Produced by Partizan and directed by Martin Stirling, SLAPP SUIT is a new film for Greenpeace International created by Don’t Panic, starring Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem and Heartstopper actor Yasmin Finney.
Set inside a historic Savile Row tailor shop, the film transforms the mechanics of corporate intimidation into something tactile, claustrophobic and cinematic. Javier Bardem plays a sinister tailor crafting bespoke suits for some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, while Yasmin Finney stars as a young protester drawn into his workshop and measured up for a suit of her own.
What begins with quiet observation quickly escalates into psychological horror. Rolls of pinstripe fabric bear the names of global energy corporations. Stitching reads “GAG ORDER”, “SUPPRESSION” and “CEASE AND DESIST”. Steam, scissors and tape measures become instruments of control as the suit tightens around its wearer, physically restricting her ability to move or speak.
Produced by Partizan, the film leans fully into the visual language of horror rather than conventional advocacy filmmaking, reframing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation — or SLAPPs — as something visceral, isolating and physically oppressive.
The film’s central conceit plays on the double meaning of the word “suit”: a tailored garment and a lawsuit designed to silence dissent through intimidation and financial pressure. Rather than explaining the issue through policy language, Stirling visualises the emotional reality of being targeted: fear, exhaustion and the erosion of voice itself.
The film culminates in Yasmin Finney’s protester breaking free from the suit entirely, reframing resistance not as symbolic but as physical and collective.
Javier Bardem said “I made this film with Greenpeace because they’re fighting a monumental legal battle about free speech, but really it’s about something much bigger: widespread attempts to silence activism.”
The project marks another collaboration between Partizan director Martin Stirling and Don’t Panic, following Most Shocking Second a Day, one of the most widely viewed campaigning films of the past decade.
“SLAPP suits are designed not to seek justice, but to bury it,” says Martin Stirling. “This film is both a warning and a rallying cry.”
CREDITS
CLIENT: Greenpeace International @greenpeace
Head of Programme: Susannah Compton
Global Head of Partnerships: Johanna Grant Axen
Global Digital Lead: Russell Harvey
Global Comms Lead: Chris Greenberg
Global Digital Lead: Rasmus Ilso
AGENCY: Don’t Panic @dontpanicldn
Founder: Joe Wade @joewade
Client and Commercial Partner: Jane Marshall @monculdesac
Acting ECD: George McCallum @georgemccallumbakes
Creative Director: Georgia Stephenson @georgialaurenstephens
Creatives: Dan Clarke, Guy Davidson, Joe Wade @mothersbestchild
Midweight Design & Art Director: Katie Richardson @katie.our.son
Designer: Thiago Valenti @thiagovalenti
Executive Producer: Jennifer Clare Houlihan @jenniferclarehoulihan
Head of Client Services: Georgia Williams @georgiawilliams26
Project Managers: Lauren Grant & Ella Soule @iamlaurengrant & @ellasoule
Junior Marketing Manager: Mollie Knight @mollie_mooo
PRODUCTION: Partizan @wearepartizan
Director: Martin Stirling @martinstirling
Managing Director: Jenny Beckett @jennypartizanuk
Head of Production/EP: Ella More O’Ferrall @ellamoffg
Producer: Charlie Scannell @cheswick_
Production Manager: Will Cousins @will_cousins
Production Assistant: Loretta Wonke @lorettawonke
Location Manager: Peter Camilleri
1st AD: Chris Kelly @chris68kelly
2nd AD: Eddie Kelly @ediemaikelly
Runner: Ted Seymour Kelly @ted.kelly_
Director of Photography: Carl Burke @billyburkedop
1st AC: Pete Wade @nowthenpete
2nd AC: Jack Ainsworth @jack_obyrne_ainsworth
DIT: Mario Radinvic @mario_lcdits
Grip: Rob Barlow @feral_rob
2nd Grip: Melanie Barbieri
Sound: Ludovic Lassreee @soundsfrench
Boom Op: Paulo Frasao @paul_frasao
Playback: Jack Driver @jackjdriver
Gaffer: Norbert Strehile @krabbenorbert
Electricians: Mats Kastellet, Kristiana Zhekova @mats.kastellet, @kristiana_zhekova
Production Designer: Sarah Kane @sksarahkane
Set Decorator: Delia O’Brien @deliadoesprops
Props Master: Dan Bryant
Art Transport: Rick Seymour
Costume Designer: Siobhan Dillon @siobhan_dillon_tailoring
Costume Supervisor: David Hawkins @davidhstyling
Costume Assistant: Ro Dillon @rodillonphotography
H&MU Artist: Michele Baylis @michelebaylis_
H&MU Assistant: Rosie Mcginn @rosiemcginnmakeup
Medic: Archie Barker @archie_barker53
Camera Car: Alister Bugge @alisterbugge
CAST
Tailor: Javier Bardem @bardemantarctic
Protester: Yasmin Finney @yazdemand
EDIT: Trim Editing @trimediting
Editor: Josh Mannox @joshmannox
Edit Producer: Tatyana Alexandra @tatyanaalexandra
POST HOUSE: Framestore @framestore
Flame: Darran Nicholson
Producer: Sara Beckman
Production Assistant: Hannah Marsden
COLOUR: Company3 @company_3
Colourist: Steffan Perry @stef_colour
Producer: Christ Anthony @chrisanthonyproducer
SOUND: Runamok Studios @runamok_studios
Sound Design & Mix: Jon Clarke @jon__clarke
Original Music: Jon Clarke @jon__clarke
Audio EP: Caroline Jemirifo @cdjem_
