At an “electric screening” at London’s Prince Charles Cinema, the 16 Super 8 shorts that straight 8 presented in Cannes last Friday played again – and the winners were announced. The competing companies each made a short film with no creative brief but with the strict technical limitation of making it on just one Super … Read more
Straight 8 has announced that it will bring 25 new Super 8 short films from 11 countries to BFI IMAX on 23 May, with a Top 8 preview taking place at Cannes Film Festival on 16 May. This marks the third year of collaboration between BFI IMAX and Straight 8, “exhibiting the smallest film format … Read more
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SUPER STARS Following the straight 8 winners being revealed at Cannes Film Festival, we caught up with straight 8 founder Ed Sayers to learn about the top 8 films that were selected by the jury for this year’s competition. Now in its 25th year, the straight 8 jury process is a well-oiled machine. For the … Read more
STRAIGHT SHOOTING Making a short film with Super 8 film isn’t easy. Especially when you’re only allowed one roll of film, with no editing, no post-production, and every mistake makes it into the finished project. This is the premise of the renowned straight 8 competition, and naturally I had to try it. In the resonant … Read more