54 Mag Issue 13 Launch

“Identity”

Covering the Issue 13 launch at Giovana Photography and Coffee House, a Balinese tour experience, and Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort.

TypeEvent Film · Destination Film
RoleDirector · Cinematographer · Editor

for 54 Mag

Bali, Indonesia

PhotographyAlbert Chime
Film still — the pool at Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort, teak loungers under the jungle canopy

Overview

This project centred on the launch of 54 Mag Issue 13 — themed “Identity” — hosted at Giovana Photography and Coffee House in Bali. Beyond the launch itself, the coverage spanned a curated tour experience across the island and a dedicated feature on Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort, tying event, experience, and destination into one editorial piece.

The Issue 13 banner — “Identity, Art and the Spaces Between” — beside the Giovana team under marigold garlands

The Challenge

Three distinct strands — a launch event, an experiential cultural tour, and a resort feature — needed to read as one coherent story rather than separate clips. The task was to hold them together under the issue’s “Identity” theme, capturing both the energy of the launch and the calm of the destination without the tone fracturing between them.

Live set at the launch — sitar, tabla, guitar and saxophone beneath a 54 Mag print

The Approach

The film moves through the arc of the project: the Issue 13 launch and its atmosphere at Giovana Photography and Coffee House, into the tour experience — Koppee Luwak and the story of Balinese coffee, the Barong Den traditional dance, and a Buddhist temple — and finally the coverage of Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort, an award-winning eco-luxury hideaway among the rice fields of Tabanan. Culture and place carry the “Identity” theme throughout.

Deliverables

Event film · Destination film

Credits

Film: Hubert Allah-Mensah, BridgeHouse Productions
Photography: Albert Chime
Client: 54 Mag · Feature: Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort
Venue: Giovana Photography and Coffee House