From the wall to the screen: Fashion Victims 2.0. An animation short film review
Enrique Millán Almenar
Published 30-05-2026
Keywords
- Fashion Victims,
- María Lorenzo,
- Escif,
- Street Art,
- Animation
How to Cite
Copyright (c) 2026 Enrique Millán Almenar
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
This article reviews an acclaimed Spanish animated short film created by María Lorenzo in 2023 as a tribute to urban artist Escif. Based on his mural painting Fashion Victims, controversial for its criticism towards an industrial model that is both massive and unsustainable, but which has eventually become a hallmark of the Valencian neighborhood where it is located, the short film Fashion Victims 2.0 brings the mural's characters to life based on photographs of it to denounce our passivity towards child labor and its questionable conditions in developing countries. The film was screened at the 2024 Cyprus Fashion Film Festival.
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