Positive
Positive is a hybrid film and a black-and-white photo series starring three people with special skin conditions. By putting a spotlight on albinism and vitiligo through negative editing, the project aims to raise awareness of these conditions and the multiple, intersecting forms of discrimination faced by those who live with them. By allowing the negative to empower the positive, Hadi Moussally highlights our similarities rather than our differences. The photo series was released in 2016 and premiered in Kaltblut Magazine. The film was released in 2018 and premiered on NOWNESS.
Synopsis (EN) :
A monochrome portrait of unorthodox beauty highlights the uncommon skin condition of Vitiligo.
Synopsis (FR) :
Un portrait monochrome d’une beauté non conventionnelle met en lumière la condition cutanée peu commune qu’est le vitiligo.
Credits
Produced by
h7o7
Film by
Hadi Moussally
DOP & Post-Production
Olivier Pagny
Photography
Hadi Moussally & Olivier Pagny
Starring
Adina Ntankeu, Tiger Lily & Kevin Stoffel
Jewelry
COSH, Aicanon & Marion Parfait
Original Music
Max Romain
Fashion Stylist
Florencia Quiaios
Assistant Stylist
Sophia Hansjacob
Hair Stylist
Virginie Carmen Lola
Make Up Artist
Roberto Mambretti
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2019
• Pop Culture Film Festival
Honorable Mention
2018
• Maracay International Film & Video Festival, Maracay, Venezuela
Winner – Best Experimental Short Film
• Canadian International Fashion Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
Winner – Best Edit in Fashion Film
• Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nominated for Best Editing and Best Visual & Special Effect
5 Awards & Nominations
2020
• Berlin Commercial, Berlin, Germany
• DAS NYC Experimental Microshorts, Brooklyn, United States
2019
• Amsterdam Independent Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Verona International Film Festival, Verona, Italy
• Sinevizyon, Lefkoşa, Cyprus
• Mosaic World Film Festival, Rockford, United States
• Pop Culture Film Festival
• International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Paris Parachute Light Zero / International Short Film Festival Music & Fashion, Paris, France
• Athens Fashion Film Festival, Athens, Greece
• Copenhagen Fashion Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
• Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Fashion Film Festival Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
• Artfools – Eco Fashion Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
• Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival, Los Angeles, United States
• Experimental Film & Music Video Festival, Toronto, Canada
• A Shaded View On Fashion Film Festival, Paris, France
• Caribbean Fashion & Arts Feature Festival, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
• Bideodromo Festival, Bilbao, Spain
• Fashion Films RD, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Unseen Festival, Denver, United States
• Maracay International Film & Video Festival, Maracay, Venezuela
• Canadian International Fashion Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
• Santiago International Fashion Film Festival, Santiago, Chile
24 Official Selections
2018
• Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
• Photo of the Year Exhibition at Fish Eye Gallery, Paris, France
2017
• Positive Exhibition at M’sieurs Dames, Paris, France
2016
• Albinism Awareness Exhibition at UNESCO, Paris, France
• Tribute to Women at Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France
5 Exhibitions
2017
• Photo of the Week in Lense.fr, Digital
• Dark Beauty Magazine, Print Issue 2.17
2 Magazines