screenings

straight 8 2008 selections & premiere screenings:

[all in film name alphabetical order]

channel 4 '3 minute wonder' selection - first time we've had premieres on national tv

19/20/21/22 may 2008 - channel 4. prime time uk tv. 3 minute wonder, 7.55pm mon-thu [subject to channel 4 legal and contract]

• looking for marilyn - anna blandford and anna valdez hanks (uk)
  
• piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)
  
• springlove - herrjaapmans (nl)
  
• the last trip - malcolm finlay (uk)
  

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creme de la cannes, cannes film festival - the best baker's dozen from the 2008 crop of 175 films

22 may 08 - 9.30pm doors for 10pm screening. kodak apartement, international village (free, no tickets, first come - first served, festival pass required)

• about vincent - peggy anne berton (ca)
  
• black whispers in an elephant sky - oliver ralfe (uk)
  
• connections - steve oram & nick lear (uk)
  
• fish stew show down - ben dickinson (us)
• graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter, ben richardson (uk)
• looking for marilyn - anna blandford and anna valdez hanks (uk)
• piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)
• robot - matthew keen (uk)
  
• scrap paper - andrew jive (us)
• springlove - herrjaapmans (nl)
• the get away - david padadac, dermot power, george georgiou (uk)
• the last trip - malcolm finlay (uk)

plus one warm up film at cannes...

• gesundheit - will & george (uk)
  

best of an ad bunch, at cannes in cannes advertising week

20 jun 08 - 10.30am doors and coffee for 11am screening. star cinema, 98 rue d'antibes, cannes, france. in association with rushes post production

with kind support from ddb and ddb (!) and thanks to the apa

buy 'best of an ad bunch' tickets here:

no tickets posted, print paypal receipt and bring to cinema and collect ticket on door
(no cannes advertising pass is required)

• big fish, little fish, cardboard box - the complete rods (mccann erickson / uk)
• curtains - ben canny (flynn productions / uk)
• holy smoke - ollie kristian & verner freeson (leo burnett / uk)
  
• joy - marten persiel (telematz / sp)
• jump - johannes haverkamp (ddb / de)
• living without motion - anton purr (industry / toronto)
• my life in the sky - robyn pete (apa / uk)
• otis the crackbrained chicken, lesson 1: alternative berlin sightseeing - anne isert / lisa birk (ddb /de)
• skinned - carla mackinnon (rushes / uk)
• somnambulism - sara wallace (wcrs / uk)
• space aliens fom beyond the moon! - babyblue (mother / uk)
• the knitted man - david franklin & alex de castro (glue / uk)
• the last 90 seconds of someone's life - craig kind & saulo jameriqueli (inferno group / uk)
  
• the private life of plastic - chris denton & lindsay de sausmarez (specsavers / uk)
• tongue-tied - edward copeland & lee williams (farm / uk)
• unelma - jankel huppertz (ddb / de)
• untitled v.166 - dan smith (the machine shop / uk)
  
• would you? - leonie ellis (mc saatchi / uk)
  

plus one warm up film at cannes advertising...

• no end - david hensher (shots / uk)
  

plus a small selection from the creme de la cannes dozen

• black whispers in an elephant sky - oliver ralfe (uk)
  
• connections - steve oram & nick lear (uk)
  
• fish stew show down - ben dickinson (us)
• graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter, ben richardson (uk)
• piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)
• robot - matthew keen (uk)

and a last minute entry supported by getty images

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london premieres of all the best of straight 8 08 at rushes soho shorts festival - including the cannes baker's dozen

late jul 08 - curzon mayfair cinema - 2 nights, different films each night (details of times and tickets tbc - register your email for updates)

NO PROMISES - BUT IF WE CAN GET A THIRD LONDON PREMIERE NIGHT - WE WANT TO SHOW ALL THESE

THAT'S HOW GOOD THIS YEAR HAS BEEN.... WELL DONE IF YOUR NAME'S IN HERE AND LET'S HOPE IT STAYS THERE

+++++++ and it's looking good +++++ stand by to hear that 3 nights are confirmed: 28/29/30 ++++++ we hope ++++++++

[otherwise more shortlisting and that would be ugly. anyone got the keys to a top west end cinema? step forward please...]

• 37 harley street - eric grech
• 4 kilos de recuerdos - faride schroeder lases (mex)
  
• 50 feet! - the hearn brothers
• a life - cecilie owren (no)
  
• about vincent - peggy anne berton (ca)
  
• another party - frederic casella
• between two islands - ian mcalpin (us)
  
• black hat, white hat - keith tomlinson
• black whispers in an elephant sky - oliver ralfe
• brighton rocks - craig lakin ennis and m. j. smith
• buttoned - giles perkins
• cake - vickie ager
• code grey - rob wickings
• connections - steve oram & nick lear
• croco - freya elliot
• curtains - ben canny
• dead wives tale - laura kavanagh
• desert - max day
• det sjunde skal (the seventh peel) - sebastian dewing
• e27 - camilla lucht (de)
  
• fail again fail better - simon becket
• fastest gun in the west - dennis seavey-windsinger (us)
  
• fish stew show down - ben dickinson (us)
  
• flummox - lilly lamia
• gesundheit - will & george
  
• gnomad - sarah thom / sarah toogood
• graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter, ben richardson
• guns in the sand - raymond tierney & john cleary (ie)
  
