(Not at all like the 'shedquarters') straight8 need your help - and they need it now! The elder statesmen of the single cartridge Super 8 film festival are looking for a website designer who shares their small film aesthetic to join them in the inner sanctum of their hip London 'shedquarters' (we went there once - but are sworn to cinematic secrecy) and revamp their online portal. We don't know if...
Regular readers may remember the article we did on Ryland Bouchard earlier this year and some of his films that we carried on the podcast. In advance of another album worth's of video's his people at Swim Slowly put us onto his latest track - 'No Blood is New' (YouTube below) This great time lapse film was was directed and filmed by Bouchard in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, and Italy...
For the 2nd time in South Florida, and after 9 successful years, the original One Take Super 8 Event presents the 2nd 1:1 Super 8 Film Festival . Twenty five independent filmmakers from South Florida and beyond will load their cameras to take part in this year’s spectacle. These 3 minute “masterpieces” will truly display the diversity and creativity of independent filmmakers of South...
Entries for straight 8 2010 have opened early and if you're quick and sign up before 1st December, you'll get a 20% discount on the regular entry fee of £80. You know the drill by now - the Granddaddy of single cartridge festivals simply asks that you shoot a film on one cartridge of Super 8 film, with in-camera edits and a separate soundtrack. It's challenging and sometimes stressful but it's...
It's easy to forget that there's a myriad of small scale artists laboratories specialising in innovative processes to develop small film - collectives of people pushing the boundaries of the medium in a very hands-on way. Filmlabs.org is a new website born from an idea hatched at the Nova Cinema in Brussels during the "Rencontre des labos" back in December 2005 where nine days were dedicated...
On the Saturday 5th December, the straight 8 boys rock Brighton with a very special screening of films made by local filmmakers for the 2009 competition supplemented by a straight 8 best of and a screening of those lucky few that made Cannes '09. The event is part of the Cinecity Festival and takes place at the Sallis Benney Theatre at 8pm. Tickets are available from from the Duke of York's Cinema...
The line up for this year's Mono No Aware festival has been announced. Taking place on Sunday November 29th 5pm to 9pm at the Lumenhouse, 47 Beaver Street, Brooklyn, New York - just 5 minute walk from Flushing JMZ and 10 minutes from Montrose L - the evening promises a wonderful night of full of music, experimental cinema and live performances by a collection of artists from around the world. There...
The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is seeking seasonal-spirited cinematic works for the 10th Annual Super-Duper-Super-8 Handmade Holiday Film Screening , which will be held, with bells on, Thursday, December 17th in Halifax, Nova Scotia (time and location to be advised). Each year AFCOOP challenges local filmmakers, from dreidelers to jolly old eggnog-lovin’ elves, and other members...
The plot above is snapshot of today's recent visitors to onsuper8.org - hello Hawaii, Argentina, India, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Turkey, Taiwan, Estonia, Mexico, Canada, USA and Europe! Wow - so much Super 8 love!
We had an amazing 45 people show up at the joint Flicker LA / onsuper8.org workshop on Super 8 Filmmaking in the 21st Century at Doc/Fest , the UK's premiere Documentary Filmmaking Festival and marketplace. I'm sure Norwood would want to share my view in wanting to thank everyone that came and the organisers at Doc/Fest for making us so welcome. The workshop and the previous day's Attack screening...
We had a great time last night at the Sheffield Doc/Fest where onsuper8.org met up with one of our all time Super 8 heroes Norwood Cheek (of Flicker LA fame) to host a very special documentary led 'Attack of the 50 foot reels'. In all 19 filmmakers rose to our challenge to make a short documentary around the broad theme of 'Revolution' on one cartridge of Super 8 film with in camera edits. If the single...
We're really, really late with this - via Facebook here ... as a part of the "playroom" series at Battersea Arts Centre we are running a one night only digital version of the straight 8 experience straight 8 veterans will & george will open the evening by screening and chatting about some of their favourite straight 8s from the past 10 years participants will then be given a loose theme...
Over the last few years or so we've reported on the various stages of progress of the on/off progress of Cineva ( links here ) the German re-packaged Super 8 filmstock offering. According to this brief news article on the Schmalfilm website , it seems that hope still might be flickering for the stock - which as you can see in the picture above is shown as in "Beta". The article (dated 30/10/09)...
Whilst Smallformat is a sad and dimming memory - don't forget that Schmalfilm (either in print or via their website ) still has a bunch of Super 8 and small film related news, views and articles. Whilst our German doesn't extend beyond ordering a beer, the website is well worth a bookmark and a regular look to keep abreast of what's happening in Europe. They've even got a Vimeo channel !
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