straight 8
one super 8mm cartridge, no editing
films
you can watch some superb straight 8 films here. and if you want more and bigger and therefore better, buy the dvd's - shop page
2008
first up...
the four straight 8 2008 '3 minute wonders'
these four diverse films, from amsterdam, london, mexico and wales had their premieres on primetime uk tv after the evening news - around 1million views each
even the filmmakers had not seen them before that - as usual with straight 8
enjoy....
springlove - herrjaapmans (nl)
looking for marilyn - anna blandford and anna valdez hanks (uk)
piece of heaven - felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez (mex)
the last trip - malcolm finlay (uk)
s8dvd04 - the 'best of 2008' straight 8 dvd will be available from december 1st - join the mailing list to hear about its launch
2007
s8dvd03 - the 'best of 2007' straight 8 dvd is available from our shop page
sticks & balls - dir: jacqueline wright / alice lowe
intermezzo tacito - dir: daniel rossberg
the surrealist brothel - dir: julia jason
everything but.. - dir: colin dewar
these four films above and twenty two more, plus the making of 'the other half' - and great music from apollo 440 frontman: mary byker - all on s8dvd03. details on the shop page
this film, from our paris event of 2003, is in the extra features section of s8dvd03
jour de gloires - dir: pascal fillion
we don't enter our own events but to remember the sheer fear and adrenalin of making a straight 8 film, the last two years we did... out of competition, up some big mountains, on a bike... 
bike film - dir: ed sayers
learn more about the fireflies and their fund raising for leuka at: thefirefliesride.com
this film is also on the extra features of s8dvd03 which is available on our shop page
2006
s8dvd02 - the 'best of 2006' straight 8 dvd is available from our shop page
this film is an extra feature on s8dvd02
stephen's cat - dir: dave buonaguidi
more clips coming soon - see the shop page for details
2005
s8dvd01 - the 'best of 2005' straight 8 dvd is available from our shop page
earth to earth - dir: nick scott
stiffy - dir: jacqueline wright / alice lowe
the fun guy - dir: tom bainton
non-automatic - dir: william cummock
class of 2005 - dir: james owen & chris durban
and in the extra features on s8dvd01, as part of the excerpt of our 2004 channel 4 programme, 'straight 8 on tv', is this classic from diego in mexico...
heel - dir: diego arredondo
pre 2005
two gems from chris vincze...
diablotheque - dir: chris vincze
evol - dir: chris vincze
'evol' raised a fair bit of debate regarding how chris vincze managed to do it. lots of comment here: evol debate rages and from us...
no comment
thank you to daniel and ben at soho soho (powered by chillibean) for hosting with the mosting
if you liked this page, you'll love our dvd's - check them out in our shop
other stuff:
our teaser we used to tease 175 filmmakers and their cast and crew before any films were released in 08...
see all 175 straight 8 08 films here:
straight 8 08 films
check out the s8 08 blog, hosted by - shooting people
s8 07 hit film: 'sticks & balls' has racked up over 25,000 hits on youtube
l8est gr8est article - mediageek
straight 8 08 stories...
"the film exists in my head. it's just a matter of finding
time, people and stuff. but hopefully it will come
together, though it looks like it may be tight on the
deadline"
from lemmy (name changed)
"sorry to straight8 u at the weekend but i have a bit of a problem in that my camera seems to have decided not to come out of single frame speed. i am firstly wondering if this is a common and recifyable condition??? and secondly wondering what i should do if its not fixable? i do have a couple of horribly inferior looking S8 cameras that i bought as cheap backups...... Can i remove the film in a dark back and switch it into another camera?? I have to complete everything this weekend as i have rented a van and an owl and borrowed lighting and my dry ice is fast disappearing etc etc..... Please advise best course of action!!"
from lemmy again
"My camera has developed a life of its own and is jamming up on almost
every shot now so i have to keep hitting the trigger till it finally
decides to kick in the motor. i think i am getting loads of single
frames and then a pretty randomly delayed start to my filming... which
should be interesting to say the least as most of my cuts r only a few
seconds long.... strangely enough i'm still feeling really optimistic
that everything is going to be great ;-)
however i'm filming again tues nite and think it mayb intelligent to
get it looked at first..... seeing as i've already had to take the
film out 3 times i dont suppose once more would make any difference!
hope all's well in straight8 land? we are loving it!"
from lemmy again
"dont worry we r smiling! i havent done anything this crazy in as long as i can remember and the great thing is my friends seem to be loving it too even though they had to spend last nite freezing in the woods in their t-shirts while i was busy either thumping the camera or whispering sweet nothings at it - neither of which made much difference :-0 anyway we still went home insanely pleased with our efforts which is an amazing feeling at 3am on a monday!"