straight 8

everything is super

come and watch COMPANIES battle creatively
at the shootout 2026 screenings

screening tickets now available (see below)!

featuring images from shootout 2025 films by: imagine this, scuare, snapper films, newland

we have an awesome range of 17 COMPANIES competing in this edition of SHOOTOUT!

CLICK THE NAMES TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEM

BBH /// BORN SOCIAL /// DEPT AGENCY /// DROOL /// HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS /// IMAGINE THIS /// MJZ /// MR+POSITIVE /// NEVERLAND /// SALFORD CELLULOID CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, SPONSORED BY NEW-LAND /// PULSE FILMS /// RAW LONDON /// SALT /// SIREN MUSIC /// TAROT /// UNCOMMON CREATIVE STUDIO /// VCCP GIRL&BEAR


THEY’VE EACH MADE a 2.5 MINUTE film ON JUST ONE ROLL OF SUPER 8
EVERYTHING ACHIEVED IN THE CAMERA
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS UPLOADED ‘BLIND’
BE THERE WHEN THEY screen FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, TO THE INDUSTRY
IN CANNES june 26th 11AM CINEMA LES ARCADES
IN LONDON june 30th 6PM PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA


get your shootout 2026 screening tickets now!

26th june 2026, 11am / cinema les arcades

30th june 2026, 18:00 / prince charles cinema


HOW IT ALL WORKED IN 2026


  • enter before all places are taken. apply using the button above, and pay your £850 entry fee invoice by return

  • we then send you a unique slate number to include in your first shot, and the full rules which you must read and accept before you start

  • you supply the camera, your roll of colour super 8 neg, your idea and everything you need to make it

  • you send your exposed but unprocessed film to us in london, by 29th may 2026

  • you upload your original soundtrack file, made ‘blind’, by 5th june 2026

  • we line up your soundtrack with first frame of picture

  • you see your film for the first time at the cinema at cinema les arcades, cannes - 26th june 2026, at prince charles cinema, london - tuesday june 30th

  • win! - if your competitors love your film best. only entered companies can vote + not for their own film. voting takes place in cannes



entry fee includes:

  • processing, scanning from world-class motion picture film lab cinelab film & digital

  • creation of master pro-res file with straight 8 slate and your soundtrack (lined up with first frame of picture)

  • an incredible team-building, creatively freeing experience

  • a nerve-wracking premiere in cannes, and replay in london

  • voting rights

  • the chance to win a coveted shootout trophy


entry fee excludes:

  • super 8mm film - we sell film

  • camera hire / purchase - great super 8 cameras are easier to find than people think - check here. and we rent them

  • shipping to cinelab film & digital in london for processing in time for deadline

  • physical film spool return

  • props, cast, locations, insurance, catering - everything you need for your gr8 film!

  • cost of champagne for everyone you know when you win


get inspired

watch all the shootout trophy winning films to date


HUGE THANKS TO SHOOTOUT 2026 PARTNERS

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