• 从西伯利亚到东京,模特经纪公司为了寻找愿意做模特的女孩走遍了地球上最偏远的角落。这就是纪录片《模特女孩》(《GirlModel》)的主题,对这个产业不人性的一面进行了最真实的刻画。纪录片电影《GirlModel》这部纪录片介绍整个模特产业链有着十分紧凑的流程,猎头们倾向前往西伯利亚较穷的村落,瞄准那些一心想成名的贫困女童,然后将她们输送到日本进行培训,倘若星途顺利的话一并“销往”美国。据介绍,现如今的模特产业链更喜欢低龄嫩模,越年轻越好的趋势一定程度毁坏了原本肥沃并滋养模特的土壤,不仅年轻、骨感美而且看起来像未成年少女是许多猎头追逐的目标。“年龄无下限”。基于这个原则,阿什丽.艾博(AshleyArbaugh)游历世界各国招募新人。途中,她发掘了娜嘉(Nadja)。这来自俄罗斯的偏远乡村的13岁女孩被送到日本,为了开始她的模特生涯,第一步,她必须和其他女孩一起接受全身打量。身穿内衣的女孩子们站在一间四面都是镜子的房间里,排着队,她们面对的是皮尺和“判官”的“审判”。像Nadja这样的女孩,通常都很年轻,出身贫寒。签约之后,要远离家乡工作,而工作条件也很差,不符合她的年龄。这部纪录片在美国德克萨斯的奥斯汀电影节首映。在此仅仅几个月前美国时装设计师协会(CFDA)表达立场,赞同对模特年龄限制,而MarcJacobs对此置若罔闻,签约了2名未成年T台模特,一位14岁,另一位15岁。影片的一位制片人,阿什利.萨宾(AshleySabin)说:“我们希望一些组织,比如模特联盟(ModelsAlliance)看过我们的影片后,能制定出一套行业标准”。对于该组织几位致力于为模特赢取更好的工作条件的高层,他曾多次公开表达过赞许,他接着说,“至少看了之后,能引起他们对这个行业缺乏透明度的探讨。”
  • John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her.