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Independent Cannes: Interview with Soeur d’Arme (2012) director Olivier Lavielle

May 31, 2013 at 11:13 pm

During The Cannes Film Festival 2013, Cannes in a Van spoke to independent filmmakers about their experiences in Cannes and beyond. Here, French director Olivier Lavielle talks about making his short film Soeur d’Arme and how it is being an independent filmmaker in France. Hear from more independent directors in our interview section Follow more of our progress at Cannes 2013 @cannesinavan #CIAV or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/filmfestival1

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Independent Cannes: Interview with Tell Tale (2011) director Mike Middleton-Downer

May 30, 2013 at 10:51 pm

We spoke to UK director Michael Middleton-Downer who made the mammoth drive to Cannes to screen his short films at Cannes in a Van. Here he and actor Marc Hendrey talk about their festival experience and making their short in 48 hours. Watch Tell Tale here. See the trailer for One Tonne here. For news of post-Cannes activity follow @cannesinavan #CIAV or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/filmfestival1

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Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 9

May 29, 2013 at 10:38 pm

The carpet had been rolled out, the chairs in position. The final challenge was to flick our speakers up to an appropriate level so we could be heard over the sounds of turntable remixes across the road. The speakers didn’t let us down. Midnight was soon upon us and as the club switched to stealth volume, we knew who had won the battle of the sound systems. CIAV has come a long way since 2007.

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Gorilla Film Magazine – By Filmmakers for Filmmakers

May 24, 2013 at 6:24 pm

For any fresh-faced filmmakers it can be hard to discover vital tips and tricks of the trade when looking to turn heads in the always-intimidating film industry. You could very well waltz into your local Waterstones, grab the first ‘How To-‘ book on the shelf with the glowing review from people you haven’t even heard off, but it can be frustrating not knowing the right direction to go in.

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Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 8

May 24, 2013 at 4:44 pm

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

May 24, 2013 at 3:09 pm

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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Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 7

May 24, 2013 at 9:41 am

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 in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 6

May 23, 2013 at 3:54 pm

The roads around the Palais de Festival were closed to traffic so us mere mortals could get close only to grab some generic touristy-style snaps of the red carpet. We could only begin to imagine how much better it would have looked as Ryan Gosling hovered over like some sort of deity.

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Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2013: blog 5

May 23, 2013 at 2:46 pm

The early morning was filled with the crashing boom of thunder leaving a pessimistic feeling in our stomachs. But for the first time since we arrived, the weather actually highlighted the south of Frances’ beautiful climate.

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Cannes 2013: From Beer to Eternity

May 20, 2013 at 5:30 pm

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 4

May 20, 2013 at 3:39 pm

Insidious black clouds began to crawl over the hills of Mandeleiu and the rain grew fiercer. Instead of hiding away with our tails between our legs in the safety of our prefab home, we decided to brave the Croisette with True Brit spirit.

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Independent Cannes: Interview with Eternity (2013) director Alex Galvin

May 20, 2013 at 1:43 pm

We spoke to independent filmmaker Alex Galvin about his new feature ‘Eternity’ (2013) a sci-fi mystery set in the near future.

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