns to screens with this self-funded genre-breaking trailer, The Last Prophecy.
At a time of worldwide ecological, health, economic, political and identity crisis, he brings us to a futuristic world to escape a dying Earth and interrogate the role of mankind, love and religion. The trailer introduces Demongeot’s forthcoming feature-length film, setting the action in a faraway future where religious authorities have finally decided to hand over control to a neutral, history-free Artificial intelligence as what’s left of humanity takes an interplanetary journey to start anew.
Demongeot tapped into technicians, artisans and graphic designers worldwide in this international production. “The idea,” he said, “was to bring together creative people all around the globe with very different beliefs and cultures (Korea, Brazil, Russia, England, Bulgaria, etc… ). The Last Prophecy thus boasts a stylistic rigor born from the collaboration of artists that only ever met virtually, working together to bring to life a common vision.
CreditsCreative/Production Romain Demongeot, director, producer, writer; Sebastien Novac, writer (based on feature script by Demongeot and Novac); Elvire Cheret, writer/producer; Thomas Ozoux, DP; Sonia Presne, Gorilla Group, producers. Postproduction Sonia Presne, art direction and postproduction supervision. Stylism & Photo Elvire Cheret. Audio Xavier Gibert, 3D sound. Music Supervision Elvire Cheret. Music Christophe Menassier. Sound Studio Diner Au Motel. VFX Daniil Kutuzoff, Jean-Yves Parent, MPC Creative, Angel Nikolov, Tiago Marinho, Esteban Bustos, Navy975, Ale Barbosa, Jack Siggins. Voiceover Jerome Di Giacomo, Michel Raimbault. Cast Swan L’Haoua, Tia Perez, Ash Lizzies, Abdoulaye Traore, Maylis Dilion, Romain Razaki, Cecilia Manikhout, Laura Creton, Emma Martins, Johann M Navel
Director Gia Coppola Teams With Mejuri For “A New York Minute”; 1st Episode Takes Us To The Grocery Store
Mejuri, known for turning fine jewelry into an everyday luxury, has partnered with director Gia Coppola (The Last Show Girl, Palo Alto) and The Directors Bureau in Los Angeles, for the first time reimagining the brand’s story as episodic content. In a series of microfilms, co-created by Coppola and premiering following New York Fashion Week, Mejuri eschewed a typical celebrity campaign and cast us as voyeurs to a group of aspiring young women--real people, not actors--at the crossroads of their adult lives against the backdrop of New York City.
Titled “A New York Minute,” the series features five real-life friends, who include one perfectly imperfect heroine named Emma. The women celebrate ordinary moments and interactions which reveal, sometimes retrospectively, the extraordinary within the mundane. Adjacent to the brand’s own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuri’s jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
“When I met with Gia and The Directors Bureau team, there was instant creative and personal chemistry and a natural alignment on the desire to push and blur the lines between marketing, storytelling, and the construct of what a ‘campaign’ could be,” said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. “Gia was able to push that idea into something that truly feels new and artful, with a realism and relatability that almost feels jarring. Gia was such a perfect collaborator and partner, someone I had complete trust in to be a catalyst for Mejuri’s values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I can’t wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.”
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