B2B Marketing Awards 2008

Check out our coverage of the b2b marketing awards last week at London’s Emirates stadium.
As always Cannes Fringe brings you exclusive access to awards, interviews, and the after-show party.

Check it out in the player on our main site.

Soho Shorts opening night !!

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! RUSHES SOHO SHORTS SETS OFF WITH A BANG

The internationally acclaimed Rushes Soho Shorts Festival (www.sohoshorts.com) hosted its launch party at The Movieum last night, celebrating its 10th successful year bringing cutting edge short film to the heart of London.

The evening proved a great success with two great introductory speeches from festival director Joe Bateman, and managing director of Rushes and festival founder, Joce Capper. The evening was held amidst some of Hollywood’s best-known characters, with guests mingling with the likes of Superman and Star Wars’ R2-D2, in the former home of London’s Government, South Bank’s beautiful County Hall building.

This marks the start of ten fully-packed days, promoting exciting new film talent across all genres. There will be daily screenings in cinemas, clubs and bars around Soho, including Joseph Fiennes’ entrant, “Soldier” and up and coming director and newcomer, Dewi Bruce-Konuah, with his take on gun crime in short film, ‘Showdown’.

Renowned director of makeup artistry for MAC Cosmetics, Terry Barber teams up with film archivist Jenny Hammerton to unravel the mystic behind classic cinematic looks with their master-class on Saturday 26th, and the original singer/songwriter from Ultravox, John Foxx will be performing and giving a talk on Friday 25th at the Apple Store in Regents Street.

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival provides a great platform for the development of existing and emerging film talent and is not to be missed. The week will end on a high note, with the awards ceremony at Café De Paris - a red carpet night of celebrities, glitz and glamour to close the 2008 festival.

Rushes Soho Shorts - Full Listing of Events!

Cannes Fringe goes to Rushes Short Film Festival

Over the next 10 days the Cannes Fringe team will bring you exclusive access to the Soho Shorts festival. We have interviews, parties, films, films and more films…..

Below is a full list of all events and keep checking back for more info and films here.
Check it out. Its brilliant…. and totally fringe all the way.

Wednesday: 23 July
7pm Opening Night Reception and Screening with into
8pm Quick Flick World Party and Screening with Q&A

Thursday: 24 July
10am In-Competition Screening: Newcomers (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Broadcast Design (Soho House)
11am Depict! (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon DFG Science Films (Crown & Two)
1pm Animation (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm Gaming Seminar (Foyles)
2pm Babelgum (Crown & Two)
3pm Newcomer (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Renderyard (VMI)
4pm Short Film (Crown & Two )
5pm Shorts: Hollywood (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Docs (22 Below)
5pm The Future of Advertising Seminar (Apple Store)
7pm MAC Reception (Invite Only)

Friday: 25 July
10am In-Competition Screening: Short Film (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Animation (Soho House)
11am DFG Science Films (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon BBC New Music Shorts (Crown & Two)
1pm KODAK (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm Editing Seminar (Foyles)
2pm NAHEMI (Crown & Two)
3pm Music Video (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Short Film(VMI)
4pm Music Video (Crown & Two )
5pm Quick Flick World (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Music Video (22 Below)
5pm An Audience With John Foxx (Apple Store)
7pm BBC New Music Shorts (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
9pm I HEART 80’s

Saturday: 26 July
11am MAC Master Class Hollywood Glamour Brunch
11am Broadcast Design (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon MAC Master Class on Hollywood Glamour
12noon Four Docs (Crown & Two)
1pm Short Film (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
2pm TANYA FRANKS In Conversation
2pm DepicT! (Crown & Two)
3pm KODAK (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
4pm Tenderpixel Gallery
4pm BBC New Music Shorts (Crown & Two )
5pm Dazzle (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
6pm Tenderpixel Private View
7pm Music Video (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)

Sunday: 27 July
11am Broadcast Design (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon Animation (Crown & Two)
1pm Newcomer (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
2pm Australia Day: Wolf Creek (The Roxy)
2pm NAHEMI (Crown & Two)
3pm KODAK (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
4pm Australia Day: Rogue (The Roxy)
4pm Documentary (Crown & Two)
5pm Babelgum (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
7pm SHORTS Film Festival Premieres (The Roxy)

