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Cannes Film Festival x Breaking Through The Lens


BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Breaking Through The Lens Actively Shrinks The Gap 
Between Talented Female and Non-binary Directors and Financiers

Breaking Through the Lens hosted the Official Unveiling of the 2022 Finalist Projects during the Cannes Film Festival. 

BREAKING THROUGH THE LENS

Is a pioneering non-profit initiative liaising female and non-binary directors to finance at top tier film markets. 

Founders, Daphne Schmon, Emily Carlton and Elpida Stathatou, seek to become a practical solution for underserved filmmakers. One that is multicultural, intersectional and result driven. BTTL is a grassroots effort focused on measurable actions to overcome the greatest barrier to women and non-binary director. Access to finance.

Despite the pandemic, BTTL has seen tremendous growth since its initiation in 2018. Expanding into an annual structure where the program’s ‘Call for Submissions’ are launched at Sundance. The official ‘Announcement of the Finalists’ takes place at Cannes, with the projects later pitched to industry at Toronto. 

THE EVENT

May 24th in Cannes marked the initiative’s first live event in three years. Through a scrutinizing process of submissions, qualified filmmakers from over 50 countries submitted their feature-film project requiring funding. Ten of these films had the opportunity and platform to pitch their project to film investors, distributors, and sales agents.

The Official Breaking Through the Lens’ Unveiling of the 2022 Finalist Projects
Date: 24 May 2022
Time: From 3pm to 5pm
Venue: Campari Lounge at the Palais des Festivals

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Watches and Culture x Time Design Exhibition


WATCHES AND CULTURE PRESENTS “TIME DESIGN”

A JOURNEY INTO WRISTWATCH DESIGN

After previewing at Watches and Wonders Geneva; the exhibition was on view in Geneva (April 14 to May 8, 2022). Across seven themes, visitors embark on a journey to the heart of watch design through the twentieth century to the present day, and beyond.

The watch’s modes of expression have always emphasised aesthetic considerations and attention to detail. The exhibition revealed the many creative facets of watch design in a journey through time. After a brief evocation of pocket watches, this immersive exhibition trained the spotlight on the wristwatch and its multiple stylistic iterations, from form watches to tool watches and contemporary executions. Presented in showcases, imagined by students at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, some one hundred objects illustrated the inventiveness and diversity of watch design.

Watches and Culture, the cultural division of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and curator of the exhibition, crafted seven inspirational worlds to illustrate the fabulous creativity of “time design”.

“Time Design”
Pont de la Machine, 1204 Geneva – April 14 – May 8, 2022 
Open: Tuesday-Sunday 12pm – 7pm, Thursday 12pm – 9pm
Free entrance

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Clients

Meet our client – Empower Sports


sports agency


Empower Sports is a Sports Communication Agency
created by Pedro Pinto in 2018.

Empower works with athletes, coaches, sports executives and clubs to promote their image, protect their reputation and monetize their brand.

Pedro Pinto, the company founder and CEO has over 20 years experience in media, communications and sport. He spent more than a decade with CNN International as a sports presenter, reporter and executive producer. Pedro then held the position of UEFA Communications Director for a four year tenure, leading the press office, editorial and digital content and corporate communications.

Empower Sports is based in Lisbon but operates at a worldwide level, and currently manages an impressive portfolio of high profile Portuguese football players and coaches, such as Nani, Paulo Fonseca and Cédric Soares.

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Luxury brands have always been interested in partnering up with sports in general. At first, brands approached more elitist sports; but as time went by, they understood the power of popular sports such as rugby, the NBA and even football. Nowadays, these collaborations have become a mainstream practice.

Empower Sports reached out to Sparkling PR so we could consult, develop and manage partnerships between their clients and luxury brands worldwide.

“For those who know me, understand that football is a family affair. One of my first memories is seeing my father play at the glorious Benfica stadium, so this collaboration with Pedro was a natural match and I’m very excited to start working on finding brands that are a perfect fit for each of these incredible football icons”
Marina Coelho, Founder of Sparkling PR

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Meet our client – Chic Every Weather


Chic Every Weather is a fashion app serving as a personal assistant where the user can shop curated looks from the most iconic brands.

Chic was launched in 2018 by Joana Branco, a fashionista at heart and her husband João, a talented designer. Joana understands the struggle of everyday women who want to dress to impress, or just find the perfect look for that special occasion.

Chic offers thousands of look combinations from premium and luxury brands, making it easy to choose the preferred style with a simple click of the refresh button. The user not only gets inspired by the looks but can also purchase them straight from the retailer’s website.

fashion app

From the early stages, Joana had a very clear idea of what she wanted her app to do and look like. The result was a sleek, elegant and fashion-forward design, so easy and fun to use, it can become addictive. But Joana also wanted to incorporate a social responsibility component which is very dear to her and so through occasional partnerships, Chic Every Weather is able to share awareness on some of Joana’s most treasured causes. Most recently, she used her platform to inspire donations to help with the Australian Wildfires crisis.

The fashion app Chic Every Weather is based in Lisbon, Portugal and currently collaborates with brands like Farfetch, Gravithin, Josefinas and Omnia.

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Joana enlisted Sparkling PR’s communication consulting services and as such, we will be consulting in international Business Development, PR and Digital activities.

“From the moment I met Joana, I knew that we would be a great match. Her love for fashion and her devotion to helping people is what we thrive to work with at Sparkling PR.”
Marina Coelho, founder of Sparkling PR

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Meet our client – Dynalux


in-store traffic analysis

Our new client DynaLux is a data collection and in-store traffic analysis solution that offers luxury brands and retailers genuine insights into the audience that actually visits the physical retail stores.

IN-STORE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

Dynalux’s mission is to revolutionize the in-store traffic analysis market the same way Google Analytics and other online analytical tools have allowed e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Net-a-Porter or Farfetch to better understand the trends and profiles of their respective audiences.

It’s true that these platforms have the ability to capture data and analyze in detail the visits trends (with or without a transaction and with or without a log-in). By going beyond the simple demographic-related analysis, they are able to obtain trends and shopping behaviors, which in turn allows them to have a better vision, choose the best marketing and sales actions, improving user’s experiences and ultimately, increasing their sales.

In the case of physical luxury boutiques, there are currently some solutions available to analyze traffic, however, such automated tools only scratch the surface. A qualitative in-depth analysis of traffic (regardless of conversion) isn’t available at all. Knowing that for every 100 visits to a luxury boutique, 15% to 25% of customers wish to and/or carry out a transaction or at least leave their details to be contacted in the future; the remainder are not being considered at all, in any way, shape or form. Of course, the staff will have a general idea of the visitors who visit their boutique. And so, with the type of data captured and analyzed by DynaLux, rather than relying only on historical sales to make projections, brands and retailers can now track a wealth of information, including the root causes behind the non-converted visitors.

DynaLux intends to go beyond this analysis and offer a detailed view of each visit, thus explaining each unfinished sale, which will allow its user to take immediate action to counteract this situation.

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Dynalux is currently based in Dubai and is already working with major luxury brands such as IWC, Vacheron Constantin, Officine Panerai, Zadig & Voltaire, Paul Smith and Balenciaga, among others.

They now wish to work the European market and have chosen Sparkling PR to be their local partner to develop their business activity in Switzerland, Portugal and Spain.

“I’m so excited to partner up with Omar Chaoui, founder of Dynalux. I’ve known Omar for more than 5 years and it’s always a pleasure to work with colleagues again. He has over 20 years experience in the luxury industry and has a great understanding of the retail needs of brands and retailers alike.
Marina Coelho, founder of Sparkling PR