• happiness - dan hardingham
• hecate's key - mel hetherington
• holy smoke - ollie kristian & verner freeson
• hooded smile - lou hamilton
• i love bush - charlie inman
• ignacio - carlos porras (mex)
  
• jog - benn fogg
• joy - marten persiel (es/de)
  
• koala' tea time - kate worsley & simon peevers
• kung faux - fiona brownlie
• la course (the race) - sam jarman, max lambert, molly beaven
• le periple - olivier gimeno (fr)
  
• limbo - timur bekir
• living without motion - anton purr (ca)
  
• looking for marilyn - anna blandford and anna valdez hanks
• loop - guillaume serve
• lux flux - colin dewar
• luzvania - vidblain (mex)
  
• man & wife - tom webster
• me and my nothing - big red button
• my beauty - carl medland
• no scholarship - giannis georgiou
• noir - peter bunzl
• p.m.t (poor matthew's tale) - rebecca macmillan
• piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)
  
• queen b - jacqueline wright
• reel 4 - robert nevitt
• robot - matthew keen
• scrap paper - andrew jive (us)
  
• set, rack 'n' roll - biancha laukkanen suellen coles
• skinned - carla mackinnon
• somnambulism - sara wallace
• sparkle - simon wilkinson
• springlove - herrjaapmans (nl)
  
• the french spy - andrew ryder
• the garden shed - steve dexter
• the get away - david padadac, dermot power, george georgiou
• the knitted man - david franklin & alex de castro
• the last 90 seconds of someone's life - craig kind & saulo jameriqueli
• the last trip - malcolm finlay
• the private life of plastic - chris denton & lindsay de sausmarez
• the time machine - paul stevenson
• the toe - andrew panatti
• this film, as of today - rachel beth egenhoefer
• tongue-tied - edward copeland & lee williams
• turning point - katie thom
• what mishka the bear saw in the woods: the untold story of the mysterious death of yuri gagarin - philpott/gale
• whispering palms - phase vi
• wolf - graham harrington (ca)
  

straight 8 08 'art' - our biggest and finest ever selection of artier films. all premieres

date and venue tbc. one mammoth session on the hip side of london town. berets and polo necks optional. (register your email for updates)

• boxes - tristan versluis, jonathan klahr, liam capper-starr
• chess club - nick dossetor and kevin dolan
• ffwd - michael tropper & stephan breier
• gustare - ian wooldridge
• infinito - chris hinojosa (mex)
  
• kunst - celia wormley & peter macrae
• living limbo - morgan davies, sam bonard, josh hindley
• luzvania - vidblain (mex)
  
• optic nerve - catherine cole
• passenger - vincent besson (fr)
  
• ping pong in stereo - go burger (us)
  
• reperti (specimens) - livio colombo (it)
  
• sea saw - joanne stapleton
• sugar free - gawain morrison
• sweet sweet isometry - kim stewart
• the kiss of the sun - albert triviño-massó
• the man at the door - tom bulfin
• the singing competition - rodrigo bernardo y miguel caffarena
• the woodcutter - aron spall
• this film, as of today - rachel beth egenhoefer
• till every motion, pulse and breath be over ... - alex synge (ie)
  
• trapped - jason impey
• tuo-che - fox harris
• whispering palms - phase vi
• wiseman - karl clarke, sam heasman, will mcgregor
• y v 8 olaf (the last v8) - marc snell

plus art films from other selections. like we said: a mammoth session

brighton - we had a great night there and loads of people entered. so we're coming back

date and venue tbc. (register your email for updates)

• black hat, white hat - keith tomlinson
• brighton rocks - craig lakin ennis and m. j. smith
• desert - max day
• det sjunde skal (the seventh peel) - sebastian dewing
• graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter, ben richardson
  
• la course (the race) - molly, sam and max
• loop - guillaume serve
• robot - matthew keen
• sandwich - jake mccombe and alexis parkin
• sparkle - simon wilkinson
• this film, as of today - rachel beth egenhoefer
• winds of change - nick sneath, simon boyd, gary cherrington
  

plus the cannes dozen

berlin - just like brighton. we're coming back. north european & korean premieres

date and venue tbc. (register your email for updates) ((help us with the screening!!))

• a life - cecilie owren (no)
• caruso - ralph taubenberger (de)
• coffee mosaic - britt koostra (nl)
• der antrag: the proposal - iskra velichkova/marcus röber (de)
• det sjunde skal (the seventh peel) - sebastian dewing (uk/de)
• e27 - camilla lucht (de)
• emmentale - rafael bolliger (ch)
• ghost - leena peters (de)
• guten tag - laser fisch (lars fischer) (de)
• joy - marten persiel (es/de)
• jump - johannes haverkamp (de)
• my story - jyri pasanen (fi)
• obscure object - st george's international school (de/uk)
• springlove - jaap hermans (nl)
• state of mind - shahir sirry (de)
• the beginning - julia endres (de)
• unelma - jankel huppertz (de)
• weed survive - jei-min kim (ko)(rea)(really)

plus some of the cannes dozen

mexico city/kornea - courtesy of ace straight8er diego arredondo, 16 'kornea' entries to s8 08

date and venue tbc. (register your email for updates)

• all 16 mexican entries plus some of the rest of the world. details to follow
  

other possible screenings:

vancouver,
nice,
your town? - could you put on a screening? we can help you organise it and market it and supply the films. email us if this could be literally up your street

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