Monday: 28 July
10am In-Competition Screening: KODAK (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Documentary (Soho House)
11am Four Docs(Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon DepicT! (Crown & Two)
1pm Dazzle (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm DFG Science Seminar (Foyles)
2pm Renderyard (Crown & Two)
2pm Short Film (Tenderpixel Gallery)
3pm Documentary (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm NAHEMI (VMI)
4pm Kodak(Crown & Two )
4pm Tenderprix (Tenderpixel Gallery)
5pm Shorts: Australia (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Newcomer (22 Below)
5pm The Future of Documentary (Apple Store)
7pm Joan Crawford Beauty Tips
8pm 1950’s Hair & Fashion
8.30pm straight 8 (Curzon Mayfair)

Tuesday: 29 July
10am In-Competition Screening: Animation (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Broadcast Design (Soho House)
11am DepicT!(Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon Shorts: Hollywood(Crown & Two)
1pm Babelgum (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm Women In Film & TV Seminar (Foyles)
2pm Shorts: Australia (Crown & Two)
2pm Newcomer (Tenderpixel Gallery)
3pm KODAK(Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Animation (VMI)
4pm Documentary(Crown & Two )
4pm Tenderprix (Tenderpixel Gallery)
5pm DFG Science Films (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Music Video (22 Below)
5pm The Future of Animation (Apple Store)
7pm Patchwork Networking
8.30pm straight 8 (Curzon Mayfair)

Wednesday: 30 July
10am In-Competition Screening: Documentary (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Newcomer (Soho House)
11am Shorts: Australia(Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon Four Docs (Crown & Two)
1pm Quick Flick World (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm Lifesize Funding Seminar (Foyles)
2pm Kodak (Crown & Two)
2pm Documentary (Tenderpixel Gallery)
3pm Short Film (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Kodak(VMI)
4pm Animation(Crown & Two )
4pm Tenderprix (Tenderpixel Gallery)
5pm Shorts: Hollywood (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Short Film (22 Below)
5pm The Future of Short Film(Apple Store)
7pm APA Screening (Invite Only)
7pm Think Sync Party(Invite Only)
8.30pm straight 8 (Renoir)

Thursday: 31 July
10am In-Competition Screening: Music Video (Curzon Soho Sc1)
10am Short Film (Soho House)
11am Kodak(Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
12noon Renderyard (Crown & Two)
1pm NAHEMI (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
1pm Sound Seminar (Foyles)
2pm Dazzle (Crown & Two)
2pm Experimental Day (Tenderpixel Gallery)
3pm Shorts: Australia (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Broadcast Design (VMI)
4pm Newcomer (Crown & Two )
4pm Tenderprix (Tenderpixel Gallery)
5pm BBC New Music Shorts (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
5pm Shorts: Australia (22 Below)
5pm The Future of Music In Film (Apple Store)
7pm Awards Party (Invite Only)
7pm Experimental Night

Friday: 1 August
10am Winners (Soho House)
11am Winners (Curzon Soho Mini Cine)
3pm Winners (VMI)
2pm Winners (Crown & Two)

Rushes dinner in Cannes

As always the Rushes dinner at the beautiful hilltop villa in Super Cannes was a great success. The event was what you could call a networking heaven, reps, agency folk, directors prod co peeps, and talent all over the place. The rushes Villa Dinners are now a real main stay of the Cannes Fringe Calendar, more more we say - and anyone who’s anyone should really try and get an invite to these intemate networking events. We hang out and enjoyed the food and drinks as well as the view. CF spoke to Steve Davies from the APA and to Miss Rushes herself, Joce Capper.

Scenes from the Gutter

No CF report is complete without some scenes from the one place where its all happening. The Gutter Bar is as always the place to find the last refuge after a busy day and where everyone happily pays 10 euros for a bottle of beer. Sometimes we hope that no-one remembers what happened but thanks to the Fringe team nobody is safe. We even found another lions winer. Well I guess the gutter is as good as any place to celebrate. Nice one..
Check it out and yes… Viva Africa ???

CF Exclusive at the Leo Burnett Party

Once again the Leo Burnett party was the hottest ticket in town. CF got exclusive access this year to show you what all the fuss was about. As always the place was rocking and Norman Jay was once again the MC. Check out the interview with the guy behind the photo booth rental company Usnaps.com. His booth was the main attraction at the party and all the pictures can be seen on www.wildfire2008.com.
Great fun and great idea. Thumbs up from the Fringe. And a big thank you to the guys form Leo Burnett for embracing the Fringe.
Keep it up.

Did you see the Dwarfs ??

For those of you who saw dwarfs at the shots party last week…. Rest assured. You were not dreaming. Drunk but not dreaming. We found the evidence and have proof that they are very real.
Our friends at Comunicattore in Milan, Italy are behind this. This funny blog had us all reliving the moment. Great idea and good fun. Nice work guys and welcome to the fringe.

check it out here.. or click here to download the pdf.
keep it Fringe as we say..

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