The Last Empress of Fashion
A feature film by female director / producer Gala Pawl
Film directed by
Gala Pawl
Genre
Biopic
Country
USA, Italy, UK, France,
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Guinea-Bissau
Planned release
2020-2021
Team of producers
Gala Pawl (USA), Alexandra Boot (Russia-Belarus), Alexander Mercury (UK-France), Pavel Shumov (USA-Russia)
Who is Mila and what the film is about?
The Last Empress of Fashion is a feature about one of the most unique and amazing women on Earth - MILA ANUFRIEVA, who was born into a poor family but built a $250M luxury fashion empire, defeated stage III cancer, evaded the KGB plans to jail her via fake accusations and get rid of her, fled her homeland for Italy where she became the first Russian woman in history elected as the official ambassador of Made In Italy. Now Mila spends all her time and money raising over 800 orphaned children in Guinea-Bissau (Africa): builds them a home, a school, provides all the supplies and gives them the love they need to have a brilliant future.
The media about Mila
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Our Amazing Crew and Cast
Our female-driven, female-produced and female-directed project has collected the best crew and cast we could have dreamed of.
  • Gala Pawl
    Documentary Director & Executive Producer. USA
    The head and the soul of the project - over a decade of producing experience. Award-winning professional with co-production experience in US, Europe & Asia: Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Thailand. Owner of a production house focused on VFX for TV, cinema, and advertising with projects produced for tens of theatrical feature and TV projects.
  • Beth Kushnick
    Visual consultant
    Over 30 years in production design and set decoration for film & TV. Her work on the CBS hit The Good Wife brought Beth into the mainstream with an enormous social media following as well as her creation of the first home decor line of licensed product in TV history. Beth is the set decorator of The Good Fight, and has many TV credits including BrainDead & Fringe. Her feature film credits include Wanted with Angelina
    Jolie, National Treasure with Nicholas Cage, and Jumanji with Robin Williams.
  • Alexandra Boot
    Co-Producer, Russia & Belarus
    One of the super experienced Russian producers that covers all our production needs in Russia and Belarus (that's over 1/6 of the world, wow). She worked on a whole lot of multi-million dollar features, TV series and movie promo campaigns. We could not be happier that she joined us.
  • Paul Shumov
    Producer
    Award-winning producer with vast experience in the field of marketing, advertising, creative development, film, movie and on-air promotion. Exclusively produces content for CBS VIACOM: Nick, Nick Jr, Paramount Channel, Paramount Comedy, Spike - including reports for Kids' Choice Awards, local TV show production, branding and digital campaigns.
  • Alexander Mercury
    Co-Producer, UK & France
    Trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), worked on various theater, TV, independent and Hollywood film productions including The Golden Compass, Wonder Woman, Hitman's Bodyguard, World War Z, Jack Ryan and others. His debut film as a director won numerous awards, and our upcoming film surely will follow!
  • Denis Panov
    Director of photography
    One of the best DOPs of the new wave: almost every project he shoots is a hit on TV or at the box office. The last project Denis was booked for as a DOP is a fantasy feature shot in China with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan.
  • Iris Ivanova
    Lead actress
    Super successful actress known for her roles in the prime-time TV series The Raid (adaptation of the French TV hit Braquo), The Ship (adaptation of the Spanish TV hit El Barco), Trigger. Played in tens of critically acclaimed films including: G, The Third Wheel, Restoration, Full Contact, Eternity and others.
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