films

you can watch some superb straight 8 films here

first up...
the four straight 8 2008 '3 minute wonders'
these four diverse films, from amsterdam, london, mexico and wales had their premieres on primetime uk tv after the evening news
even the filmmakers had not seen them before that - as usual with straight 8

enjoy....

springlove - herrjaapmans (nl)

looking for marilyn - anna blandford and anna valdez hanks (uk)


piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)


the last trip - malcolm finlay (uk)



and from 07 and before - some classics... 
loads more plus makings of are on our dvd's which you can get at £8 each from the shop page


sticks & balls - dir: jacqueline wright / alice lowe

intermezzo tacito - dir: daniel rossberg

the surrealist brothel - dir: julia jason

everything but.. - dir: colin dewar

earth to earth - dir: nick scott

 

jour de gloires - dir: pascal fillion

diablotheque - dir: chris vincze

stiffy - dir: jacqueline wright / alice lowe

stephen's cat - dir: dave buonaguidi

the fun guy - dir: tom bainton

non-automatic - dir: william cummock

class of 2005 - dir: james owen & chris durban

deja vu - dir: sandalz

heel - dir: diego arredondo

evol - dir: chris vincze
'evol' raised a fair bit of debate regarding how chris vincze managed to do it. lots of comment here: evol debate rages and from us...

no comment

we don't enter our own events but to remember the sheer fear and adrenalin of making a straight 8 film, this year we did... out of competition, up some big mountains, on a bike...  

bike film - dir: ed sayers

learn more about the fireflies and their fund raising for leuka at: thefirefliesride.com

thank you to daniel and ben at soho soho (powered by chillibean) for hosting with the mosting

if you liked this page, you'll love our dvd's - check them out in our shop


other stuff:

our teaser we used to tease 175 filmmakers and their cast and crew before any films were released in 08...
see all 175 straight 8 08 films here:
straight 8 08 films

check out the s8 08 blog, hosted by - shooting people

s8 07 hit film: 'sticks & balls' has racked up over 25,000 hits on youtube

l8est gr8est article - mediageek

 kornea/straight 8

straight 8 08 stories...

"the film exists in my head. it's just a matter of finding
time, people and stuff. but hopefully it will come
together, though it looks like it may be tight on the
deadline"

from lemmy (name changed)
"sorry to straight8 u at the weekend but i have a bit of a problem in that my camera seems to have decided not to come out of single frame speed. i am firstly wondering if this is a common and recifyable condition??? and secondly wondering what i should do if its not fixable? i do have a couple of horribly inferior looking S8 cameras that i bought as cheap backups...... Can i remove the film in a dark back and switch it into another camera?? I have to complete everything this weekend as i have rented a van and an owl and borrowed lighting and my dry ice is fast disappearing etc etc..... Please advise best course of action!!"

from lemmy again
"My camera has developed a life of its own and is jamming up on almost
every shot now so i have to keep hitting the trigger till it finally
decides to kick in the motor. i think i am getting loads of single
frames and then a pretty randomly delayed start to my filming... which
should be interesting to say the least as most of my cuts r only a few
seconds long.... strangely enough i'm still feeling really optimistic
that everything is going to be great ;-)
however i'm filming again tues nite and think it mayb intelligent to
get it looked at first..... seeing as i've already had to take the
film out 3 times i dont suppose once more would make any difference!
hope all's well in straight8 land? we are loving it!"

from lemmy again
"dont worry we r smiling! i havent done anything this crazy in as long as i can remember and the great thing is my friends seem to be loving it too even though they had to spend last nite freezing in the woods in their t-shirts while i was busy either thumping the camera or whispering sweet nothings at it - neither of which made much difference :-0 anyway we still went home insanely pleased with our efforts which is an amazing feeling at 3am on a monday!"