shootout 2025 has happened!

find out who won and book your place for shootout 2026 now

SHOOTOUT IS FOR COMPANIES TO COMPETE AT STRAIGHT 8

EVERY COMPANY HAS THEIR WORK SHOWN AT THE PREMIERES IN CANNES AND LONDON IN JUNE

- NO MATTER HOW OR IF IT COMES OUT -

here’s who’s been brave enough to do it for 2025! click their names…

day one agency // dept agency // directors guild // drool // imagine this! // mr+positive // new-land // quiet storm // ricswrld studios // scuare // siren music // snapper films // vccp

SEE THE FILMS as they played at the cinema…

and the winners are...

GOLD - Directors Guild Helsinki for “Hush”

SILVER - Snapper Films London for “Chicken”

BRONZE - VCCP London for “Happy Ending”

massive congrats to them and everyone who braved this tough challenge - book in for 2026 now

we made an introduction to shootout in shots new trtmnt platform - check it out and share with your colleagues - then enter 2026 from there

HUGE THANKS TO SHOOTOUT 2025 PARTNERS

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the uk's only full-service film lab & digital dailies facility, cinelab scan, process & colour many of the world's best films, ads & tv shows - and everything in between

APA

supporting the ad industry for over 40 years, the apa have been a part of every edition of straight 8 shootout

shots

a global platform dedicated to creativity in the advertising space, whether you're looking for inspiration, insight, research or collaborative pitching

machineshop

specialising in the design & creation of special effects for film, ads, tv shows. if you can dream it then machineshop can make it

this is how entry WORKed

(it’s too late to enter this year but you can enter 2026)

1. APPLY TO ENTER - BEFORE ALL 20 PLACES ARE TAKEN

2. PAY YOUR £850 ENTRY FEE ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

3. WE SEND YOU YOUR UNIQUE SLATE NUMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR FIRST SHOT

4. YOU SUPPLY THE CAMERA, YOUR ROLL OF COLOUR SUPER 8 NEG, YOUR IDEA AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE IT

5. YOU SEND YOUR UNPROCESSED FILM TO US IN LONDON
BY 31ST MAY 2025

6. SEND US YOUR ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FILE, MADE
‘BLIND’, BY 6TH JUNE 2025

7. SEE YOU AT THE CINEMA IN CANNES - 20TH JUNE 2025 (LONDON 26TH JUNE)

8. WIN - IF YOUR COMPETITORS LOVE YOUR FILM BEST. ONLY ENTERED COMPANIES CAN VOTE + NOT FOR THEIR OWN FILM

you can check out how shootout 2024 went down here

find out the difference between shootout 2025 and straight 8 2025 here

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