Curiel — SS26 Art Film (2025) | Cinematography by Vitaly Kazanin

Curiel — SS26 Art Film closes the year with a project developed alongside photographer Sylvester Macau, built around a clear challenge: translating the language of his heavily-crafted still imagery into motion without losing its graphic precision.

The shoot took place inside a compact, vertically-oriented “limbo” space—hand-painted and scenographically dense—where every angle matters. Sylvester’s process is extremely exact, and the cinematography was designed to stay aligned with that intent: controlled framing, deliberate movement, and a post-friendly capture that could be sculpted to match the photographic finish.

Conceptually, the film leans into set extension and contemporary art cues. With the support of an AI artist, the environment is expanded to feel like an art gallery—echoing Sylvester’s visual world, where subjects often sit against paintings. Instead of placing artwork behind the talent, we shifted frames to the sides, turning them into architectural elements that shape negative space and depth.

To add rhythm without breaking the calm, the film includes subtle 2D inserts created by an artist—details that interact with hands and gestures to introduce controlled motion inside a still, gallery-like atmosphere.