STRAIGHT 8 2022
was a gr8 year!
after our sell-out I.R.L. world premiere of the top 25 at BFI Southbank’s 450 seat NFT1 in london on 22 oct 2022
THE global livestream PREMIERED on saturday 12 nov 2022 - WATCH IT BELOW
programme
in programme order these are the 25 films that made the 2022 annual selection
the top 8 of these are this year’s equal winners and have - TOP 8 next to them, below!
huge congrats to everyone involved in the top 25 films, and to everyone who entered this year!
seven countries are represented below - we’re happy to be welcoming brazil, israel and latvia to the party for the first time!!
to the TOP 8 we salute you - you climbed to the top of our wonky tree! congrats!!
be careful up there because you get free entry to straight 8 2023 - which is open now
TOP 8 - brush by simon allen / uk - london - TOP 8
there is a light by avery newmark kincaid / usa - georgia
losing my name by alexander beer / uk - london
TOP 8 - singularity by christopher jarvis & margo dalal / usa - michigan - TOP 8
self sabotage and me by fondue / usa - california
girl food by natasha guy & nancy rosenberg / usa - philadelphia
rave rave rave rave rave on by ash morris / uk - stoke
lovestory by john fitzpatrick / uk - london
TOP 8 - dead funny by max mir, matthew poole, harry norton & kan trivedi / uk - london - TOP 8
the race by emma fergusson / usa - michigan
portraits of love by andre baldwin / usa - north carolina
wakan tanaka by celia arias / uk - london
in the shit by fabia martin / uk - london
TOP 8 - chance by mateus lara / brazil - caieiras - TOP 8
c/o 56apo by anoop oommen / india - kochi
little butter / marie by vera bello / israel - tel aviv
TOP 8 - the scent of apples by rudolf ming / latvia - talsi - TOP 8
homebird by jack sauverin & connor matheson / uk - london
feet by saurabh wadhonkar / india - nagpur
TOP 8 - cornflake blvd 22 by tim dübbert / germany - mönchengladbach - TOP 8
grandma queen by gustavo auricchio / brazil - sao paulo
el gran dilema (the great debate) by luna herruzo / uk - london
TOP 8 - the hole truth by klára rychtarčiková / uk - london - TOP 8
wondering by liam campbell & thomas farrall / uk - west sussex
TOP 8 - admit one by vieira vasco / uk - london - TOP 8
IT WAS A SUPER STRONG YEAR
WAHOOOOO IF YOU MADE IT!!
& DON’T BE DIS-HEARTENED IF YOU DIDN’T
2023 is open!! SO PLAN YOUR REVENGE FILM!
AND TRY, TRY AND TRY AGAIN!
make a short film on one cartridge of super 8 - editing only with each pull of your camera’s trigger
submit your original soundtrack without yet having seen your visuals
and if it’s great, you’ll see your straight 8 for the first time ever, at our annual premiere with the world watching
it’s one of the hardest and most rewarding ways to make a film
and everyone everywhere is welcome to join in
straight 8 2022/23 is not the same as straight 8 shootout which is for companies to compete at straight 8 - see shootout
find out how straight 8 works at straight8.net/2023
straight 8 2023 is open for entry now - hurry to straight8.net/2023
look who entered straight 8 2022 …
a small selection of amazing straight 8 films - see more collections on our films page
“The first film I ever shot was on Super 8 and the magic has never diminished for me. the tactile nature, the simple cameras, the visual imperfections, the limited runtime make it my favourite format to shoot with.”
- MARK JENKIN. BAFTA for outstanding british debut, writer/director of BAIT,
and STRAIGHT 8 jury member
straight 8 2022 is closed but this is how it worked - see straight 8 2023 for the most up to date competition info
+ dates
by october 2022 - results announced
22nd october 2022 - real world cinema premiere of top 25 in london's BFI Southbank flagship auditorium
12th november 2022 - global livestream
by end november 2022 - all entrants' films delivered digitally
+ what's included / excluded
your entry fee includes and contributes to:
- processing
- scanning
- sound sync
- digital delivery of pro-res of every entered film
- competition entry
- competition management
- us putting on a great premiere for successful filmmakers
- perhaps the most unique filmmaking experience money can't buy - you also need talent, ideas, can-do attitude and a bit of magic
your entry fee excludes:
- your roll of super 8 film, which you buy yourself and which must be colour negative
- everything else you need to make your film
- your travel to premieres if selected and they happen in the real world
- re-imbursement if you don't get enough out of it. many straight8ers contact us after the shoot alone and tell us that no matter what happens with their film, they got a ton of experience and found it super-hard but amazing
+ prizes
we never have individual winners. the best 8 straight8ers of the year are all joint winners. the main prize is the glory and seeing your film for the very first time live with a global audience, be it at cannes (normally), any other big cinema screen or in one of our live streams. it's a buzz you won't forget. there's also a showcase of the top 25 - like in 2020/21.
- free entry to straight 8 2023 (top 8 only) - hold onto your laurels if you can, year after year!
+ WONDERING WHO ENTERS STRAIGHT 8?
- look at the map on this page, and that's just this year's entrants since we opened
- we've lost count but over 2500 straight 8 films have been made by all sorts of people since 1999
- anyone anywhere can enter straight 8. the more diverse the people and their stories, the better
- find out more about who’s ever entered straight 8 here *
"i found the whole experience of making a straight 8 to be a wonderfully testing exercise in filmmaking - not just in terms of shooting, but also in writing. sure, there are a lot of constraints, but those are easily outweighed by the freedoms you can really enjoy. it’s basically a crash course of the craft in its purest form." nikolai brokolovsky, director: 'dawn'. straight 8 2021
"thank you for the chance to be involved in straight 8 2019. it was a lot of fun and has given me a big confidence boost in writing and directing my own projects outside of my ‘day job’ as a producer." rachel ramsay, director: 'venus'. straight 8 2019*
" i feel as if straight 8 really embodies everything i love about filmmaking." ollie birt, director: 'rumours'. straight 8 2019. see the local news story on him from his hometown in aus: here
+ JURY
- check out our fantastic 2021 jury.
- they decide the 8-film straight 8 2022 selection from our shortlist of around 20-25 entries.
- 2022 jury line-up to be announced soon.
+ get inspired
- watch tons of amazing straight 8's on our films page
- see how some straight 8 films were made on our making-ofs page
- check out even more films on our vimeo channel
- get inspired by watching our 2021 showcase for free here
+ cameras
- don't know where you'd get a camera, you say?
- they're everywhere! see our cameras page for more info
+ film
- we used to send films around the world. it wasn't very green and caused delays. now you can enter, get your entry number and start shooting because you source your own super 8 cartridge - in fact you may already have a roll
- there are loads of outlets around the world - see our film outlets page for more info or buy direct from us here
- you must shoot on super 8 colour negative only. there are only 4 kinds
a massive shoutout to cinelab film & digital for supporting straight 8 since 2016
every single straight 8 film since then has been processed by them. literally - your films share a warm bath with some of the world’s biggest feature films
so if you’re looking for best in class film processing for your projects, don't forget they also process and scan 16mm, 35mm and even 65mm… and now they have full digital capability too from on-set through the entire workflow. oh - and best of all: they’re top people