Fashion 99 | |
Director: | Karen Firus |
Starring: | Sharron Kearney |
Music: | Timothy McGuinness |
Runtime: | 16 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Fashion 99 is a Canadian short film, directed by Karen Firus and released in 1987.[1] Set in a futuristic world where the fashion industry controls society, the film stars Sharron Kearney as Orchid, a fashion photographer who has a nightmare that her clothes attack her in a bid for revenge.[2]
The film, made while Firus was a film student at the University of British Columbia,[2] premiered at the Festival of Canadian Fashion in June 1987. It won the festival's special jury award for excellence in fashion video.[3] It subsequently screened at the 1987 Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the Norman McLaren Award for Best Student Film.[4]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988.[5]