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STRAIGHT 8 2026

thank you and big congrats to all who made a film for straight 8 2026

the results are below

- CANNES TOP 8 SCREENING: CINEMA OLYMPIA ON SATURDAY MAY 16TH at 20h30 -
- LONDON TOP 25 SCREENING: BFI IMAX ON SATURDAY MAY 23RD at 23:00 - - ONLINE PREMIERE: ON THIS PAGE, MAY 30TH at 20:00 BST -


ENJOY A SLICE OF EVERY FILM MADE FOR 2026 IN JUST 2 MINUTES…


AND THE straight 8 2026 selections ARE...

TOP 25 FILMS for BFI IMAX

* films * = TOP 8 for CANNES too

age of bloom by gaia marinese - france

* aryk! * by ilya wray - uk / kazakhstan

* blackbirds * by joey kaushik - india

* born to die * by jean louis & nya jonele - usa

bottomless brunch by tahlia magistrale - australia

* descendant * by lily blunsom - uk

escale by nicolas barek - france

* flow state * by tristan copeland, richard forsdyke, daniel johnston, sam mitchell, rupert waring - uk

gutted by isobel drury - uk

herbazal by sofia mora - mexico

inhabited by a cry by liam beazley - uk

jane's wrestle by bailey & josiah sanders-krawczyk - usa

jaw dropping by keaton b mcd - uk

* kurogo * by yugo suzuki - japan

* la salu * by pau colomina - spain

la sirena by giulietta tisminetzky & tommaso gorani - uk

magic ian's apprentice by max mir, matthew poole - uk

mo lay in the middle of the street. by kristin duffy - uk

* overlooked * by lola blanc - usa

see you in venice, see you in prague by mirjam mikk - estonia

the fetch by joshua roberts - usa

the quest by owain paciuszko - uk

vulture by louis joblin, crosby allen-jennings, esteban jaramillo - new zealand

welcome to earth by clyde cronin - uk

wet by hope pickering - uk


WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO BRAVED STRAIGHT 8 2026 WHETHER YOU MADE IT OR NOT! IT IS ANOTHER VINTAGE YEAR

THE TOP 8 WIN FREE ENTRY TO STRAIGHT 8 2027 - WHICH IS OPEN TO EVERYONE NOW!




SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT IN THE MEANTIME…

cameras

camera rental from us

film from us

film from other outlets

meeting more of the community - come to a straight8th on most 8ths of the month, join our instagram lives most fridays at 5pm uk time, check out last year’s weekend and a half - we plan to do this in 2026 too