Arts & Entertainment
‘Cardin’ doc takes top prizes at Cinefashion Awards
A new film about a legendary designer has just won top honors at the Cinefashion Film Awards in Beverly Hills.
“House of Cardin,” the authorized documentary on the life and work of iconic designer Pierre Cardin that had its World Premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, took home three Cinefashion Awards last week, including a sweep of the top awards for Best Fashion Featureand Best Director for a Feature Film (awarded to filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes).
Inspired by the film, Pierre Cardin was also this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at the festival. Mr. Cardin, who is 97, sent a video from Paris acknowledging receipt of the honor. Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, his nephew and the GM/artistic director of Pierre Cardin Paris, was on hand to accept on his behalf.
The annual Cinefashion Film Awards ceremony took place last Wednesday at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, and it will air on the Cinémoi Network January 12th, 2020.
In their acceptance speech, filmmakers Ebersole and Hughes addressed themselves as “just two boys who love Mr. Cardin” and spoke of the way in which spending a year following the nonagenarian has inspired their own lives.
Their film screens next at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January and will be the Opening Night Gala Film of the Architecture Design Art Film Festival in February.
With sales in over 20 international markets via Doc & Film International, a worldwide release of “House of Cardin” is slated for late spring of 2020 by distributor L’Atelier D’Images in France (where Cardin lives) and by I Wonder Pictures in Italy (where he was born). The film will then roll out this fall to China (DDDREAM), Japan (New Select), Russia (Pioner Cinema), Germany (Koch Media), and more.
The US rights for the film remain available, via Submarine Entertainment.
2025 D.C. Trans Pride was held at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Saturday, May 17. The day was filled with panel discussions, art, social events, speakers, a resource fair and the Engendered Spirit Awards. Awardees included Lyra McMillan, Pip Baitinger, Steph Niaupari and Hayden Gise. The keynote address was delivered by athlete and advocate Schuyler Bailar.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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Looking back at 50 years of Pride in D.C
Washington Blade’s unique archives chronicle highs, lows of our movement
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of LGBTQ Pride in Washington, D.C., the Washington Blade team combed our archives and put together a glossy magazine showcasing five decades of celebrations in the city. Below is a sampling of images from the magazine but be sure to find a print copy starting this week.
The magazine is being distributed now and is complimentary. You can find copies at LGBTQ bars and restaurants across the city. Or visit the Blade booth at the Pride festival on June 7 and 8 where we will distribute copies.
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The magazine represents more than 50 years of hard work by countless reporters, editors, advertising sales reps, photographers, and other media professionals who have brought you the Washington Blade since 1969.
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The fourth annual Equality Prince William Pride was held at the Harris Pavilion in Manassas, Va. on Saturday, May 17.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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