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Searching for the Perfect Gentleman

"Searching for the Perfect Gentleman — an Investigative Journey" is a documentary about the search of an African barber shop poster. The virtual journey takes the viewer to various African, European and Asian countries, in order to find the place where it was originally created, produced and sold. What seems easy in the beginning turns out to be a demanding process, yet an interesting experience in accessing information, communicating with people from totally different backgrounds and indulging in uncertainty, to celebrate the search itself — wherever it may lead. The film shows how boundaries between originality and reproduction merge, in a world where everything can be remixed and reprinted easily. Searching for the Perfect Gentleman tells a multi-layered story about trust, persistence and interconnectedness in a globalized world.

Searching for the Perfect Gentleman

4.0 2019
Viril.e.s

About twenty people wonder about how their gender has been built: how they learned to behave like men or to behave like ladies and above all where to stand compared to the norm. For some it was obvious, while for others it was an impossible effort. What is obvious is how far it is not obvious to distance yourself from the norm. And also that not everyone feels concerned by questioning this standard. In Viril.e.s there are virile men, women who like it, rebellious young girls, boys who run machines, and lots of people who ask themselves questions.

Viril.e.s

NR 2019
The Idea

As part of our long-running short films initiative, we pitched the question to our team "Can you visualise the frustrations of the creative process?" So we organised some brainstorming sessions on the problems with brainstorming sessions, had committee meetings on the pains of design by committee, and bounced ideas around about how we bounce ideas around. Embracing a minimal design language to focus on the characterisation, we created a short film which is a montage of relatable scenarios for the creative professional.

The Idea

NR 2019