Movie Poster Illustration for Make/Believe
Make/Believe is a nuanced personal portrait of Matthew Zorpas, a devoted influencer and one of the world's most fashionable gentlemen.
Director/Writer
Konstantinos Menelaou
Star
Matthew Zorpas
IllustrationSeungwon Hong
© Seungwon Hong 2018
Synopsis: Make/Believe is a nuanced personal portrait of Matthew Zorpas, a devoted influencer and one of the world’s most fashionable gentlemen.
Called a loser and irrelevant by some and an inspirational digital revolutionary by others, Zorpas is a deeply polarizing figure. The polarity arises from core questions about love, success, filtered reality, privacy and digital identity. In this film Konstantinos Menelaou documents the online and offline versions of Matthew’s personality and how it informs his work and determines the complexity of his persona which is always on display. Exposing the man behind the Instagram feed, he questions the reality of the unreality of social media and its ambassadors who are both respected and equally reviled.
From London to Milan, from Florence to Paris, Matthew travels around five fashion capitals of the world in twenty two days to attend shows, meet fellow influencers and share his voice on media platforms. Menelaou fundamentally deconstructs the glamorous façade, the falsehoods, the candour, revealing the truths and secret desires behind Matthew’s digital persona.
Featuring appearances by: Marieta Santos @marietsantos , Henri-Nicolas @manofakind , Nazia Thakur Williamson @visionariesofstyle, Yulia Pashevkina @yulia_pashevkina , Sabina Emrit @sabinaemrit , Junior Parado @jrparado , Adam Tannous @adamtannous , Matteo Baldi @mrmatteobaldi , Elias El-indari @eliaselindari , Veneziano Broccia Massimo @m.venezianobroccia , Giorgia Cantarini @giorgiacantarini , Salvo Nicosia @thebeardedpublicist , Stefan Avanzato @stefan_avanzato , Amanda Bragg-Mollison @fortysomethingfashion , Khalid S AlQasimi @khalid_qasimi , Enrico Carlo de Finis @enricodefinis , Luis Ribeiro @theluisribeiro , Nuno Felicio @felnuno , Marcel Floruss @marcelfloruss , Federico Poletti @federicopoletti , Mahmoud @mrmoudz , Dimitrios Tsivrikos @dee_nosaur, Diane Pernet @asvof , Antoine Decrop @antoine.decrop , Roberto de Rosa @robertoderosa, Kadu Dantas @kadudantas, Nico Mauron @nicomauron, Filippo Cirulli @filippocirulli, Filippo Fiora @filippofiora
Director’s Statement: Matthew is one of the few fashion professionals I know who retains his quality and integrity both in his personal and professional life. We have been friends for many years, so I know the man, but I also grew to know the influencer. It was fascinating to see how little he was willing to reveal at the beginning of our production, and how much he had opened up as our journey came to its end. What struck me the most was that he still retains his innocence and his desire for human connection and interaction, whether that comes from the cyber-world or the real one.
