Dita Eyewear – Short Film Series

Role: Exec Producer, Producer

Dita Eyewear is a luxury eyewear brand, making both sunglasses and opticals with stores in New York, LA and Tokyo.

Commissioned by the Editor-in-Chief, I was the exec producer across a 3-part short film series focusing on themes related to the brand: Samurai, Floating, Duality.

Keen to work with emerging directors and artists, Dita approached The Smalls to bring together these parties. I presented director suggestions, managed the treatment stage, casting and production from end-to-end. Bushi featured Japanese model and dancer Minami Kinoshita (shot in Tokyo), for Duality we worked with Dutch/Iranian singer and performing artist Sevdaliza (shot in Amsterdam) and for Floating we worked with Elín Signý from the Icelandic Dance Company (shot in Iceland). See more details on each film below.

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Bushi

Director – Kate Cox
DoP – Molly Manning-Walker
Producer – Kate Fagan
Local Production Company – Iino Productions

A contemporary dance-drama that pays cinematic homage to traditional Japanese theatre and the irrepressible spirit of female ‘bushi’ warriors — directed by Kate Cox and starring model-come-dancer Manami Kinoshita.

Courage and ferocity are woven together with modern choreography that journeys through the timeless beauty of a Japanese garden and onto the tatami mats of a traditional Japanese house.

Floating

Director – Stella Scott
DoP – Annika Summerson
Producer – Kate Fagan
Local Production Company – On the Rocks

The Icelandic fable of the ‘Seal Woman’ is reimagined with multidisciplinary artist and Íslenski Dansflokkurinn dancer Elín Signý Ragnarsdóttir taking an emotive final journey through the otherworldly natural beauty of an incomparable landscape.

London-based director Stella Scott — whose compelling style has pushed the possibilities of storytelling on the small screen for a host of luxury brands and style-defining publications — explores themes of freedom and escapism in this exclusive short film for DITA that is set to a forceful original score by composer Benjamin Stefanski aka Raffertie.

Duality

Director – Emmanuel Adjei
Production Company – Compulsory Viewing

Iranian-born, Dutch-based experimental pop polymath Sevdaliza is impossible to pin down.

A haunting singer; evocative lyricist; and progressive visual artist who is best known for a distinctive sound and aesthetic that playfully subverts both expectations and genre. But even this definition feels reductive as this exclusive short film demonstrates.

For DITA, Sevdaliza worked with long-time creative collaborators — film director Emmanuel Adjei and co producer Mucky — to craft an audio-visual experience that is unlike anything you have seen before. The dual nature of light and form are presented in an alchemical context that explores what perfected craftsmanship and a rich imagination can manifest.