'' Velvet Goldmine '' is a 1998 musical drama film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes . It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s ; it tells the story of a fictional pop star , Brian Slade . The film was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution . Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design . The film utilizes a non-linear structure to interweave the vignettes of the various characters
1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
Velvet Goldmine