When you work in the creative industry, there is not much that separates your passion from your work.

The team at Passion By Gerard Dubois understand this labour of love and we endeavoured to reflect that commitment in this tribute to their retail brand.

Finishing touches in post-production added that extra dash of magic using creative visual tricks, motion graphics and illustration.

One can expect nothing short of the spectacular upon entering the Peninsula, and this LoveArt instalment was no exception.

A hulking machine that danced with light in the middle of the neo-classical lobby was a surprisingly elegant sight to behold.

Our cameras had to play along to find the right angles that captured it's unique movement.

2015 marked the 5th anniversary of Landmark's flagship "Boutique Boulevard" event, brings the music and fashion worlds together for a glamorous celebration.

Flown in especially for the occasion was singer and style icon, Rita Ora, whose performance of chart-topping hits had guests dancing the night away.

Covering such an action-packed evening spread across Landmark's 5 buildings and 80 participating boutiques required careful time and resource management.

Additionally, we provided photographic coverage throughout the evening.

Filmages are delighted to offer you our head-onistic Halloween Mooncakes.

Quality guaranteed with a 28-day minimum Head-Yolk maturation period.

Every bite is devilish-ious.

The avant-garde Felix simply oozes style. Designed by Philippe Starck, the views from the 28th floor of The Peninsula tower over the breathtaking Victoria Harbour, and Chef Kaji, serves Modern European cuisine, made with the freshest, seasonal vegetables. 

Ludo ensures that flavour, texture and presentation play well together in his desserts. 

Sample his sweet treats while taking in the views of Victoria Harbour at The Verandah.

Trust us, they look just as delcious as they taste.

"It holds many memories for people like me who grew up in this city" 

Chef Andy Cheng fondly remembers the Peninsula Hotel (Hong Kong) and its iconic Lobby, where guests come to unwind, dine, and become a part of Hong Kong lore. 

The Peninsula's famous Spring Moon mini egg custard mooncakes are both coveted and limited over the Mid-Autumn Festival period.
Chef Frankie Tang gives us an insight into how these handmade mouthfuls of joy are created.

The Peninsula's Maitre Chocolatier, Marijn Coertjens, shows us how he and his team craft their artisanal chocolates in the holiest of holy places: "The Chocolate Room"

The team are constantly pushing their creative boundaries to bring us mouth-watering, haute couture delicacies

Peking duck is the ubiquitous dish always found in the best Chinese restaurants.

This dish is still celebrated all over the world today, and was first feasted upon nearly 400 years ago.

While all chefs naturally guard their recipes, Spring Moon's Executive Chef Frankie Tang kindly reveals his secrets to making this signature Chinese dish. 

For Gaddi's Chef Remi Van Peteghem and the Executive Pastry Chef Ludovic Douteau selecting the right ingredients is an enlightening experience. With their shared wealth of knowledge, they share with us their methods for picking the best produce to create the perfect dish.

The delicacy of Dim Sum is unheralded, so we shot this story to epitomise the heart and flavour that's carefully wrapped into each piece.

Trying to act natural around Hong Kong's elite and a star-studded musical line-up featuring CoCo Lee and Katharine McPhee was no easy feat.

In amongst the foliage we caught glimpses of runway fashion, personal styling, tailoring and craftmanship demonstrations, and countless photos ops.

The key was to blend in to capture the flow of the evening's celebrations, and their guests in their natural element.

Chef Kelvin Wong Hon-Keung from The Square designed an innovative Cantonese cuisine for Gwyneth Paltrow:
"I know Gwyneth is a multitalented, Oscar-winning American star. So, I combined something from China and America together: Crispy Prawns with Strawberry Sauce."

This was one of the four videos we produced for Landmark, with the other recipes from world famous and Michelin star-studded Joel Robuchon, Umberto Bombana, and Richard Ekkebus.

Chef Joël Robuchon from L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon created the tasty and light Le Caviar Imperial for Ms. Paltrow: "This is a dish which can suit everyone, for children as well as very discerning people, such as Ms. Paltrow." 

This was one of the four videos we produced for Landmark, with the other recipes from world famous and Michelin star-studded Umberto Bombana, Richard Ekkebus, and Kelvin Wong.

"April is the time of white asparagus so I use this seasonal ingredient because it's slim, tall, white and beautiful - just like Gwyneth." says Chef Umberto Bombana's about the dish he created as a tribute to Gwyneth Paltrow: Asparagus and Orange on White Asparagus Risotto.

This was one of the four videos we produced for Landmark, with the other recipes from world famous and Michelin star-studded Joel Robuchon, Richard Ekkebus, and Kelvin Wong.

"I want to respect Gwyneth Paltrow's healthiness in the dish with very light flavours and healthy components." Richard Ekkebus, Culinary Director of Amber shares his inspiration for creating the Alaskan Crab, Burrata & Mauritian Royal Palm Heart Salad with Watercress & Caviar.

This was one of the four videos we produced for Landmark, with the other recipes from world famous and Michelin star-studded Joel Robuchon, Umberto Bombana, and Kelvin Wong.

