straight 8 2009 - results

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the cannes 09 straight 8 official selection (may 19)

• catch - lyndy stout
• day - max day
• i go - marco espirito santo
• jetzt - marius windt
• out of time - duncan wellaway
• ransom - will & george
• the stages - corlin stubbs
• visions of jack - nick scott

those 8 films played gr8 in cannes.  once in the kodak pavilion and later on out the back of 'cannes in a van' as a semi-impromptu alfresco street screening - thanks to andy and sam of cannes in a van

awesome work people!

the cannes advertising festival screening selection (june 26 - approx 11am start)

presented by rushes.  with further support from kodak and shots

friday, 26th june 2009 at the star cinema, 98 rue d’antibes.
arrive at 11am and grab a croissant, with the screening starting at 11.30am. [ends 12.45pm]

tickets (in aid of the fireflies leuka charity cause) available here:  each film shown gets one free ticket

we will screen the creme de la cannes (film festival) eight - see above

together with the world premiere of these ace films...

[in brackets: the adland company with which the maker is associated]

• anatomy - raw angles [cut & run]
• despair - roland watson & steven chandler [moving picture company]
• footsie - chris denton, lindsay de sausmarez & lou fletcher [specsavers]
• je mange je pense - mark downes [motion picture house]
• just another prick - michelle fraser [adjustyourset.tv]
• kajplats 26 - henrik sundgren [acne sweden]
• one last dance - marta besevic and natalie macarthur [farm]
• sound lab - jo wallace [freelance creative]
• the decline - chris kaliszewski
• the last man - dan smith [the machine shop]
• urban moves - luke mccarthy [gas & electric]

the creme de la cannes - with associated company where applicable:

• catch - lyndy stout [shots]
• day - max day
• i go - marco espirito santo [pulse films]
• jetzt - marius windt
• out of time - duncan wellaway [upstart films]
• ransom - will & george [straight 8 / mjz]
• the stages - corlin stubbs
• visions of jack - nick scott

and now announcing... the rushes soho shorts london premieres... three special screenings during the festival at the curzon mayfair and london renoir cinemas.  each night we'll show the cannes 8 (above) plus the following films spread over the three nights..

the rushes soho shorts premieres - july 27/28/29 @ 9.15pm

big thanks to rushes / soho shorts festival

and biggest thanks and well done to all of you...  see you and your pals there...

monday - curzon mayfair

• a very nice place - julia jason and rebecca lloyd-evans
• choke - bill rodgers
• down under - edwin thomas & john kelly
• everyday heoes - fiona brownlie
• footsie - chris denton, lindsay de sausmarez & lou fletcher
• howards best/worst/worst day ever - vickie ager
• mi buenos aires - santiago burin des roziers
• out of sync - andrew bradley
• queen of hearts - michael tropper & stephan breier & karen rosenkranz
• she's a human canonball - tomas leach
• sound lab - jo wallace
• spare a hand? - lucas m. gordon
• the egg - malcolm finlay & charles downman
• the fools pray - john michell & faye
• a truth about conveniences - mark burton and simon dowling
• time out - dominic wade
• treasure - gavin boyter
• wees shews are these shews? - giles perkins
• you've got to hear this one - vera anne van de sandt & sander de vries

buy monday tickets

tuesday - london renoir

• anatomy - raw angles & shok-1
• baba yaga - peter bunzl
• clare's greenhouse (documentary) - sasha andrews
• fancy free - leanne flinn
• goodnight grampy, goodnight grandma - samuel clements
• je mange je pense - mark downes
• just another prick - michelle fraser
• monster - matthew keen
• one last dance - marta besevic and natalie macarthur
• pebbledash - peter mallet
• running girl - richard pengelley
• salidas de hoy - daniel henríquez ilic
• serendipity - suellen coles
• the birthday cat - freya elliott
• the daemon lover - luca gennari
• the decline - chris kaliszewski
• the last polaroid - towa noel shimizu
• urban moves - luke mccarthy

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wednesday - curzon mayfair

• 2009: an ape odyssey - kevin dolan & nick dosseter
• alfred and audrey - louise green
• casting - luke tredget and finn smith
• f+ - carla mackinnon
• gnome is where the heart is - sarah thom
• kajplats 26 - henrik sundgren
• moon eggs - tom woodward
• spring forward fall back - gerry hay
• super ordinary - rory&ben
• taste like chicken - david padadac
• tears of a ghost swimmer, the tale of tim the swim - magnus wibe, gregory michael & douglas ayres
• the banker & the carpenter's tale - mike day
• the calm before - george ferguson, eduarda lima, siobhan mcelhinney
• the dream maker - steven mcinerney
• the fish - serena armitage & laura kaye
• the last man - dan smith
• the orb - nick lumb
• the way the apple falls - happypigs + kojarden

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straight 8 'art' - date t.b.c., london

• ah... - anna fernandez de paco
• bitch stole your boyfriend - coral aiken
• choke - bill rodgers
• despair - roland watson & steven chandler
• f+ - carla mackinnon
• inertia - matt johnson
• la forme 2 - tom doherty
• miasma - sandra ronnlov
• november  - ari allansson
• peck - britt kootstra
• propaganda now - steve smith
• queen of hearts - michael tropper
• relove - lars fischer
• run - lennart brede
• solo - avye leventis and amy nostbakken
• split lip - alex synge
• super 8ike - francesco tartaglia
• the dog - colin platt
• the dream maker - steven mcinerney
• you can't do it unless you imagine it - 1.21 gigawatts

'straight 8 art' will screen sometime later in the summer, early autumn.  it'll be arty.  we'll also screen the 'creme de la cannes' 8

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if you entered you should now [16/5/09] have received an email saying whether or not you're still on our shortlists for these screenings.  (please check your spam folder too)

well done and a massive thank you to everyone who did anything on any of the 154 films that make straight 8 2009

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