STRAIGHT 8 2021 HAS HAPPENED - SEE THE BEST FILMS BELOW
AND ENTER STRAIGHT 8 2022 NOW HERE
/// straight 8 2021 ‘cannes’ premiere ///
our top 8 entries for 2021 are equal winners
see the 8 films, and meet the filmmakers, jury and other industry professionals in our 45 minute showcase
watch how it live-streamed on 7th november below
huge thanks to our official straight 8 2021 jury who selected:
THE BEST 8 OF 2021
premiere nov 7 2021 - 8pm uk time
[in alphabetical order by film name]
'a bad day to propose' - fernando ruiz (london, uk)
'ag:au' - alex cantouris (london, uk)
'dawn' - nikolai brokolovsky (berlin, germany)
'deconstruction from venus' - geronimo tanoira (buenos aires, argentina)
'guest of honour' - spencer young (london, uk)
'how we spent our time' - sam hartshorn (york, uk)
'inside' - alex shipman and joseph herridge nowell (london, uk)
'the emperor's new cloth' - michel a. chappuis (neuchâtel, switzerland)
/// straight 8 2021 ‘LONDON’ premiere ///
watch the best 25 films of straight 8 2021 exactly as they played out for the first time on sun nov 14th
THE BEST 25 OF 2021 PREMIERE
premiere nov 14 2021 - 8pm uk time
[in alphabetical order by film name]
'a dry heart' - sara glaoua (tasmania, australia)
'alone, together' - jack hartley (burnley, uk)
'ants in my pants' - eno enefiok (london, uk)
'boot town' - hugh limebear (london, uk)
'cof ar goll' - dominic rees-roberts (ashford, uk)
'cutouts' - davide rapp (milan, italy)
'day 60' - gillian harker (luton, uk)
'days of whine' - ben slotover (london, uk)
'head space' - alex gans (los angeles, usa)
'imitator' - naaktbont (zwanenburg, netherlands)
'missing person' - taral almoula (mumbai, india)
'swell' - james kilpatrick (london, uk)
'teething problems' - kristian fitsall (southend-on-sea, uk)
'the wrong god' - conor dowling (bray, ireland)
'time soup' - kornelia werp (oslo, norway)
'wish you were here' - don't shoot films (wellington, new zealand)
'zoom lens of love' - carlo di blasi (milan, italy)
/// THE BEST 8 ABOVE IS INCLUDED IN THE BEST 25 COLLECTION ///
make a 3 minute 20 second short film on just a single cartridge of super 8, making your edit only with each pull of the trigger. if it’s great, see it for the first time ever with the whole world watching, at our annual premiere
ENTER STRAIGHT 8 2023 NOW HERE
every 2021 entrant puts themselves on the map of filmmaking audacity
