CannedFilm, and South East Essex College – School of Art and Design, are working in partnership to support and promote filmmakers and films from around the East of England.

CannedFilm will be screening a number of selected short animation and films produced in the East, including some by students at South East Essex College.

The screenings will take place in the The Victoria Shopping Centre, on a large cinema format screen as part of 2008’s Southend Arts Festival, on the 31st May.

Who are CannedFilm?

CannedFilm acts as a platform for filmmakers from across the East of England to showcase their work both online, and on the big screen to a live audience through its regional touring screening events. CannedFilm is dedicated to developing and promoting the moving image and is looking to showcase your work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A study of a rebel in an English public school, it showed an individual making a protest against authority, a cry which turns eventually into anarchy and armed insurrection, with parents, masters and prefects subjected to guerrilla gunfire from the rooftops on Founders’ Day. With If.... Lindsay Anderson reached out to the peak of achievement in the British cinema and made a film, which must count as one of the most powerful ever made by an English director. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood and Richard Warwick Directed by Lindsay Anderson

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Once again Malcolm McDowell plays Michael Travis, who comes face to face with an even more troubled society than in If. . . . Here, he has become a conformist, caught up in rigid philosophies - either it is the petty bourgeois dreams of success or the naive altruism of existential humanism. Anderson himself claimed in his preface to the published manuscript that Travis was 'an organic development from that work of five years ago'. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren and Ralph Richardson Music by Alan Price Directed by Lindsay Anderson

At the Britannia Hospital, which celebrates its 500th anniversary, the Queen Mother and the Japanese ambassador are to open the new Millar Centre for Advanced Surgical Science, partly funded by Banzai Chemicals of Tokyo. The celebration is, however, disturbed by industrial action, broken-down telecommunications and fierce demonstrations against the African dictator Ngami (Val Pringle) who is a private patient. Further, there are the disturbances caused by police violence and Professor Millar's disastrous experiments with human corpses. Anderson directly relates the characters of the film to the audience. At the end, demonstrators, striking workers, royalty, police, hospital managers, all gather to experience Millar's demonstration of 'Genesis', the new man consisting of a human brain situated in a pyramid-shaped computer. They are positioned as in a cinema, voyeuristically enjoying the spectacle, at least partly representing the 'real' audience of Britannia Hospital. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter and Graham Crowden Music by Alan Price Directed by Lindsay Anderson

An exciting showcase of video work from BND Moving Image Year One who have been producing music videos incorporating fresh visuals for local bands and single camera dramas both funny and suspenseful. Year Two students show the culmination of all their skills and experience in their originally conceived and produced Final Major Projects which display a glittering array of creative ideas, thought provoking topics and inventive technical mastery. Expect action, emotion and impact!

Access to media is an adult course attracting people from a wide range of mixed backgrounds wishing to progress to Higher Education. These mature students will present inspirational video work and launch their new magazine which reveals the breadth of experiences and interests that they have explored through their course.

These students work across the full range of media: print; audio; video and photography which makes for an exciting yet challenging course. The students will show a collection of final projects demonstrating the diversity of their interests and passions, in any media from magazines and t-shirts through to radio programmes. Video work will be screened throughout the evening. Get the message!

This arts and media course is based around photography, animation and multimedia, offering foundation skills working with imaginative themes, as well as developing creative approaches and visuals for addressing real issues. The exhibition includes a documentary on the road protesters at camp bling and their efforts to stop road widening.

A celebration of successful music practice and performance pieces produced as projects for the course. This will be put together as a gig hosted at the Royal Hotel. The bands will present a rich mixture of different music genres. This also be recorded by the BND Audio project as part if their project work.