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Film, Event, Art

ADASTRA FILMS AT 71st CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, FRANCE

We were very happy & proud to attend on May 9th, 2018, during the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the 10th Years Anniversary of ADASTRA FILMS. In 2008, Renaud Coutaudier contributed to Sébastien Aubert & David Guiraud first film budget, as Executive Producer for "Le Tonneaux des Danaïdes" short film.

10 years later, Adastra Films will release on July 11th, 2018, an 81' Narrative Feature - THE STRANGE ONES (Trailer here).

Synopsis: In "The Strange Ones", mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.

Directed by: Christopher RADCLIFF & Lauren WOLKSTEIN, Written by: Christopher RADCLIFF & Lauren WOLKSTEIN, Production: Stay Gold Features, ADASTRA FILMS, and Relic Pictures in association with Archer Gray, Gamechanger Films, and Storyboard Entertainment, Cast: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones

Founded in 2008 by Sébastien Aubert & David Guiraud, ADASTRA FILMS is a film company based in Cannes, France. The company has produced the feature film "Brides" (awarded at the Berlinale 2014), "The Strange Ones" (official competition at SXSW 2017 and Jury Award at Champs Elysées Film Festival 2017) and 16 short films, including 4 selections at Sundance. Today ADASTRA FILMS gathers more than 1500 selections and 300 festival awards worldwide. The company is awarded Best Emerging Producer by France Télévisions in 2014 and one of the « Futurs Leaders de la production » by Screen Daily magazine during Cannes Film Festival 2015.

www.adastra-films.com

 

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Event, News, Parfums

FIFI AWARDS FRANCE, 2018

Nuit de Bakélite is in the top 6 finalists of the French FIFI Awards for the "Prix des Experts", category Independent niche brand. Nuit de Bakélite is the only non-french perfume and so far the first perfume from an Australian creator ever nominated for such an award. Thank you to Isabelle Doyen for her tremendous talent.

"The Fragrance Foundation's mission is to promote the finest talents and creativity of perfumery; to promote its cultural and artistic values, the expertise of its professions, and to spread the fragrance through various actions within the profession and to the general public."

Collaborations

COLLABORATION NOSE X NAOMI GOODSIR

 A CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION OF "THE PERFUMER'S ATTIRE" OF 1697.

  The 17th century engravings & prints representing the crafts & arts of their era let us contextualise the universe that existed at the time. The “Habit de Perfumeur”, an enigmatic representation well known in the closed circle of perfumers, was initially engraved by Gerrit Valck & subsequently reproduced by Nicolas de L’Armessin in 1697. In this epitomisation of the perfumer’s attire we see raw materials & essences of all sorts unveiled; orange blossom & the Queen of Hungary’s flowers, wax & leathers from Spain plus other materials such as tobacco, cedar et cetera. The perfumer’s tools are also depicted, including an incense burner disguised as a hat with scented fans carried on the shoulders. The finished products are equally presented in the image: Cyprus powder, pomades from Rome & Florence, soaps from Naples & Boulogne, pastilles & lozenges, as well as various scented waters (Eau d’Ange, Eau de Cordoue, Eau de Mille-Fleurs, Carmelite water).

With Nose, we conceived a modern-day attire for the globe travelling perfumer - in search of new components for their olfactive collection. 

3 ELEMENT ATTIRE:

Naomi created a calf leather & canvas apron with hand stitched alligator detailing. This apron can hold over 300 perfume samples. For transporting the apron a modern take of a doctors bag was designed - made from buffalo leather, canvas & alligator. To top it off, Naomi handmade/hand stitched a modern style bowler hat from loden green felt with a black vintage feather interest.