Some might argue that Latest York City’s street life might be a movie within the making, and now there’s a Latest York City-based film festival that’s welcoming fashion movies from the five boroughs and beyond.

So far greater than 150 submissions from 21 countries have been sent to the Latest York City International Fashion Film Festival, which will likely be held Sept. 6 and seven. Established and unknown designers and film directors, in addition to many in between including students and aspiring designers, have sent entries, in keeping with founder and fashion film director Pedro Oberto, who noted that each one continents are represented. Participants have until June 30 to send their entries via the NYCIFFF’s site.

While the School of Visual Arts hosted a fashion film festival up to now, NYCIFFF was not affiliated with that enterprise, Oberto said. ”This can be a latest starting, a latest name, a latest company. It’s international,” he said.

A movie submitted by Tommaso Ottomano, who has worked with Roberto Cavalli and Versace, amongst other designers, is predicted to generate an excellent deal of interest, Oberto said. Giacomo Triglia, whose portfolio features a Måneskin music video, Dolce & Gabbana commercials, and a movie short about Flemish painters who play tennis at night, also has sent an entry. Entrants needn’t have a movie profession or a fashion company to be eligible, though, with launching latest talent being a priority.

Submissions include projects for Prada, Emporio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Zimmermann, Dolce & Gabbana, Bershka, Shein, Vogue, Numéro, Harper’s Bazaar and L’Officiel. Nonetheless, emerging designers are also being encouraged to send movies. Director Amber Gray’s film for the clothier Bach Mai also impressed the NYCIFFF founder. “He’s an emerging talent. But the wonder within the film and the wonder in the garments is a strong combination,” Oberto said. “Sometimes the film is de facto beautiful, but the garments are only OK. On this film, they’re each beautiful.”

Movies shouldn’t be longer than quarter-hour. At the opposite end of the spectrum, just below one-minute entries are being accepted — and are the noticeably preferred length for a lot of, Oberto said. “Rather a lot are doing movies which might be 45 seconds, which is nice for Instagram, TikTok and social media. That is de facto working. We’ve received a whole lot of those,” Oberto said.

To appeal to the more digitally minded, there’s a metaverse awards category too to acknowledge the influx of fashion designers and digital designers creating content for the metaverse. One other category will likely be for fashion documentaries, with work from proven talent Amy Berg in the combination. Along with Bouwer, fellow designer Nicole Miller will likely be a part of the jury that may select the winners, as will Academy Award-nominated director Berg. “The choice process will likely be rigorous, ensuring that only essentially the most exceptional and thought-provoking works made it to the ultimate program,” Oberto said.

Three locations are being considered and the ultimate selection will likely be based on the overall variety of submissions, which could exceed 300 by the tip of the month. The plan is to host hourlong screenings to showcase a block of movies for 100 to 120 attendees.

But NYCIFFF isn’t the one film festival with fashion ties that’s slated for this month. The Walmart-supported Bentonville Film Festival will likely be held within the retailer’s northwestern Arkansas home city from June 13 to June 18. The on-site talks will include one with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” director Kemp Powers and star Luna Lauren. The BFF will feature the world premiere of “The Sound of Freedom” by director Alejandro Monteverde. The lineup may also include a screening of the documentary “Invisible Beauty” about Bethann Hardison that she has directed with Frederic Tcheng.

Through its alliance with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the festival’s panel discussions will cover such topics as maternal health, women’s entrepreneurship, and body representation in media. Because the festival’s founder, Davis noted that this yr’s film directors are 70 percent female, 60 percent BIPOC/AAPI and 52 percent LGBTQIA+.

Meanwhile in Italy, the Fashion Film Festival Milano’s founder Constanza Etro is gearing up for the ninth annual edition of the international fashion and culture event. The 2023 version will debut a streaming platform with 270 fashion movies that will likely be accessible without cost from June 12 to 19. FFFMilan may also delve into the metaverse during that very same period.