Short filmFashion filmUAL2025
Made in X
A visual activist film on migration, labels and what origin is worth
Blending raw documentary realism with surreal, stylised dreamscapes, visual activist film MADE IN X follows a young immigrant navigating life on the margins of a society that sees her as a label before a person. From workplace microaggressions to housing discrimination, her daily struggles are interwoven with poetic sequences where traditional garments, textures, and memories become tools of resistance and an escape. As fashion transforms into a language of identity and protest, the film explores how origin defines worth — not only for fashion items, but for people as well.
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Selections & awards
Aesthetica Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2026
Berlin Fashion Film FestivalAward Winner · 2025
IN THE PALACE International Short Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 23rd edition · 2026
Bolton International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2026
Rhode Island International Film FestivalSemi-Finalist · 2026
Seattle International Fashion Film FestivalWinner · Best Cinematography
Seattle International Fashion Film FestivalWinner · Best Sound Design
FASHIONCLASH FestivalOfficial Selection · 2026
FASHIONCLASH FestivalIn Competition · 2026
UK Film Fashion FestivalOfficial Selection · 2025
UK Film Fashion FestivalNominee · Best Costume Design · 2025
Canadian International Fashion Film FestivalWinner · Best Student Fashion Film · 2026
Canadian International Fashion Film FestivalWinner · Best Social Message · 2026
Canadian International Fashion Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2026
Sarajevo Fashion Film FestivalNominee · Best Message Award · 2025
Cannes Indie Shorts AwardsSemi-Finalist
Los Angeles Movie and Music Video AwardsWinner · Best Student Film · 2025
Hollywood Shorts FestHonorable Mention
New York Tri-State International Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Credits
- Directed & story by
- Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova @sofiva_ko
- Producers
- Polina Kulbachevskaia, Patrycja Pietras @kylbach
- 1st AD
- Polina Kulbachevskaia @kylbach
- Director of photography
- Michael Konov @michaelkonov
- Gaffer
- Omar Danial Biiuktosun @da_nielbt
- Camera assistant & BTS
- Irina Gayuk @ira.gauk
- Sound recordist
- Vladyslava Polishchuk @vladanastyle
- Art director
- Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova @skphotoroom
- Production designer
- Sonya Bleiph @bleiph
- Stylist
- Lisa Komogorova @itsnotliisaa
- Styling assistant
- Asya Kulezneva @pinea.pineaa
- Clothes
- Teplo Store @teplostore.london
- Make up & hair
- Rita Simone @rita_simone
- Editor
- Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova @skphotoroom
- Colour grade
- Michael Konov, Hanna Smolskaya, Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova
- Sound design
- Ricaai, Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova @ricaai_
- Talent
- Ava Merson-O’Brien @avamersonobrien