French fashion house Saint Laurent formed a subsidiary called Saint Laurent Productions to produce films. writes about it WWD.
Saint Laurent Productions will screen two short films at the Cannes Film Festival next month. One of them is The Strange Way of Living, a western by Pedro Almodovar, and the other will be announced at a later date.
The company also revealed that it has feature-length projects with directors David Cronenberg and Paolo Sorrentino.
“These directors never cease to amaze me, and in a way, the uniquely radical vision they brought to the cinema made me who I am today,” said Anthony Vaccarello, creative director at Saint Laurent.
The designer recently filmed Cronenberg and Almodovar with fellow directors Jim Jarmusch and Abel Ferrara for Saint Laurent’s spring men’s campaign.
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