Chef Umberto Bombana tells us about culinary inspiration, Marc Chagall’s painting, and stealing cherries…

8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana is an Italian restaurant in Alexandra House, Central. In 2012 it became the only Italian restaurant outside of Italy to receive 3 Michelin Stars.

Classic Fine Foods is the market leading importer and distributor of fine ingredients, serving the vast majority of five-star hotels and high-end restaurants in Asia, with an expanding presence in the Middle East and Europe.

To pay tribute to their favourite Chefs, CFF have started a “World’s Top Chefs series”, with a first movie about Alvin Leung from Bo Innovation.

Creating a second installment for this series was a challenge for us as we wanted to take a different approach, maintaining the same level of quality and consistency required to build a series.

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun creating this video! We will let you be the judge: if you watch this video and your taste buds do not respond, either you've just eaten or we failed.

We would like to thank Opera Gallery Hong Kong for their support.

A 28-metre long, 19-metre wide and 7-metre tall sculpture, filled with rolling baubles.

This tour-de-force sculpture, designed and built by European artist Hanns-Martin Wagner, is called the "Infinite Joy Rolling Sculpture" and certainly brought endless joy to Landmark's shoppers.

With a prop of this scale, we had to accurately plan where our cameras needed to be to capture it's momentum. 
 

For this movie, we were given total carte blanche on the creative.
We wanted to stay away from the tired style of the step-by-step recipe video, but at the same time, we also wanted to avoid being purely abstract. We put Chef Alvin from Bo Innovation into the context of his hometown, as this segment will address a predominantly International audience, who may look to choose Hong Kong as their next gastronomic destination.

Classic Fine Foods is the market leading importer and distributor of the finest ingredients. It serves the vast majority of five-star hotels and high-end restaurants in Asia, with an expanding presence in the Middle East and Europe.
To pay tribute to their favourite Chefs, they have commissioned a “World’s Top Chefs series”, with a second movie about Umberto Bombana.

Shortly after this movie was released, Alvin Leung was selected as one of the renowned judges for MasterChef Canada, the popular reality/cooking show, and the producers asked us the permission to use some of the footage we produced with Alvin for the show's trailer. Alvin’s legendary showmanship is great fun to watch, as he is definitely not mincing words!

Ice sculptors, fire-tossing bartenders, and an indoor ski lift...

To properly commemorate Hongkong Land’s Christmas extravaganza we edited the events of the evening into contrast.
While alternating between visuals of elegance and of eccentricity we reverse paired them together with classical and heavy metal music.

Never forget where you came from. 

La Rose Noire may have an incredibly successful global enterprise now, but they never forgot their humble beginning as a single cake shop.
Although the high-demand grew them into a wholesale manufacturer, they always kept a deep love for retail.
So in 2012 they opened the “Passion” patisserie and asked Filmages to produce a social-media teaser.

Our main challenge was to introduce the audience to an unusually large array of products.
We decided to bring in two dancers with different outfits, choreography and mood lighting to represent various consumers and their respective appetites. 

Umberto Bombana and his restaurant Otto E Mezzo (8 1/2) are busy.  But that’s what happens when you’re the only 3 Michelin starred Italian restaurant outside of Italy.
To accommodate Chef Bombana’s busy schedule we shot this video in a very efficient and concise time period, taking advantage of every shot and angle.

Although the impact of the food is big, the kitchen in which it is made in is fairly small so we squeezed our equipment and ourselves into the room and captured the making of Bombana’s fine Italian cuisine.

This first encounter went so great that we since produced 2 more videos:
Hongkong Land - Landmark Gwyneth Paltrow Inspired Cuisine: Umberto Bombana
Classic Fine Foods - World’s Top Chefs series: Umberto Bombana

Under the Song Dynasty (420), the 15th day of the 8th lunar month was officially declared the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it would never be complete without the famous Moon Cake delicacy.

We go in to the kitchen and observe how Chefs Frankie Tang and Yip Wing Wah prepare to make a staggering 470,000 moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, using the Peninsula's unique recipe of a traditional dough mixed with a British-inspired custard filling.

Luxury watches are beautiful crafted objects, but also potential high-yield investments.

Hongkong Land organized an event for their VIP customer to sharpen their bidding skills in a mock-up auction.

Did you know that many world leaders would rather wear nothing else than Hong Kong's very own Ascot Chang VIP cotton shirt?

From such humble beginnings, Ascot Chang has achieved international recognition for their respect for tailoring traditions, best-in-class materials, and impeccable taste, fitting right into the Landmark's pursuit for excellence.

Hats off!

Newsprint Group wanted to create a powerful corporate video presenting its fully integrated packaging and ticketing service. Offering the essential elements of garment presentation to their customers, Newsprint Group wanted to keep clients and partners’ attention on their proven expertise in design, production and finishing.

Firstly, Filmages’ responded with a brainstorming session to figure out how to present so many details clearly and concisely. The plan was to create an impactful marketing campaign using original designs and motion graphics.

Using a stylized typeface, maintaining the light blue color throughout and using special visual effects, highlights all stages of their production to reflect their credibility, speed and accuracy.