'CURTAINS UP' A New Short Film By STELLA MCCARTNEY

Stella McCartney has teamed up with Tête-à-Tête, an LA-based creative studio to a create a short film centred on Transcendental Meditation. The film features director, artist and father of the Transcendental Meditation David Lynch. The purpose for creating the film was to support the charitable works of David Lynch Foundation. The Foundation's mission has been to assist in preventing as well eradicating the epidemic of trauma and toxic stress among the population at risk. This is done through the promotion and implementation of evidence-based Transcendental Meditation program which in turn is to help improve, health, and performance of life. The film titled 'CURTAINS UP' is a 9-minute short film which shows powerful images of movement and activity on the surface of life and nature through light and colour which are contrasted with the stilling and sound of a film projector throughout. The film also offers the viewer the on how Transcendental Meditation nurtures by enlighting oneself by having the space to reflect on the sources of creativity.

In a statement  by Stella McCartney  “Transcendental Meditation is very much a personal sense of space and clarity for me. It is one of the most liberating things that I can do to find clarity, mindfulness and wellbeing. It is an incredible concept, for humanity that allows you be a better person, be more productive, more thoughtful and more calm. I believe in it so much that collaborating with David Lynch Foundation in this film was a natural step. I’m a huge admirer of David, he’s an icon and a genius. He has such a dark calmness in everything that he does, his talent is just undeniable and I think that he’s made a true mark in the world of cinema and also in the world of mindfulness.”

“When you dive within, the Self is there and true happiness is there. There’s a pure, huge, unbounded ocean of it. It’s bliss–physical, emo¬tional, mental, and spiritual happiness that starts growing from within.”- Says David Lynch.

6th September to 12th October 'Curtains Up' will be screened at 'Sanctuary Of Stillness' installation in the department store and also as part of 'GO FOR GOOD' environmental initiative at Galaries Lafayette in Paris.