straight 8 2018
over 100 films were made for straight 8 2018. people all over the world took our challenge to make a film about anything on just one cartridge of super 8mm film, editing only in camera. they sent us their exposed cartridges for developing at cinelab london. they sent us their original soundtracks which they'd made 'blind'. and they waited
the best 8 were selected by our wonderful jury and were screened at our straight 8 2018 premiere at the cannes film festival in may
these 8 played for a second time at our london premiere along with the next 20 best entries (that hadn't been seen by anyone, including the people who made them)
hear ed sayers, and becca wolff, producer of the straight 8 2018 cannes selected 'satan's bite', chat with robert elms about making a film in one of the hardest ways on earth
// FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF STRAIGHT 8 2018 AND WHO'S SCREENING IN LONDON BELOW //
// FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CANNES 8 FILMS AND FILMMAKERS, SEE BTS SHOTS: HERE //
see (a little tiny bit of) all the films from straight 8 2018 in just one minute in our teaser trailer!
then see the full results below that
the straight 8 2018 cannes film festival selection
8 films hit the screen for the first time ever at cannes film festival - 8.30pm - may 14th - cinema olympia, cannes
alone, my friend - jason bradbury (london, uk. filmed in dubai, uae)
dear frankie - megan marie connolly, claudia krogmeier & nate gilbert (chicago, usa)
flicker and fade - the kommandants (darwin, australia. filmed in cambodia)
in love - candice nachman (los angeles, usa)
monolith - gabriel bullen (doha, qatar)
satan’s bite: or the foolishness of the witchfinder thomas eastchurch - dean puckett (london, uk)
what a drag - jake kuhn (atlanta, usa)
winter of my life - roger & remy batteault (beaune, france)
///// checkout production stills and more from these films here /////
congratulations to these 8 films and their makers. we don't do outright winners. these 8 are the creme de la cannes of straight 8 2018
if you didn't see them in cannes or london or other screenings around the world
please contact us if you'd like to help put on a screening somewhere
the straight 8 2018 london selection
global premiere held in london - bfi southbank nft1 - august 4th 2018
the cannes film festival selection of 8 as above were included in the london screening with these 20 great films never yet seen...
congrats to everyone
bbb - the beast, the beauty, the beast - michel a. chappuis
ctrl-z - annette schneider, andré wlodarski, matthias kasparick, robert neumann, marc holtbecker
film stars don’t do super 8 - john dodds
fisherman’s end - grace garwood
heliotrope - michael krieger
if… - mario martinez coboz
no vacancy - don't shoot films
roundabout - mazlaya carolena papanoodokolic
sarah - joeri de jongh
senior moments - paul saunders
sleep - christopher egw thom
song without words - jonathan eve
stumbling up - devin goundry
super 80 - jeneffa soldatic
swings & roundabouts - alex sultoon
telepathic exchanges - jeff zorilla
the journey inward - eliaz rodriguez
the last last supper - louis bhose
this is not who i am - alisyn ghivizzani
vanishes - rebecca louise tiernan
there was an incredibly high standard this year and some very good films have been made that have not made these selections. thanks to every single person who got behind everything needed for every single frame of the films made this year. without your bravery and efforts and imaginations and action these pages and more screens would be black
straight 8 is open to anyone anywhere. we don't even mention diversity. never have. never needed to. oops - just did
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see you in cannes, london or somewhere else soon - that'd be gr8
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