Struans Media, Inc. Announces Strategic Joint Venture to Produce and Distribute Content

SAN DIEGO - Nov. 8, 2013 - PRLog -- November 8, 2013 ( San Diego, CA ) – Struans Media Inc. and Fashion Film Group of La Jolla, CA announced today a strategic joint venture to produce and distribute content. The newly formed entity will produce, manage and distribute trademarked fashion film content worldwide under the brand: The Fashion Film Network™.

The Fashion Film Network ™, (FFN) is the world’s most recognized, engaged, and trusted name in fashion film. Being the first site on the web to curate and distribute fashion films, the FFN is known as one of the pioneers of the fashion film industry. Its daily interaction with global fashion film directors provides continuous insights into industry-wide trends.

The FFN team reviews over eleven thousand (11,000) films per year. Its Weekly Top 10 Fashion Film Ranking (https://www.facebook.com/FashionFilmNetwork/app_524223357596536) is followed industry-wide and remains a weekly topic of discussion in production houses and independent studios around the globe.

Based on its unequivocal commitment to excellence, the company has also forged strategic relationships with some of the most recognized fashion brands in the world.

Fred Sweet, President of the Fashion Film Network said, “I am delighted to partner with Struans Media to distribute our content worldwide.  The library is growing every day and represents one of the most important fashion film resources available, providing consistent, ongoing, quality content to our distribution channels”.

Award winning director; Miguel Angel Font Bisier said, “I think that the Fashion Film Network is a great opportunity to spread my work worldwide. With their world-renowned team of film curators, it's a double-win for directors like me. First, you get recognition as a creative professional, and then your work is shown on a world-class fashion channel. It doesn't get better than that!”

About the Fashion Film Library

The FFN possesses rights to the largest and most comprehensive fashion film library. Gleaned from four years of the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival™(LJFFF); The International Fashion Film Awards™; and, the continuous social media marketing campaigns of the FFN, the library boasts hundreds of the most beautiful fashion  films ever made.

Appearing in the collection are many of the iconic names in fashion, like: Chanel, Dior, Armani, Cartier, Kate Spade, Mugler, Rodarte, Vanessa Bruno, Billabong, Louis Vuitton, Free People, Rachel Roy, Guess, Karl Lagerfeld, Brioni, Schumacher, Alexander Wang, Carven, Drykorn, The Kooples, Damir, Doman, Jil Sander Vintage, Ralph Lauren Black Label, Les Hommes, Undercover, Hugo Boss, Bernhard Willhelm, Chloe, Dolce Gabbana, Diesel, H&M, Kenzo, Prada, 55DSL, River Island, Versace, Pull & Bear, Charles Le Mindu, Alexander McQueen, Julian Zigerli, Emilio De La Morena, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Gareth Pugh, Rick Owens, Eric Bompard, Max Mara, Miu Miu, Lanvin, Wolford, H. Stern, Swarovski, Marco Marchese, Montecristo, Ellus, Alphorria, Julio Okubo, DThales, Mirandouro, Silvia Furmanovich, Priscila do Vale, Carla Amorim, and many more.

Frank Zarabi, President of Fam Brands and Marika said, “We are looking forward to the new advertising opportunities and markets the Fashion Film Network™ will enable us to reach. Its worldwide distribution is a perfect match for us!"

John Cole, Co-founder and Director of Struans Media, Inc. said, “The film library puts us in the distribution driver’s seat. Key to our success is to own content; as, there are multiple quality delivery platforms in place with a growing demand for it.  Our goal is to deliver to these platforms the most beautiful high quality fashion films in the industry.”

About the Fashion Film Industry

The fashion film industry is in its infancy. Currently most fashion film companies include a large variety of film types ranging from low-budget fashion show films to higher end productions.

Since the LJFFF started 5 years ago many fashion film festivals have popped up around the world including: Berlin, Dublin, Miami, Madrid, San Francisco, New York, Paris, Brazil, Warsaw, Austria, Cape Town, and Rome.

Because virtually all fashion brands accompany their new collections with a fashion film, advertisers and luxury brands have tapped into this market. The budgets for the big brands such as Cartier, Louis Vuitton, and others can run well into the millions. The most expensive fashion film ever made reportedly cost 48 million dollars and starred Nicole Kidman and was directed by Baz Lurhmann. It was for Chanel No. 5, naturally. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qKLDKsjcyc) Fashion film premieres are now regularly reported in WWD’s Morning Report (http://www.wwd.com/media-news/advertising/louis-vuittons-...)and throughout the world fashion media.



About Struans Media, Inc.

Struans Media, Inc. (SMI), is a ‘Global Entertainment Investment and Management Company’ with offices in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Its primary focus is in developing, producing, acquiring, financing, distributing and marketing all aspects of entertainment content, including traditional and new media.  The company was founded with a specific mission to be a diverse holding company with an emphasis in motion picture and television production, content development, convergence media, digital distribution, publishing and broadcasting.

About the Fashion Film Group

Fashion Film Group; whose holdings include the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival™, the International Fashion Film Awards™, the Fashion Film Network™, and the Global Film Unit™ is one of the originators of the worldwide fashion film art movement. The company’s mission is to empower, support, and recognize independent film creators globally.

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