Festivals

Explore our thematic festival seasons celebrating different forms of interplay between fashion, textiles, art and cinema. We curate diverse programmes spanning documentaries, artist cinema and contemporary fashion screen cultures alongside classics and hidden gems from European, American, and global archives. Placing fashion and costume design at the forefront of interest, we craft vibrant programmes that invite audiences on captivating journeys.

Festivals

Explore our thematic festival seasons celebrating different forms of interplay between fashion, textiles, art and cinema. We curate diverse programmes spanning documentaries, artist cinema and contemporary fashion screen cultures alongside classics and hidden gems from European, American, and global archives. Placing fashion and costume design at the forefront of interest, we craft vibrant programmes that invite audiences on captivating journeys

PAST FESTIVALS

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature

A still from the short film 'There’s a Garden in My Head' (1987). A nude woman is the center of a collage featuring leopards, pink roses, green foliage, and blue clouds. 
May-October 2025 
LONDON & UK-WIDE

In response to the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, Fashion in Film Festival’s latest edition takes cinema as a lens through which to consider the entanglements between fashion, the human body and nature - both real and imagined.

20 Years of Fashion in Film:
The Party and the Guests

Fashion in Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary by honouring the collaborators and guests who have brought it to life. This year’s season is dedicated to the late costume designer, stylist and festival co-founder Roger K. Burton. Bringing together rare screenings, live music, new sound commissions and discussions across London, we celebrate the art of conversation and the creative exchanges that have shaped the festival’s approach to fashion and cinema.

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28 November - 6 December 2026
LONDON 
PAST FESTIVALS

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature

In response to the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, Fashion in Film Festival’s latest edition takes cinema as a lens through which to consider the entanglements between fashion, the human body and nature - both real and imagined. Read more...

 
May-October 2025 
LONDON & UK-WIDE

A three-day festival of film screenings, talks and panels exploring the links between fashion, cinema and art. Presented in association with Miami International Film Festival and Miami Design District.

Layering: Fashion, Art, Cinema

8–10 March 2019 
MIAMI

Wearing Time

In a scene from the film 'Black Girl' (1966), actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop sits at a kitchen table with her face resting upon one hand. She wears a polka dot dress and white headband. 
2016–2018 
LONDON | MIAMI | NEW YORK

Fashion in Film Festival’s 10th anniversary season explores the fascinating connections between fashion, cinema and time.

Fashion in Film Festival’s 10th anniversary season explores the fascinating connections between fashion, cinema and time.

In a scene from the film 'Black Girl' (1966), actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop sits at a kitchen table with her face resting upon one hand. She wears a polka dot dress and white headband.

Wearing Time

2016–2018 
LONDON | MIAMI | NEW YORK

Frame by Frame

A still from 'The Sound of Cos', a 2014 fashion film by Lenert and Sander. Two men stand in a studio, holding umbrellas and facing a screen displaying two men wearing wool coats. A bicycle can be seen in the foreground. 
17–24 March 2015
LONDON

Taking a retrospective look at the fashion moving image in the digital age, this series of conversations explores how the fashion industry is embracing and adapting to new developments.

A still from 'The Sound of Cos', a 2014 fashion film by Lenert and Sander. Two men stand in a studio, holding umbrellas and facing a screen displaying two men wearing wool coats. A bicycle can be seen in the foreground.

Taking a retrospective look at the fashion moving image in the digital age, this series of conversations explores how the fashion industry is embracing and adapting to new developments.

Frame by Frame

17–24 March 2015 
LONDON

Marcel L’Herbier:

Fabricating Dreams

Actress Brigitte Helm poses whilst using a telephone in a scene from 'L'Argent' (1928). Her hair is short and styled in 20s fashion, and she wears pearl jewellery, and layers of satin and white tulle. 
10–19 May 2013 
LONDON

This season is dedicated to one of France’s most innovative but internationally overlooked directors whose career straddled the avant-garde and mainstream cinema.

This season is dedicated to one of France’s most innovative but internationally overlooked directors whose career straddled the avant-garde and mainstream cinema.

Actress Brigitte Helm poses whilst using a telephone in a scene from 'L'Argent' (1928). Her hair is short and styled in 20s fashion, and she wears pearl jewellery, and layers of satin and white tulle.

Marcel L’Herbier:

Fabricating Dreams

10–19 May 2013  
LONDON

Birds of Paradise

A scene from 'Rapsodia Satanica' (1917), depicting Italian actress Lyda Borelli in a forest setting. She stands with her arms slightly outstretched, with a veil of sheer fabric covering her entire face and body, revealing a pink dress beneath. 
1–12 December 2010  
LONDON | UK | NEW YORK | COPENHAGEN

This intoxicating celebration of costume as cinematic spectacle presents a wide-ranging programme of screenings, conversations and film installations.

A scene from 'Rapsodia Satanica' (1917), depicting Italian actress Lyda Borelli in a forest setting. She stands with her arms slightly outstretched, with a veil of sheer fabric covering her entire face and body, revealing a pink dress beneath.

This intoxicating celebration of costume as cinematic spectacle presents a wide-ranging programme of screenings, conversations and film installations.

Birds of Paradise

1–12 December 2010 
LONDON | UK | NEW YORK | COPENHAGEN

If Looks Could Kill

French actress Musidora as she appears in the 1915-1916 serial 'Les Vampires'. Contrasted against a pink background, she wears an all-black bodysuit, only revealing her face. Gazing to the right, she poses with one hand on her shoulder. 
10–31 May 2008 
LONDON | UK | NEW YORK

From stolen pearls to the postmodern gangster silhouette, this season explores the compelling links between cinema, fashion, crime and violence.

From stolen pearls to the postmodern gangster silhouette, this season explores the compelling links between cinema, fashion, crime and violence.

French actress Musidora as she appears in the 1915-1916 serial 'Les Vampires'. Contrasted against a pink background, she wears an all-black bodysuit, only revealing her face. Gazing to the right, she poses with one hand on her shoulder.

If Looks Could Kill 

10–31 May 2008 
LONDON | UK | NEW YORK

Between Stigma and Enigma

Two models with their hair slicked back and 1960s eye-makeup wearing avant-garde metal dresses. Still from 'Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?' (1966). 
2006–2007
LONDON | PRAGUE | NEW YORK  | ARNHEM

Fashion in Film Festival’s inaugural edition is a retrospective showcase delving into cinema’s ambiguous attitudes towards fashion.

Fashion in Film Festival’s inaugural edition is a retrospective showcase delving into cinema’s ambiguous attitudes towards fashion.

Between Stigma and Enigma

2006–2007 
LONDON | PRAGUE | NEW YORK | ARNHEM
Two models with their hair slicked back and 1960s eye-makeup wearing avant-garde metal dresses. Still from 'Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?' (1966).