THE JOURNEY

The biggest film festival in the world meets the smallest film festival in the world.
Two blokes, a projector and a van, take on the big guns at Cannes 2007 in a new approach to guerilla cinema. The aim - to screen the best selection of short-films from the cream of independent filmmaking to a receptive, captive audience.

The plan was simple. Take tons of short films from all kinds of filmmakers to the Cannes Film Festival to screen in front of a film-loving public, straight from the Cannesinavan VAN! It's in the true spirit of guerilla cinema and our aim was to create a fuss! We did and now we're carrying on. There's a lot more to the Van than just Cannes!

Email us with your thoughts at:
twoblokes@cannesinavan.com

LATEST PICS Updated 29.05.07

Homeward bound...

In Paris... art

Heading out...Andy realises he's left his passport at the campsite

We take some final photos...

of o ur last night

The van...

The CiaV trio on the Croisette

The perfect publicity tool - every company should
have its own ninja

Especially on the Croisette...

iWe hang out with Just Love - musician and producer of
'Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up'. He's not
actually that short!...

We screen Raspberry Ripple...

Drunk Tromavision people...

We draw a crowd... Sharron & Eleanor are there to record it...

iSome of the directors showing films in CiaV...

Finally we get our logos!...

The boys enjoy a glass of bubbly on The Five Angels...

Our doc crew at the marina...

Rubbish small logo but good pic...

The van rocks up on the Croisette...

Chilling in the van before night falls...

Night falls...

Si gets the punters in...

and they come...

 

PEOPLE WE LIKE

CANNES in a VAN NEEDS YOU
Bonjour and welcome to CANNES in a VAN. If you've made it this far, you must be intrigued. You might be thinking 'what a great idea', or probably 'what the hell?!'. You might even be able to help us get there. So for those of you who aren't sure, here's a bit about us...

Our names are Andy & Si. We came up with the idea of CANNES in a VAN one spring evening in 2006. What a great plan to take a load of films to the Cannes Film Festival and screen them from a van! 'Cool' we thought, this could actually work.
Then we thought we should document it, so we decided our mate Jamie should write a blog. You can check out his ramblings by clicking the link.
An on-going video blog is available too, so we can keep you up to date on how everything's going.
Oh, and ONE LAST THING... please spread the word! This is for the good of the filmmakers and if you can help in anyway, please do.

Cheers

Andy & Si

HOW TO BE A SPONSOR
If, like us you want to support independent filmmakers and filmmaking, you can help by being one of our sponsors. It's this simple - just go to the BUY PARTS page and in exchange for buying a wheel, an engine or even windscreen-wipers, we'll give you advertising on the site and the van. You'll also be making history.

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VAN DAMN! WE'RE HERE!

From a very rainy London...

through a very rainy France...

with plenty of dirt food and service stations...

after 25 hours on the road and a few hours sleep, the next day the boys finally relax...

with more dirt food...

until the London Tonight crew get there...

Tamsin was loverrly...

and insisted on travelling in the back!...

We rocked up and did the business...



and had a few beers to finish...