Luke Jaque-Rodney, one of PUMA's Voices of a RE:GENERATION calls for positive changes to our community, planet and future with short film ‘Stitch + Spice’, showcased at the 6th Big Syn International Film Festival in London

Stitch + Spice, a short film by Luke Jaque-Rodney , one of PUMA's Voices of a RE:GENERATION has been officially selected for Documentary Short at the 6th Big Syn International Film Festival in London.

Voices of a RE:GENERATION is a PUMA initiative highlighting young changemakers driving positive change in their communities. Through this platform, PUMA aims to inspire the next generation to support a more sustainable future and forms part of the brand’s wider missions to communicate sustainability in a transparent and digestible way. Stitch + Spice is a short documentary captured at PUMA's supplier factories in Vietnam and Bangladesh featuring Luke, a food and nutrition vlogger, who shares meals and engages with garment workers, showcasing their lives, perspectives and cultures. Earlier this year Stitch & Spice was nominated for best sustainability fashion film at the London Fashion Film Festival and received a 2024 Impact Docs Merit Award.

The Big Syn online festival screening which took place from 17-26 October featured nearly 150 films reaching over 45 million people in 120 countries led by a Grand Jury of OSCAR, BAFTA and EMMY award-winners and leaders from the United Nations, House of Lords, as well as sustainability, policy and media stalwarts.

Festival founders, Dr Ragini G Roy and Dr Sourav Roy, commented " The festival features films from student filmmakers to ones from global legends such as OSCAR winners Sir Ian McKellen ( X Men , Lord of the Rings ) and Sir David Mark Rylance ( Spielberg's The BFG ) amongst others; documentaries from acclaimed EMMY and BAFTA winning filmmakers. "

Winners will be declared on 8th November at the red-carpet gala awards ceremony at Curzon Soho and all the winners will be featured on Europe's biggest screen, London's Piccadilly Lights on 14th November 2024.

Originally published by Puma.