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ONEDREAMRUSH assembled 42 of the most influential and progressive filmmakers from around the world to direct 42-second short films, offering a visually provocative response to the perennial human question: “What is a dream?” In each short the audience is drawn into the filmmaker’s individual investigation of dreams and interior reflections. As a composite whole, each distinct piece dissolves into a serendipitous interweaving of recurring motifs.
Originally commissioned by 42 Below Vodka (Bacardi), in cooperation with the Beijing Film Studios, the finished works were exhibited in Beijing’s China National Film Museum in April 2009. A month later, the project received a special invitation to screen at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival and later in the year was shown at the Rotterdam, Rome and New York Film Festivals. In addition to curating the selection of filmmakers, Griffin directed his own film Tiempo and produced several of the films for the festival. Spanning over a wide generational spectrum, from internationally acclaimed veteran filmmakers and artists to young luminary talents, the innovative and thought-provoking ONEDREAMRUSH is a reference point for globally relevant curatorial and sponsored-content projects.
COMMISSIONED WORKS BY
Kenneth Anger
Asia Argento
Tadanobu Asano
Sergei Bodrov
Brian Butler
Charles Burnett
Jonathan Caouette
Léos Carax
Niki Caro
Yung Chang
Michele Civetta
Larry Clark
Joe Coleman
Zachary Croitoroo
Abel Ferrara
Mike Figgis
James Franco
Chris Graham
Florian Habicht
Rinko Kikuchi
Terence Koh
Harmony Korine
David Lynch
Griffin
Charlyn Marshall
Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl
Ryan Mcginley
Rajan Mehta
Jonas Mekas
Chris Milk
Grant Morrison
Gaspar Noé
Dee Poon
Mike Pyke
Carlos Reygadas
Lola Schnabel
Floria Sigismondi
Mote Sinabel
Taika Waititi
Arden Wohl
Lou Ye
Zhang Yuan
SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY
Kenneth Anger
Vincent Gallo
Adan Jodorowsky
Rinko Kikuchi
Jena Malone
Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson
Chloe Sevigny
Stephanie Sigman
Asano Tadanobu
Ein Kampf Des Egos is a story of a girl’s epic internal battle with her inner darkness and desperation for experiences. The trajectory of her hopes and fears are transposed into the hypnotic yet harmonious rhythms of a sensual and solemn Mother Time, performed by stunning German beauty Sarah Batt in her first film appearance. A metaphysical travel through time, the film navigates into the mental and emotional journey of self, transporting the viewer into a transcendental dimension where time and space are suddenly irrelevant and superfluous, Ein Kampf Des Egos is a visual and psychological imagination of a girl’s trip to the heart of darkness and beyond.
Photographed by Julian Landweer, the film was shot in Berlin in February 2012.
* THE ABOVE IMAGES FROM EIN KAMPF DES EGOS ARE THE SOLE PROPERTY OF PRESENT FUTURE FILMS AND JULIAN LANDWEER.
Director and Producer Griffin
Starring Sarah Batt
Associate Producers Julian Landweer, Pia Melholm and Morgan Levy at M4 Models Management Berlin, and DFFB
Director of Photography Julian Landweer
Editor Hendrik Raufmann
Production Coordinator Niusha Majidi-shad
Make up Theo Schnuerer
High-Speed Consultant Christian Klimke at CAMELOT BROADCAST SERVICES GMBH
Special Thanks SARAH BATT, M4MODELS, CAMELOT BROADCAST SERVICES GMBH, DFFB
SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN MARCH 2013
Vox Humana, Latin for “human voice,” is a surreal and visceral voyage through a dreamlike landscape, harking back to a distant Los Angeles past. Starring Jenny Lewis, with a special cameo appearance by legendary avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the film was directed by Griffin for designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, featuring their works for the first time on screen. A contradictory yet inescapable interplay between sunlight and darkness of their Californian settings, the images are orchestrated around disquieting presences and inscrutable looks. Accompanied by the Mulleavy sisters’ grandmother Italia Rodarte’s haunting voice, the music adds to the film’s supernatural atmosphere.
Commissioned by SHOWstudio for its Future Tense project, Vox Humana was featured as part of Diane Pernet’s A Shaded View On Fashion film festival and showcased at SHOWstudio’s Fashion Revolution exhibition at London’s Somerset House in 2009. The film went on to be the first fashion film to launch Italian Vogue’s new website in February of 2010.
Director Griffin
Featuring Kenneth Anger and Jenny Lewis
Executive Producers Griffin and Rodarte
Associate Producers Ryan Mcguire at Cutters and Crimesound
Director of Photography Morgan Susser
Editor Joshua Ferrazzano
Color Correction Sean Coleman at Company 3
Special Thanks Brian Phillips at Black Frame
Inspired by 1930s and 40s art and fashion photography and silent cinema of 1920s, Mavu embodies a critical reflection on the fashion film, a genre that has increasingly gained mass attention as a contemporary communication tool. Commissioned for an exhibition on fashion film in Paris in January 2010, Griffin used this opportunity to propose a visually and technically unrestricted approach that departs from the norms of the genre. Primarily a silent film, the images succeed each other, as the recurring slow-motions and elegant indulgence of mundane and overdramatized instances result in an intentional rejection of the widespread use of fast-paced editing to music.
