Submission
directed by Martina Amati
AW 2011
Submission is a mini film – the result of a collaboration between Bella Freud and film maker Martina Amati. Martina is the BAFTA award-winning director of three short films: A’Mare, I Do Air and Chalk. Submission is set in the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu where you learn to use your opponent’s strength to vanquish them. The unlikely winner engages us in her internal dialogue, remembering the moment in her childhood when she discovered how she wanted clothes to serve her as a protective armour. Submission is a portrait of a group of unique women rolling on the mat in exclusive costumes designed by Bella Freud. Starring Antonia Campbell Hughes, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Susie Bick, Phyllis Wang and Olympia Campbell. Music is by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Hideous Man
directed by John Malkovich
AW 2002
Hideous Man is written and directed by John Malkovich and produced by Bella Freud. It is their third short film collaboration and is shot on 35mm black and white film. It tells the story of a group of beatnik girls rehearsing their work in preparation for a performance for their alter ego – the Hideous Man. Starring Peaches, Saffron Burrows, Anita Pallenberg, Camilla Rutherford, Skin, Arielle Dombasle and Emilia Fox.
Costumes designed by Bella Freud.
Lady Behave
directed by John Malkovich
SS 2000
Lady Behave follows the progress of a young woman whose manners are so piggish that her boyfriend walks out on her. Defeated, she pulls the phone out of the kitty litter and dials the number of the Lady Behave School of Etiquette. Starring Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Devon Aoki, Laura Bailey, Susie Bick, Jodie Kidd and Arielle Dombasle, Lady Behave is a series of vignettes illustrating the unusual situations in which a girl can utilize her charm and poise as lethal weapons.
Strap-Hanging
directed by John Malkovich
AW 1999
Strap-Hanging tells the strange story of a Japanese boy so obsessed by tsunamis that he makes himself a pair of inflatable rubber underpants in case disaster strikes. Stepping into the ‘Top Models Only’ carriage of the underground he encounters an unexpected trigger. Starring Kelly Macdonald, Arielle Dombasle, Laura Bailey, Iris Palmer, Devon Aoki and Liberty Ross.
More Clothes
directed by Kate Garner
SS 1992
Love story where clothes play Cupid.
Starring Susie Bick.
Day at the Races
directed by James Lebon
AW 1991
Bella Freud’s first film collaboration ‘Day at the Races’ was shot on Super 8 film at Newbury race track. The film is edited to some of Bella’s favourite songs.
Starring: Lisa Snowdon