OFF CANVAS - NIELS "SHOE" MEULMAN

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For China’s first-ever Design Week in 2011, Converse brought six international and local artists together to display a new type of typographic art. Niels “Shoe” Meulman discusses in this film the inspiration behind his “Calligraffiti,” and what he hopes the world will see in it.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - MOMO WANG

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Iceland we also teamed up with local talent Sebastian Ziegler to help document Momo Wang’s experience.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - ZHANG DA

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Antwerp we also teamed up with local talent Lieven De Hertogh to help document Zhang Da’s experience.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - ANGEL CHEN

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Los Angeles we also teamed up with local talent Sunday Meng to help document Angel Chen’s experience.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - UMA WANG

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Milan we also teamed up with local talent Flavio Nani to help document Uma Wang’s experience.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - HE YAN

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Paris we also teamed up with local talent Edouard BOUTINAUD to help document He Yan’s experience.

A PLACE CALLED HOME - NAN LANG

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Airbnb sent seven designers from fashion pillar “Dongliang” to travel the world Airbnb style. Studio Stare equipped them with Super 8 cameras and notebooks so they could properly record their experiences. In this film from Paris we also teamed up with local talent YANWEN ZHU to help document He Yan’s experience.

CONQUERING CHINA - TRAILER

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Conquering China was produced by Anna Byvald at Silverosa Film. Studio Stare supported and managed the production in China. Jean Michel Jarre is featured in this documentary by Johan Jonason about making music in China today. Johan Jonason leaves Sweden and Europe in crisis, and heads to Shanghai. His goal is to establish himself as a pop singer in China where he meets various people involved in the Chinese music industry. Conquering China is an emotional and humorous music documentary that examines and problematizes the paradigm shift taking place in our world right now.

AMERICAN B SIDE

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A journey through the American south allows one man running away from heartbreak to dive headfirst into the stories that shaped U.S. history and subsequent identity. Has-been musicians relive their forgotten vinyls and paint a picture of a raw, tough land, old and growing older.

WALL TO WALL - IDT

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The IDT Crew, including NAN, SINIC and YYY, is a graffiti art group from Shenzhen, China. Through multimedia expression, they bridge the gap between visual aestheticism and the messages behind their works which truly bring graffiti closer to traditional art.

TOWNSHIP TALENT

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Section A, KwaMashu township, South Africa; an arts center threatened with closure fights to keep itself alive. Against all odds, with some of the country's highest incidents of violence and poverty, the arts scene continues to thrive. This documentary is a glimpse into trying to maintain peaceful society when everything crumbles around it.

WALL TO WALL - BUFF DISS

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Australian artist Buff Diss discusses the tape creations he concocted for Converse' Wall to Wall in Hong Kong. Everyday material was used to create striking murals in some of Hong Kong's most trafficked areas, and Buff Diss explains how this process can impact everyone who sees it.

WALL TO WALL - ALEX HORNEST

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Brazilian artist Alex Hornest continually tries to allow his artwork to be part of a city, not an addition on top of it. In this segment of Converse' Wall to Wall in Hong Kong, Hornest talks about giving moments to people, whether it's questioning his initial intentions, or seeing the final piece.