However, for a brief moment in the middle of the film, the melancholic and suggestive solo composition performed by world-renowned pianist Rosey Chan inhabits the unconventional silence providing a momentary reunification between sound and image. With Mavu Griffin began a series of collaborations with stylist Lauren Duncan and make-up artist Sharon Gault, creating a synergy that enhanced his imaginative vision.
Director and Producer Griffin
Starring Tianna Peters
Executive Producer Naoko Tokage
Stylist Laura Duncan
Make Up Sharon Gault
Editor Aaron Morris
Original Music Rosey Chan
Production Designer Emily Andelin Hughes
Casting Camilla Arthur Casting
Titles Masha Nova
Costumes Provided by Boudicca and Doris Raymond at The Way We Wore
Special Thanks Benjamin Seroussi
SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN FEBRUARY 2013
Zan Dara is an exploration of memory and life experiences seen through the mind and eyes of a star in her twilight years. Loosely drawing inspiration from the Greek myth about vanity, Narcissus, the film examines remembrances of beauty, joy and pain associated with a life in front of the camera. Zan Dara unfolds through the multiple perspectives of its star, 1952 Miss Stockholm and former Vogue top model and actress Gita Hall in addition to the magnetic Martina Vassileva in the supporting role.
The film was commissioned for Diane Pernet and Franca Sozzani’s Italian Vogue 1 Minute Light Series, held in Milan in 2010. As epitomized in the credits’ final shot, Griffin challenges established standards of beauty by casting a mature female model in the leading role. This has since become a common practice in the fashion and beauty industry.
Zan Dara was selected for the 2011 readers’ favorite fashion film short list by popular vote on Italian Vogue’s website.
Director and Producer Griffin
Starring Gita Hall and Martina Vassileva
Executive Producer Naoko Tokage
Stylist Laura Duncan
Make Up Sharon Gault
Hair Benjamin Mohapi
Editor Andrew Leggett
Casting Camilla Arthur Casting
Color Correction Sean Coleman at Company 3
Titles Masha Nova
Special Thanks Diane Pernet, Sara Maino, and Franca Sozzani
Stylistically and visually inspired by the works of Flemish and Dutch painters of the 15th and 16th century, Tiempo consists of a series of ten tableaux vivants, a theatrical and photographic tradition of the late 19th century. Each of the ten scenes in the film visualize ten universal themes found in both dreams and art: illumination, space, birth, animals, sex, eating, the past, the future, disorientation and death. In his film Tiempo Griffin travels through time to contemplate dreams and inner thoughts.
The film was commissioned to be part of ONEDREAMRUSH, a festival of 42-second films, which had its gala première in Beijing, China in 2009. Tiempo stars Adan Jodorowsky and Mexican newcomer Stephanie Sigman and was shot in Mexico City at Churubusco Azteca Studios by one of Mexico’s leading cinematographers, Alejandro Martinez. Produced by Julieta Rodriguez with the support of Lemon Films, it features a sculpture by world renowned Mexican sculptor Javier Marin. The films eerie soundscape was composed by keyboardist and music producer Money Mark and the title sequence and credits were created by artist and graphic designer Frank Longo.
Director Griffin
Featuring Adan Jodorowsky and Stephanie Sigman
Producer Julieta Rodriguez
Director of Photography Alejandro Martinez
Editor Nadia Hennrich
Production Designer Fernanda Guerraro and Si Art Directors
Original Music Money Mark
Sculpture Javier Marin
Costume designer Nancy Rodriguez
Color Correction Sean Coleman at Company 3
Tile Design and Credits Frank Longo
Production Support Lemon Films
Special Thanks Nathalia Acevedo, Alisarine Ducolomb, Julieta Rodriguez, Hector Mijangos, Money Mark
SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN JANUARY 2013
Diane Pernet’s A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival second edition trailer featuring Vox Humana.
A seductive and mysterious silver finger beckons the audience to enter the manifold micro-universes of Entrer, a tale of metamorphosis made of mirrors and luminescent symbolisms. Interlacing a multitude of kaleidoscopic settings, the film draws inspiration from the interaction between realism and the phantasmagorical. Through a captivating surrealistic world comprised of elegant materials, baroque artefacts and sumptuous motions, the multidimensional traveling of Entrer is a visual allegory of ‘entering’ and ‘exiting’ ubiquitous areas of the mind.
Director and Producer Griffin
Associate Producer Doris Raymond at The Way We Wore
Stylist Griffin
Make Up Sharon Gault
Hair Benjamin Mohapi
Editor Andrew Mitchell
Additional Post Production Paranoid US
Special Thanks Guillaume Raffi
Zan Dara featured on Italian Vogue’s website as part of Diane Pernet and Franca Sozzani’s 1 Minute Light Film Series May 2010.
Stills from Italian Vogue’s coverage of 1 Light Film Series exhibition and opening party at Palazzo Morando in Milan, Italy, in April 2010.
Video report from Fashion TV about the 1 Minute Light Series exhibition.
Design Christian Schärmer and Proxi Design
Still Photographs and Poster Images Griffin
Text Griffin and Filippo Spreafico