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enter straight 8 2011 now.
entry deadline march 1. film delivery deadline march 31. sound delivery deadline april 5.
full details and entry.
2010 entrants map
see where we're coming from
watch.
jour de gloires
pascal fillion, 2003
i've been single too long
shane davey, 2003
bike film too
ed sayers, 2008
lesson 2
jimmy blom, 2004
stiffy
jacqueline wright & alice lowe, 2005
guest editor august 2010
diego arredondo
the director of 'heel' and 'tequila chamuco', talks about re-making rocky, employing the gas man and what makes you feel like a filmmaker…
see diego’s selection.
news.
events.
if you have a film in you we want to see it.
when you enter straight 8, everyone has the same deadline and no-one has a budget. we never set a creative brief. people make the films they want to make.
what would you do with 3 minutes 20 seconds of silver screen time? you choose the story and you decide how it's going to be as a film. then just pull it off: on film, no re-takes, at a 1:1 shooting ratio.
when you view your rushes it'll be your 'final cut' and your public premiere - all at once. this is filmmaking at it's rawest and purest.
more about straight 8.