The Dark Candy

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The Dark Candy

We are a documentary production company. We write, create and produce docu-series & feature docs Inspiring stories can change lives.

WHO WE ARE

The Dark Candy is a PRODUCTION COMPANY founded by Sakis Lalas, photographer, documentary filmmaker & producer, and Valentina De Giorgi, writer and producer. We are a couple in life and work, our passions are fashion and cinema and we want to tell people INSPIRING STORIES. Inspiring stories can change the world. We write, create and produce BRANDED content, limited DOCU-SERIES and featu

re DOCUMENTARIES. We produce and shoot EPK, MAKING-OF, BEHIND-THE-SCENES documentary content and interviews with cast and crew for Movie/Tv projects. We created and produced ”Anthea Sylbert, My Life in 3 Acts”, a documentary featuring Oscar-winning actress Goldie Hawn and Oscar-nominated costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis, director John Landis’ wife. We created and produced the docu-series ”Meet The Costume Designer”, shot between Los Angeles and Rome, where legendary Hollywood Costume Designers tell everything about their amazing work. Distributed by Prime Entertainment Group. We created and produced ”Hollywood in Quarantine” an unconventional short-documentary that was an Official Selection at the Milano Fashion Film Festival 2021

Through the project ”Crossover Fashion and TV/Movies” we work to bring the worlds of fashion and costume design closer. We organize events with costume designers of the major TV/Movie productions of the moment as guests. We created an online Live Talks Series format, “Fashion Meets Cinema” where we host the Costume Designers of hit TV shows & movies that influenced fashion, like “Emily in Paris”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Unorthodox”, ”Clueless” and ”Melrose Place”. We held Masterclasses on Fashion & Cinema and on the huge impact Costume Design has on our culture. The Dark Candy Productions have been featured in The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety.

08/06/2026

Με μεγάλη χαρά ανακοινώνω ότι το ντοκιμαντέρ μας «Anthea Sylbert: My Life in 3 Acts» θα κάνει την τηλεοπτική του πρεμιέρα στην COSMOTE TV στις 13 Ιουνίου 2026, στις 21:00.

Η ταινία αφηγείται τη συναρπαστική ζωή και καριέρα της Anthea Sylbert (Giannakouros), μιας γυναίκας ελληνικής καταγωγής που άφησε ανεξίτηλο το αποτύπωμά της στο Χόλιγουντ ως ενδυματολόγος (Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown), παραγωγός και studio executive, συνεργαζόμενη με μερικά από τα μεγαλύτερα ονόματα της παγκόσμιας κινηματογραφικής βιομηχανίας.

Το ντοκιμαντέρ γυρίστηκε μεταξύ Λος Άντζελες και Σκιάθου και περιλαμβάνει αποκλειστικές μαρτυρίες ανθρώπων που υπήρξαν πολύ κοντά στην Anthea Sylbert, μεταξύ των οποίων η βραβευμένη ηθοποιός Goldie Hawn και η καταξιωμένη ενδυματολόγος και ιστορικός κινηματογράφου Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

Απο το παρακατω λινκ διαβάστε επίσης τη συνέντευξή μου στη LIFO, όπου μιλάω για την Anthea Sylbert, το ντοκιμαντέρ και την πορεία της παραγωγής. Στο τέλος του άρθρου μπορείτε να δείτε και το επίσημο trailer της ταινίας:
https://www.lifo.gr/culture/cinema/anthea-sylbert-i-ellinida-poy-shediase-ta-koystoymia-gia-moro-tis-rozmari

16/09/2024

One of my favorite portraits is of the
fashion designer
Sakis Lalas photo 📸📸📸
TheDarkCandy photo/video productions
www.thedarkcandy.com/sakis-lalas

10/09/2024

Sakis Lalas is a documentary director, DOP, photographer, producer and the co-founder of The Dark Candy productions.
In his long career as an editorial photographer in Milan, he portrayed some of the most big names of the fashion industry, such as Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Silvia Fendi, Angela Missoni, Kean Etro, Luciano Benetton, Tommy Hilfiger. His photos have been published in many Top international magazines like WWD (Women’s Wear Daily) in USA; Style (Corriere della Sera’s Magazine) in Italy; Harper’s Bazaar in UK and Handelsblatt in Germany. Bellow the link to Sakis Lalas Portfolio

Sakis Lalas is the co-founder of The Dark Candy productions. In his long career as an editorial photographer & documentary director, he portrayed some of the most big names of the fashion industry, such as Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Silvia Fendi, Angela Missoni, Kean Etro, Luciano Benetton, To...

13/07/2024

Our documentary "Anthea Sylbert My Life in 3 Acts" is on TheNewYorkTimes!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/movies/anthea-sylbert-dead.html

11/06/2024

Our NEW feature documentary ''ANTHEA SYLBERT:MY LIFE IN 3 ACTS'', featuring actress GOLDIE HAWN, is in the final stage of the post-production...Stay tuned!!!
http://www.thedarkcandy.com/anthea-sylbert-documentary/

18/01/2024

Here is the REEL of our portfolio as ''EPK DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY’' with interviews with cast and crew for Movie/Tv projects: https://youtu.be/fNVQ03LwMeQ
Don’t hesitate to contact us for shootings in Europe or Worldwide.

REEL - EPK interviews with cast and crew for Movie/Tv projects. SAKIS LALAS director of photography & EPK producerVALENTINA DE GIORGI writer & interviews____...

29/07/2023

VARIETY magazine (Film News in Brief) talks about us...thank you Jazz Tangcay for the article.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/film-news-in-brief-july-24-2023-1235678368/

11/07/2023

''Life is to short to wear boring clothes''
Marylin Fitoussi, costume designer Emily in Paris.

Don't miss to watch the TALK with Marylin Fitoussi, moderated by Sakis Lalas & Valentina De Giorgi, held during the event ''Emily in Paris'' organized in Milan by The Dark Candy

In person event in Hilton Milan with Marylin Fitoussi, the costume designer of Netflix’s Hit Tv show ”Emily in Paris”. Talk moderated by Valentina De Giorgi ...

11/06/2023

9th June we organized an event at Hilton Milan:
a talk with costume designer Marylin Fitoussi, moderated by Sakis Lalas and Valentina De Giorgi, The Dark Candy productions www.thedarkcandy.com
We had an interesting conversation about costume design and her experience in designing the costumes of Netflix's hit Tv show "Emily in Paris".
After the talk, 5 selected fashion designers presented their creations to Marylin:
Sanandres, Nervi, Oscar Mamooi,
Denise Eleftheriou, Themoire.

31/05/2023

Final countdown for our "Emily in Paris" event in Milan with costume designer Marylin Fitoussi.
On invitation only. Stay tuned!!! www.thedarkcandy.com
Thank you Hilton Milan for the support.

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