• Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 8

    Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 8

    Day 8 Soon after we awoke, our Israeli neighbour, filmmaker Yanai Lein popped round for coffee to discuss some of the key themes around his mesmerising debut The Hidden Spring. He spoke at length about his intriguing background and the origins of his movie. As the day moved on, and Yanai left to meet in Cannes with producers, we heard a crash from the heavens, shortly followed by (unsurprisingly) more torrential rain. Sitting in the campsite ‘media hub’ the core [...]

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  • Cannes 2013: Cannes in a Van interview with Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman

    This is the uncut interview with independent film legend and Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman as he talks about a changing Cannes Film Festival, Occupy Cannes and how independent film is so important in a developing film industry. You can watch the vast back catalogue of Troma films including All The Love You Cannes on the Troma Movies Channel. Look out for more from Troma & Cannes in a Van in London soon…

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  • Enter the Van d’Or Independent Film Awards 2013

    The Van d’Or Awards for Independent Film is open to filmmakers across Europe and features some of the best talent out there. This, our third year of the competition, promises to be the most exciting yet, with a huge amount of amazing work in 15 categories, ranging from documentary to motion design and animation. Early Bird submissions are open now. Enter and your film could go on to win awards and international recognition.

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  • Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 7

    Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 7

    Now the weather was on our side and we were raring to go. We headed down and grabbed a tight little spot outside the Grand Hotel and proudly displayed our recently installed sexy velvet inertia.

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  • Cannes 2013: From Beer to Eternity

    The four wheel film festival Cannes in a Van continues its quest for sun, celluloid and Spielberg and rain doesn’t stop play on the Côte d’Azur. More short films play from the Ford Transit Custom van and the heavens are open.

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  • Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 3

    Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 3

    Day 3 The sun is out! We are well and truly soaking up the vitamin D and warming our feathers. We woke waking up feeling positive albeit with a muzzled head from the wine we’d been drinking the night before. The rain wasn’t beating down and flooding the campsite for a change. We managed to pull ourselves from our beds and begin the busy work day. Andy had some pressing work to do and more cables to buy for the [...]

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  • Cannes 2013: The shot’s fired and we’re off!

    Here’s the first video from our 7th annual trip down to the Côte d’Azur. It kinda sets the scene for what’s to come… Plenty of rain, rain, rain… oh and umbrellas.

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  • Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 2

    Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 2

    You’d think that the south of France would be a haven of sun kissed beauty, at this point in time it isn’t, the rain has hardly stopped since the start of the festival and continues to wash memories off of the pavement. We’ve been teased with the promise of good weather and are yet to experience any vitamin D.

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  • Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013 – blog 1

    Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013 – blog 1

    Day 1: “And so the journey has begun.” It’s that time of year again, Cannes in a Van has made its annual trip down to the south of France to screen the finest selection of independent shorts from around Europe on the Croisette. Leaving London around 8PM on Tuesday evening, we hot-footed it down to Folkestone to catch the tunnel to Calais and begin our 13 hours drive down to the French Riviera. The journey began well, stopping off at [...]

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  • The 66th Cannes Film Festival is here!

    The 66th Cannes Film Festival is here!

    The 66th Cannes film Festival has begun and Cannes in a Van is back on the road. From Thursday 16th May for the duration we’ll be screening independent films, music videos, animation and more right on the Croisette. Among this year’s films screening are the winners and nominees from the 2012 Van d’Or Awards for Independent Film. We’re also inviting all indie filmmakers going to Cannes to come down and bring their films to the van. We’ll be pitched up on [...]

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  • A sneak peek at the 2013 Cannes Van, courtesy of Ford

    A sneak peek at the 2013 Cannes Van, courtesy of Ford

    Those nice folk at Ford have been busy preparing our new steed for 2013. This is the first we’ve seen of our brand new Ford Transit Custom, now coated in our trademark signal yellow with orange trim. Although lower than usual (the high-roof isn’t in production just yet), we’ve prepared a special height-gaining add-on and our lo-fi projection system has been replaced with something a little more high-tech. We’re now itching to get the show on the road for 2013 [...]

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  • Daniel Day Lewis is Spielberg’s ‘Obama’

    Once in a while something comes along which just works. The Queen and James Bond, Magnum PI in Murder She Wrote (okay I’m struggling) and now pre-Cannes, Spielberg does funny. The prosthetics really are good. See you in Cannes Steve!

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Next Event: Wed 12th June – The Book Club, London EC2

SCREEN SOCIAL: RADAR MUSIC VIDEOS
Radar hits Screen Social with a barrage of the best music videos to come out of the worldwide commissioning network recently.

Caroline, who heads up Radar, will be talking to a couple of the thousands of directors who use Radar. Come along and hear how they’ve helped directors get work, get featured in top creative media and get signed to leading production companies. We’re also going to have a dig into the thorny question of how to get more women music video directors rising through the ranks.
More details here…

Stimulating conversation, useful tips and excellent music videos guaranteed.

 
  • 12.06.13 Screen Social:Radar Music Videos

    12.06.13 Screen Social:
    Radar Music Videos

    May 14, 2013 / Screen Social, Screen Social Events

    Our June Screen Social event features Radar Music Videos PLUS live music TBC Radar hits Screen Social with a barrage of the best music videos to come out of the worldwide commissioning network recently. Caroline, who heads up Radar, will be talking to a couple of the thousands of directors who use Radar. Come along and hear how they’ve helped directors get work, get featured in top creative media and get signed to leading production companies. We’re also going to [...]

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  • ONE TO WATCH: Mum Says(dir. John Brown)

    ONE TO WATCH: Mum Says
    (dir. John Brown)

    April 27, 2013 / New Talent, Screen Social, Short Film, The Van d'Or Awards 2012, Video

    This is the one that got away, but perhaps it makes the film stronger for it. Mum Says is an intense drama about a young boy who lives in a fractured middle class family environment. He is coming to terms with his parents and who they really are. Brilliantly directed by John Brown, the film surprisingly walked away empty-handed at the 2012 Van d’Or Independent Film Awards. Though unsuccessful in securing a gold-van-statuette (who wouldn’t want one), the film  has picked [...]

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  • 08.05.13 Screen Social:The Road To Cannes

    08.05.13 Screen Social:
    The Road To Cannes

    April 21, 2013 / Screen Social, Screen Social Events

    Our May Screen Social event features The Best of Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2007 – 2012
    PLUS the launch of Swhype – our ‘digital motion design house’.

    As the Cannes Film Festival approaches fast and another road trip is on the cards, we’re celebrating by having a party, showing some outstanding films from the last 6 years of Cannes in a Van and it’s all FREE when you register online!

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