Sign Painters & Horn Please

The Roxy Bar & Screen was turned into a mini festival of sign painting on screen in February 2014 as Sign Painters (USA) and Horn Please (India) premiered in London. The event was conceived and promoted by Ghostsigns and Better Letters, with Mike Meyer (profiled in Sign Painters) joining each of the three screenings. This included a live sign painting demonstration on the closing night. 560 passed through the doors across the three nights and Mike Meyer was routinely mobbed for autographs in the Sign Painters book and elsewhere.

The film trailers can be found below, alongside event photography and some of the reaction captured on Twitter (hashtag #IOAFS). For details of future Ghostsigns/Better Letters events, including sign painting workshops, please subscribe to the respective mailing lists (Ghostsigns | Better Letters).

Visit the Sign Painters and Horn Please websites for details of future screenings. Sign Painters is due for an online release in Spring/Summer 2014 and details will be circulated via the Better Letters mailing list. Any online or DVD releases of Horn Please will also be pushed out via this mailing list.

With thanks to everyone who helped to make the screening possible. In no particular order: Faythe and Sam, Sign Painters directors; Shantanu and Istling, Horn Please directors; Mike Meyer, Sign Painters star; Rob, Jay, Matt, Swanny, Lily and the team at Roxy Bar & Screen; AJ Levy, photographer; Nicola and Amber, book stall bosses; Ash and Sarah, cheer leaders and chief butt kickers; Jane, flyer design; Gilly, a rock of support throughout.

Sign Painters & Horn Please Double Bill: A Review of Three Nights in London

En route to see @SignPainterDoc and @hornpleasedoc at The Roxy Bar & Screen. Looking forward to some signage porn hubba hubba! #ioafs

— Leanne Franks (@thanksfranks) February 7, 2014

Sign painters descend on The Roxy for the Wednesday premiere.

At the PACKED @ghostsigns screening! Standing/perching room only!! pic.twitter.com/IcOVnrxnWM

— Premm Design Ltd (@PremmDesign) February 5, 2014

Anticipation building in the crowd ahead of the first film, Horn Please (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Can’t wait to see @SignPainterDoc & @hornpleasedoc tonight! Braving the train from Manchester & tube strike to get there!

— land of letterpress (@letterpressland) February 6, 2014

Time for a beer and a laugh in spite of the weather and tube strike trying to disrupt the screening (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Horn Please on screen (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Absolutely loved the @hornpleasedoc movie – Indian truck art is pretty darn cool! #ioafs pic.twitter.com/AzGWiWgJJo

— Zoë (Convo_Pieces) (@Convo_Pieces) February 7, 2014

Nicola and Amber selling books and postcards in the interval

#ioafs best hashtag I’ve used for a long while! pic.twitter.com/yEP2qTO20t

— Karina Monger (@Karina_FPtweets) February 6, 2014

Mike Meyer and Sam Roberts introduce the main feature, Sign Painters (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Looking forward to this! #ioafs pic.twitter.com/GjIClDShYT

— Gem Davis (@JimJamDavis) February 7, 2014

There’s Mike Meyer again, this time on the big screen (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Cracking night last night @ghostsigns screening of @SignPainterDoc @hornpleasedoc, great to meet Mike Meyer! pic.twitter.com/Nwfu00NZCJ

— Matt Mitchell (@BravoBoards) February 7, 2014

Ernie Gosnell woos London (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Such an inspiring evening watching people who are really amazing at their craft. @SignPainterDoc @hornpleasedoc pic.twitter.com/R23lyKS8IZ

— Sophie Adams (@sophieadamsgd) February 6, 2014

In memory of Keith Knecht, a true star of the film (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

My favourite interview was sign painter in #SignPainters the movie, #KeithKnetch RIP #ioafs pic.twitter.com/V5LjAPBiaa

— Zoe By Design (@ZoeByDesign) February 7, 2014

The credits begin to roll (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Just amazing. Inspiring. #signpainters @signpainterdoc ghostsigns @better_letters @ The Roxy http://t.co/UPP5OC1GNS

— Helen Altoungarian (@Helen_Altou) February 5, 2014

Faythe Levine and Sam Macon have made a brilliant film (Photo: AJ Levy, www.ajlevy.co.uk)

Just amazing. Inspiring. #signpainters @signpainterdoc ghostsigns @better_letters @ The Roxy http://t.co/UPP5OC1GNS

— Helen Altoungarian (@Helen_Altou) February 5, 2014

Amber Anderson, Nicola Yuen, Sam Roberts and Mike Meyer: Team Sign Painters/Horn Please

Sign painters movie was brilliant. Thanks @better_letters & @ghostsigns for a great evening. #gotTheBug

— Nicola Robson (@Nikilourob) February 6, 2014

So inspiring, worth the wait. @signpainterdoc @hornpleasedoc @better_letters #IOAFS

— Rachel O’Callaghan (@RachelOCallagha) February 6, 2014

Just saw Sign painters the movie @ROXYCinema #ioafs epic

— Anderrida Shurville (@Anderrida) February 7, 2014

Was great seeing the Sign Painters movie at the Roxy tonight. Amazing stuff! #ioafs pic.twitter.com/ufa3AS93wZ

— Parallel (@parallel_london) February 7, 2014

The Trailers

Painted by Brilliant Sign Co Ltd (www.brilliantsigns.co.uk), photographed by A J Levy (www.ajlevy.co.uk)