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simply put the film is about a women who for all intents and purposes becomes a chair, and about a man who for all intents and purposes then falls in love with that chair. it's a clever, stylish and undeniably thought-provoking film, and it stars one of our all time heroes, juliette lewis.

we were already fans of amanda's work, and it was great to chat to her again. we presented a range of ideas for the poster and she chose the one you see here. caspar made it in berlin with some close-up photos he asked amanda to take of "the chair". then with a few drops of water, a camera and a laptop, the final piece slowly but surely came into being.

you can watch a trailer for the film here. it is also—we might add—one of the best made trailers we've seen in a while. 

the film is called afufu. it tells the story of a day in the life of an african housemaid, grace, who works for and lives with a wealthy, white, american family. the family's home has become a veritable museum of african artworks and these, combined with the intimate moments she's been stealing with the father of the family, of course make grace feel variously objectified herself. when grace accidentally breaks one of the african sculptures—afufu—on display, conflict ensues. the film questions where the lines of cultural appropriation are these days – can the owners see through their own acts of misperceived benevolence and cultural celebration to the harm they are in fact doing? similarly can grace come to terms with why she feels the position she's in makes her nevertheless surperior to her family back home?

caspar presented a series of directions the poster could take, and ellie went with this one. 

the film takes the form of a piece of investigative journalism about the rise and fall of yevgeny prigozhin, founder of the illegal, russian state-funded, ultraviolent, private militia company, the wagner group. the narrative follows a russian journalist, katya, who reveals the groups' existence after several of her colleagues are murdered by them. the film is delivered in a particularly well crafted, cinematic and sympathetic fashion, and we were immediately interested in making a poster to support it.

caspar made the poster in berlin with a laptop and a photograph richard provided. the poster is an homage to and an evolution of the fantastic works of cuban postermaker, luis vega de castro, and scottish poet, edwin morgan. the russian text was translated to fit the concept by mina munarova.