The 2013 Van d’Or Awards Official Selection

From hundreds of entries, numerous matchstick eye sores and exhausted judges’ emotions, we can now reveal the full shortlist of films for The 2013 Van d’Or Independent Film Awards – Powered by Ford.

These films form the Official Selection for Cannes in a Van’s 2014 season, screening at pop-up events, in independent cinemas and of course at Cannes, Venice… and maybe Berlin.

 

DRAMA

A Strange Kind of Love dir. Péter Varsics

Accept dir. Tom Pickard & James Phillips

Callum dir. Michael van der Put

Driftwood dir. James Webber

Dylan’s Room dir. Layke Anderson

Lines In The Sand dir. Michael Gilroy

No Strings Fun dir. Kieron Clark

Paradox dir. Soultana Koumoutsi

Pretty Bitch dir. Rebecca Coley          

The Case of Mary Ford dir. Ben Mole

La Fugue dir. Xavier Bonnin

The King Is Dead dir. Richard Higson

Twitcher dir. Jane Gull

Ups & Downs dir. Stuart Fryer

 

COMEDY

Chubby Bunny dir. Stuart Laws

DOLLFACE dir. Louis Paxton

Grace’s Epiphany dir. Jamie Maule-ffinch

Hearts In Vain dir. Edina Csullog

Liars dir. Oscar Nobi

Step Right Up dir. Benjamin Bee

The Adventures of Roger and Bob dir. Luke Roulstone

The North London Book of The Dead dir. Jake Lushington

The Runner dir. Michael O’Kelly

Titanic Love dir. Mark Pressdee

 

DOCUMENTARY

A City On Fire dir. Michelle Tsen

Blind Encounter dir. Kevin L. Andrews

Israel Cancer Without Borders dir. Emma Webster

RED DUST dir. Ilona Kacieja

The Black Hole dir. Janire Najera

The Falls dir. Florence Creffield & Melissa Fielding

The Wood Carver dir. Michelle Tsen

 

ANIMATION

Easy – Mat Zo & Porter Robinson dir. Louis & McCourt

Everything I Can See From Here dir. Sam Taylor & Bjorn-Erik Aschim

Jamon dir. Iria Lopez

Le 12e Homme dir. Thomas Pons

Quantic & Alice Rusell – Magdalena dir. Lucas Barras

The Hungry Corpse dir. Gergely Wootsch

The Package dir. Vitaly Magdalits & Daria Simkin

Upstairs dir. Matthias Hoegg

Watch dir. Richard Sanz

 

MOTION DESIGN

Colosse – A Wood Tale dir. Yves Geleyn

DISFORM 2012 dir. Dani Wolf

ETEREAS dir. Daniela Villanueva & Mara Soler

Project Kronos dir. Hasraf Dulull

Sliced dir. Maxim Meshkov

The Glass Castle Tiles dir. Adrian Herr & Torben Stange

Villages of Ether dir. Kevin McGloughlin

 

MUSIC-BASED FILM

Easy – Mat Zo & Porter Robinson dir. Louis & McCourt

ETEREAS dir. Daniela Villanueva, Mara Soler

Dismantle & Rebuild dir. Jonah Maddox

Disclosure – F For You dir. Ross McDowell & Ben Murray

Feel Flows dir. Paris Zarcilla

Kodaline – ‘The Answer’ dir. Stephen Smith

Kubatek dir. Szymon Pawlik

Kyasma // Radioactivity dir. Jean-Paul Frenay

Le Mystére dir. Raoul Paulet

Quantic & Alice Rusell – Magdalena dir. Lucas Borras  

Stolian Heights – Easy On The Eye dir. Stanislava Buevich

Villages Of Ether dir. Kevin McGloughlin

Zombie Nation dir. Sebastian Harrer

Zomby – With Love dir. Ollie Evans

 

FEATURE

Agnus Dei dir. Agim Sopi

Pictures of Lily dir. Mark Banks

Rose, Mary and Time dir. Hardeep Giani

Take Me To Pitcairn dir. Julian McDonnell

 

GRASS ROOTS

I’m Christian Okoli dir. Cyrus Trafford

Lost Property dir. Adam Razvi & Giordano Canoba

Ma Rencontre dir. Samir Hamiche & Justin Pechberty

Orange Charlie dir. Benjamin Bee

Rellik dir. David Lilley

Responsibly Sourced dir. Paul Philpott

RVG dir. Ian Bucknole

The Blow-Ins dir. CJ Scuffins

The Followed dir. Zak Klein

The Rejection dir. Charles H. Joslain

Turbometal Motorblog – Mini vs Train dir. Milan Bernath

Voodoo Moustache dir. Louis Paxton

Your Own Good dir.Young People from Wilson Stuart School

 

SCREENPLAY

A Strange Kind of Love dir. Péter Varsics

Accept dir. Tom Pickard & James Phillips

Callum dir. Michael van der Put

Dylan’s Room dir. Layke Anderson

Hearts In Vain dir. Edina Csullog

Liars dir. Oscar Nobi

Paradox dir. Soultana Koumoutsi

Pretty Bitch dir. Rebecca Coley

The Case of Mary Ford dir. Ben Mole

La Fugue dir. Xavier Bonnin

The King Is Dead dir. Richard Higson

Titanic Love dir. Mark Pressdee

 

SOUND DESIGN

Duende dir. Louise C Galizia  

Feel Flows dir. Paris Zarcilla

Grace’s Epiphany dir. Jamie Maule-ffinch

Risehigh dir. Adam Wells

Sliced dir. Dxmiq

Thorn In My Flesh dir. Jonathan SD & James D

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Layke Anderson (Dylan’s Room)

Titanic Love (Mark Pressdee)

Louis Paxton (Dollface)

Michael van der Put (Callum)

James Webber (Driftwood)

 

BEST ACTRESS

Kim Chapman (Dollface)

Simona Maicanescu (La Fugue)

Joanna Scanlan (Dylan’s Room)

Natasha Sparkes (Pretty Bitch)

Kerensa York (Lines In The Sand)

 

BEST ACTOR

Otto Baxter (Ups & Downs)

Alex Edwardson (Titanic Love)

Sam Gittins (Driftwood)

Darren Kent (Twitcher)

James Tarpey (Callum)

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Adam Etherington (Accept)

Adam Etherington (Driftwood)

Jack Wilkinson (Dollface)