Cannes in a Van presents The Van d'Or Independent Film Awards 2013 (Powered by Ford) - celebrating the work of those many talented emerging and established filmmakers, animators and motion designers. Submissions are open at http://www.cannesinavan.com/submissions
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Founded in 2007, 'the smallest mobile film festival in the world' Cann
es in a Van has been on a mission to give independent shorts, animations, music videos and features the recognition they deserve by screening on the street, hosting events and for the third year running, an international festival and awards. A truly alternative film festival, Cannes in a Van is enjoying a second year of a new partnership with motoring giant Ford for The Van d'Or Awards 2013. A European crop of independent shorts, animation, music videos and features will compete in 15+ categories, including a new Youth Jury Award at the gala event in September 2013. Last year's ceremony was presented by the legendary film critic Barry Norman and also featured Marques Toliver, Ithaca Audio and the top 5 Best Film nominees were screened throughout the event. The 2012 Jury consisted of key players in the film industry, distributors, promoters, actors, directors and producers including award-winning director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging). THE AWARD WINNERS & NOMINEES
The list of Winners & Official Selection from 2012 is as follows:
BEST COMEDY
Mourn (Rouw) - Nils Gerbens (WINNER)
Bertie Crisp - Francesca Adams
Cinderella 3.0 - Sebastian Harrer
Glick’s Last Tour - John Henry Owen
Pvt. Crane - Ben Mallaby
This Is Colin - Perrie Murphy
Two Girls - Simon Tatum
BEST FEATURE
Small Creatures - Martin Wallace (WINNER)
Life Just Is - Alex Barrett
Paramnesia - Eleutherios Kakathimis
Verity’s - Summer Ben Crowe
Weekend Retreat - Brett Harvey
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Verity’s Summer (WINNER)
Glick’s Last Tour
Mum Says
Trunks
Young Souls
THE STUDENT FILM IN TRANSIT AWARD
Gentrification - Alastair Oloo (WINNER)
Celldweller-Subterra - Jekaterina Ivanova
Writers Block - Philip Spaar
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Roger The Real Life Superhero - Cathy MacDonald (WINNER)
Babyish - Nick Jesper
Back On Road - Fliss Buckles
Gasoline - Julio Barreiros
Italian Vandal - Shafiur Rahman
Lasting Rights - Jon Gordon & Niko Alajoki
Speakers Corner - Aslak Danbolt
The Quay - Richard Fleury
Timed - Mike Jones
Walk Tall - Kate Sullivan
BEST MOTION DESIGN
The Adventures of TinTin - James Curran (WINNER)
Dawn - Adrian Herr & Torben Stange
Fubar Redux - Hasraf Dulull
Golem - Tobias Wiesner & Patrick Mccue
Kindling - Gary Dumbill
The Future Forms Of Life - David Lance
SCREEN SOCIAL AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC-BASED FILM
Address Is Approximate - Tom Jenkins (WINNER)
D N A U X B - Tony Comley
Etcetera - Martin Allais
Golem - Tobias Wiesner & Patrick Mccue
Hair - Joao Seica
Little Dragon – Crystalfilm - Daniel Wirtberg
Lyrebird Soup - Naren Wilks
Magic - Oskar Gullstrand & Andreas Öhman
Monster - Emma Reading
Oh Jackie - Uisdean Murray
Reset - Chris Boyle
Young Souls - Dean Chalkley
BEST SOUND DESIGN
The Flow - David Johnston (WINNER)
Dawn - Julien Herion
Fubar Redux - Henning Knophel
Golem - Gavin Little
Hi**er & Henry VIII - John Bowen / Justin Smith
In Limbo - David J Bull
BEST DRAMA
82 Calum Macdiarmid (WINNER)
Beijo de Morena Edilberto Restino
Hard To Say Rebecca Coley
Hi**er & Henry VIII Jane Gull
Mum Says John Brown
Queensbury Rules William Scothern
Taking Life Steve Reeves
The View From The Window AD Cooper
Trunks David Hewitt
Sunny Boy Jane Gull
BEST ACTOR
Darren Kent - Sunny Boy (WINNER)
Tom Pauline - Small Creatures
Tommy Vine - Mum Says
Nick Moran - 82
Eric Colvin - Glick’s Last Tour
BEST ACTRESS
Andrea Lowe - Taking Life (WINNER)
Natasha Sparkee - Hard To Say
Michaela Wiebusch - Haltlos
Indea Barbe-Willson - Verity’s Summer
BEST SCREENPLAY
Trunks (WINNER)
82
Taking Life
View From The Window
Small Creatures
BEST ANIMATION
Bertie Crisp - Francesca Adams (WINNER)
Address Is Approximate - Tom Jenkins
Bradley Manning Had Secrets - Adam Butcher
Brave New Old - Adam Wells
Etcetera - Martin Allais
In Limbo - Chris Morgan
Kahanikar – The Storyteller - Nandita Jain
The Adventures of TinTin - James Curran
The Fraiser Werp - Paul Marshall
This is Colin - Perrie Murphy
Tosh - Daisy Jacobs
BEST DIRECTOR
Steve Reeves - Taking Life (WINNER)
Calum Macdiarmid - 82
Martin Wallace - Small Creatures
Jane Gull - Sunny Boy
John Brown - Mum Says
Kate Sullivan - Walk Tall
SHOOTING PEOPLE GRASS ROOTS AWARD
Self Employed - Esra Piké (WINNER)
Address Is Approximate - Tom Jenkins
Under a Vest - Kal Bonner
Computer Love - Katie Jessop
Kindling - Gary Dumbill
On Another Note - Emma Dove
Playing Nurse - Miranda Howard-Williams
Sogh-Kaleidoskop - Ivy Jelisavac
Buffalo Ink – Your Head Is My Head - Joel Blackledge
In Limbo - Chris Morgan
UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARDS
Haltlos - Tim Duenshede
Under A Vest - Kal Bonner
Once And For All - Ben Strebel
THE VAN D’OR FOR BEST FILM
82 - Calum Macdiarmid (WINNER)
Mum Says - John Brown
Roger The Real Life Superhero - Cathy MacDonald
Taking Life - Steve Reeves
Trunks - David Hewitt
The 2013 Van d’Ors is an awards like no other. The winners and nominees will tour their films with Cannes in a Van: Film in Transit in the coming year, giving those entries some much deserved promotion and coverage via organised screenings, festivals and other events to-be-confirmed.
