Out of Fashion

59 min
Estonia
Environmental rights The citizen and the state

eng: for_whom

Activists / NGOs Teachers Government officials Journalists Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine Employees of penitentiary system Students Pupils Lawyers

Out of Fashion

We live in an era of global consumption where the rate of consumption is increasing exponentially. It’s no secret that the fashion industry is at the forefront of this consumption race. Thousands of factories in the Third World produce not only clothing for big corporations, but also tons and tons of toxic waste. Fashion designer Reet Aus has an ambitious plan to change the world. Aus has realized that the only way to fight against the fashion industry is from the inside.

Director

Jaak Kilmi

Jaak Kilmi ​graduated from the newly-formed film school of Tallinn Pedagogical University. He has directed numerous short films and award-winning documentaries (‘The Art of Selling’, ‘Disco and Atomic War’, etc.) and two feature films (‘Meeting with the Unknown’ and ‘Revolution of Pigs’). He has been a member of FIPRESCI since 1995.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Selected: Beauty of the Fatherland (2002), Disco and Atomic War (2009), Out of Fashion (2015), Jesus Lives in Siberia (2015).

 

Director

Lennart Laberenz​

Lennart Laberenz​ has MAs in history, philosophy and political science. Since 2005, he has worked as a freelance filmmaker, author and journalist. His documentary films and television reportages have screened in German and European television stations and international documentary film festivals. From 2008, he has also been working with theatre productions in Europe and South America.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Selected: Crackle of Time –Christoph Schlingensief And His Opera Village in Burkina Faso (2012), Out of Fashion (2015)

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The discussion of the film demonstrated that we often do not fully think through the consequences of our impact on the environment through excess consumption, especially when it comes to new clothes. Many of the viewers didn’t even suspect how many resources are spent to manufacture a pair of jeans or a T-shirt. I want to note that we did not just discuss the problematic issues raised in the film but also thought about what each of us could do to reduce the negative impact of human activity on the environment. Some viewers noted that they would definitely buy fewer clothes and start sorting waste after watching the film, and encourage their circle to do it as well.

Andriy Volyk,
moderator of the Docudays UA film club Democracy Defenders