straight 8 2020 opens july 8th 2019
everyone is welcome
MAKE A SHORT FILM ON ONE CARTRIDGE OF SUPER 8 FILM - NO EDITING - AND SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*if it’s good enough
new: shoot in the summer months in the northern hemisphere! or the winter in the southern hemisphere! CHOOSE WHICH SEASON to SHOOT YOUR STRAIGHT 8 FILM
new: LIMITED places released the 8th of each month - WITH A rolling DEADLINE
new: ANIMATORS GET MORE TIME
for the chance to see your film at cannes film festival may 2020 read on…
the rolling deadline explained
everyone entering in 2019 gets a 3 month window from entry to film delivery. in jan/feb 2020 that window is reduced to 2 and 1 months respectively
the calendar pricing is designed to spread the workload for the lab and us throughout the year
the entry fee is rising to an average of approx £160. this is still only £40 more than developing and scanning one roll of super 8 negative at this quality with our partners, cinelab london.
entry includes and contributes to: processing, scanning, sound synch, digital delivery, of prores of every entered film, competition entry, management, premieres in cannes and london and more for successful filmmakers
entry excludes film, which you buy yourself and which must be colour negative. and travel to premieres
rolling deadline dates - what do you want? sun, snow? pick your window and go for it on the right 8th of the month for you…
31 places open jul 8 >>> film delivery oct 8. £130
31 places open aug 8 >>> film delivery nov 8. £140
30 place open sep 8 >>> film delivery dec 8. £150
31 places open oct 8 >>> film delivery jan 8. £160
30 places open nov 8 >>> film delivery feb 8. £170
31 places open dec 8 >>> film delivery mar 8. £180
31 places open jan 8 >>> film delivery mar 8 (2mts). £190
29 places open feb 8 >>> film delivery mar 8 (1mt). £200
all animators get to feb 8 no matter when they enter, or march 8 if they enter feb 8
31 new places open mar 8 (for 2021 competition) >>> film delivery jun 8. £TBC.
right! want to be part of straight 8 2020? great! here’s how…
be one of the first to buy the limited monthly places released at 8pm london time on the 8th of each month - at the bottom of this page
you must include your entry number visually in the first shot of your film, don’t start shooting until you’ve entered
once you pay the entry fee there’s no backing out or shifting your dates. see rolling deadline delivery dates above
there are no themes given. you make the film you want to make
film delivery deadline - your exposed, un-processed, un-edited film must arrive at cinelab london by the relevant film delivery deadline - see above
sound delivery deadline - your 100% original soundtrack created without you having seen you film must be sent to us as an emailed link by 7 days later
selections announced by 3rd week of april 2020
cannes premiere for 8 selected films - approx 18/19 may 2020
london premiere for approx 20+ more selected films - date tbc soon after cannes above
hi-res digital files of un-selected films sent to entrants within one month following above two premieres
full rules to follow
straight 8 2020 film duration = 3’20” max (less is allowed). scans will be at 18 frames per second
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get inspired by watching the straight 8 2018 and 2019 selections at straight 8 vimeo on demand
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2020 jury announcements to follow - check out our fantastic 2019 jury for reference here. this jury debates the 8 to screen at cannes from our shortlist of around 20-24 entries
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start dreaming, writing, drawing, planning, team-building and word-spreading… choose the month you want to try for and get ready
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the next 20 years of straight 8 is about to lift off and we’d love you to be part of it
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ps - in 2019, our cap of 150 places were all taken up in less than two months. this year we hope that the new rolling entry mechanism will allow more people to make a straight 8, when it suits them!