SUPPER & FILM CLUBS

We run a regular monthly supper club at Quo Vadis in Soho, gathering together leading agency and production company executives for an evening of networking and discussion. Contact us to be included within the programme.

We are also hoping to restart our film club programme, which took a break across the Covid period but will be underway again soon. The evenings are sponsored by our partners who are able to share news and work as a pre-roll to the event with an audience of brands, agencies, production and service companies.

JW COLLECTIVE + DAVID REVIEWS CRAFTWORKS

We were delighted to help in the return of the CraftWorks programme for 2019, curated by David Review’s Editor Jason Stone, enlisting a fresh group of sponsors and some brand new venues, including ad agency hosted events. Watch this space for news of its return in 2021. www.davidreviews.com/CraftWorks

THE 2019 PROGRAMME & GALLERY

In FEBRUARY we staged the first event at BAFTA 195. Director James Marsh and Nils Leonard talked about the ITV Drama promos; we screened the latest winner of Homespun Yarns from director Steve Moss; an interview with Charlotte Bavasso; Strictly Superbowl featured Vaughan Arnell, Anna Carpen, Sue Higgs and Antoinette de Lisser; and we reunited Tom Carty and Walter Campbell. Here’s Jason’s report: http://www.davidreviews.tv/News/CraftWorks_at_BAFTA_195/

In MARCH, Jason chaired a panel at Advertising Week Europe - Directing Skill Sets: The Contrasting Demands of Television and Advertising - with directors Benjamin Green from MindsEye and Molly Manners from Academy Films.

In APRIL, MPC hosted a CraftWorks short films special, with screenings and chat from Florence Keith-Roach,
Malcolm Green, Jack Spring and Lily Rose Thomas.

In MAY, CraftWorks headed across the pond to be part of the CICLOPE programme in Los Angeles, hosted at 72andSunny, featured the panel ‘Divided by a common language: Brits in America’ with Kate Morrison, Anna Hashmi, Sally Campbell and Juliet Tierney; plus a live interview with Floria Sigismondi. Mexico City also hosted the Latino awards event, with a behind the scenes interview with Rodrigo Saavedra.

In JUNE, we staged the second BAFTA 195 show. Speakers included Tom Tagholm, Declan Lowney, Paul Burke, Mark Denton, Rosie Arnold and Antoinette de Lisser.

In JULY, LOCO hosted a CraftWorks comedy special evening at the BFI. We featured the new Virgin Trains commercial with a panel that included Sorcha Shepherd, Mike Whiteside, Ben Robinson, Olly Williams and the actor Mike Wozniak; a Strictly Comedy session with Juliet May, Ed Sayers, Paul Burke and Hughie Phillips; and a special interview with comedy legend John Lloyd.

In SEPTEMBER Jason travelled to Tokyo for a live interview with director Wuthisak Anarnkaporn from Factory01, Thailand, as part of the Ciclope Asia programme. We also staged CraftWorks for the first time alongside the Kinsale Sharks. With a screening of Detainment and interview with it’s Academy award nominated director Vincent Lambe, plus a panel for The Long Road to Pride from Rothco & Dublin Bus - Ken Wardrop, Jessica Derby, Darius Pasalar.

In OCTOBER we ran our first CraftWorks event at our new home The Regents Street Cinema. VCCP’s Chris Birch and Jonny Parker talked about Cadburys. The Wayback team from Grey London and Thomas Thomas talked about the new VR project for the 1966 World Cup. A new Sponsor Spotlight featured Twentyfour Seven’s Ivo Van Vollenhoven and the recent launch of their new base in Warsaw - 247xRadioaktive Film. HLA director Simon Rattigan chatted to Jason Stone about his career and we screened director Josef Bate’s short film ‘Tic’, followed by a Q&A. Here’s the LINK to a full report. BBH London also hosted a DR Sisterhood event with Susan Wokoma, Alicia McDonald and Pip Bishop + Chris Hodgkiss on the recent Ovarian Cancer spot with a tribute to the late Vicky Jacobs.

Across NOVEMBER we staged two evening shows. The first was part of The IPA 44Club series at Belgrave Square. Patrik von Krusenstjerna, from directing collective Traktor, gave an insight into the production behind the Argos Christmas commercial, followed by a review of some of the early release Christmas ads with copywriter Paul Burke. Later in the month BBH London hosted a full CraftWorks event. Here Jason discussed the production craft behind this year’s Experian campaign with directors DOM&NIC from Outsider along with String & Tins sound designer Adam Smyth. He also chatted on stage with director James Rouse about the early influences on his career, and interviewed documentary-maker Daniel Dewsbury about his ground-breaking tv series ‘The Mighty Redcar’ and ‘Crime & Punishment’. The winning Homespun Yarns short film was screened and the event ended with a Strictly … Christmas panel with judges Anna Arnell, Justin Tindall and Sue Higgs casting their votes.

In DECEMBER, we closed the year with CraftWorks events at Focus Islington with an interview with Dan Collins from Stitch about Homespun Yarns and a reunion for some of the Cannes Grand Prix winning Honda ‘Grr ‘ team Richard Russell, Alan Smith and Sean Thompson.

We managed to run one event in February 2020 before the Covid lockdown postponed our plans for a second hosted event (Leo Burnett & Framestore) in Chancery Lane.

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