straight8ers
we think everyone who makes a straight 8 film is amazing...
we welcome people to enter from all over the world to give their all to making a film in one of the hardest ways on earth
straight 8 represents a level playing field for anyone brave enough to have a go - regardless of experience
whether they triumph or go down in a blaze of glory, they've all taken something away from it and into their creative lives (and we don't mean: 'never again!')
see our testimonials page to see what some filmmakers have to say about straight 8
see where we're all coming from on the all-time world entry map below
below that scroll through the names of the brave straight8ers who've been there and done that - many more than once
thanks to everyone who's been involved in every frame of every straight 8 ever made - we salute you
straight8 x
straight 8 all-time* entrants map
(*nearly, missing 1999-2004 entrants)
straight 8 hall of fame - everyone who has had their film screened at a straight 8 screening ever
click the click-able names to see what they're up to now...
(let us know if you want to be clickable too)
1.21 gigawatts
54th story
aaron w gibson
aaron rhodes
abigail van walsum
adam bennett
adam johnson & dave schofield
adrian seery
afarin eghbal
akseli plane, charles david
alan power
alastair mills*
albert
albert triviòo-massû
alberto seixas
aleksandar nikolic & fotina papatheodorou
alex dobbin
alex glynn*
alex newton and avye leventis
alex shipman
alex smith
alex sultoon*
alex synge*
alex turner
alexander ruggeri
alexis hagger
aleysa young
alisyn ghivizzani
algernon
allard faas
alun watson*
amanda james & selina jones
amanda woodhead
amy barber
amy pettipher
andrea staerke***
andrei balbarau
andrew bradley
andrew holland & robert ryan**
andrew kotting
andrew lewis & kiel gookin
andrew panatti***
andrew ryder
andrew wilson, samuel cochrane
andrewjive
andy lawrence
andy richards
andy welch
aneel ahmad
angelica portilla
anita rickwood
anna blandford and anna valdez hanks
anna burnett
anna fernandez de paco
anne fidler and declan hurley
anne isert / lisa birk
annette schneider
annette schneider & marc holtbecker
anthony fletcher
anthony woodley
anton purr
ari allansson
aron spall
ashley jones & dominic jones
athena mandis
austin (c)
avye leventis and amy nostbakken
babyblue
becky moseley*
ben & baz & james & jess
ben & rebecca manley
ben canny
ben dickinson
ben fisher
ben garchar
ben gregor**
ben new
ben partridge
ben richardson
ben scrimgeour
ben scrimgeour and orban wallace
ben slotover
ben stockman
ben walden *
ben wharton
benjamin a kersley*
benjamin scrimgeour***
benny fogg*
bensdorfer kreis
bernd luetzeler
biancha laukkanen suellen coles
big red button
bigplus + 0800 styles
bjarne eldhuset
bill rodgers**
blair borden & robert frankenheim
bob pendar-hughes
bohemia club collective
brendan flynn
brutus/reets/devo
britt koostra*
caleb thomas
cambralex maclorou
camilla lucht
camille & margot
candice nachman*
carl medland
carla mackinnon*
carla olson***
carlos porras
carlotta beck peccoz
caryn waechter & georgie henley
caryn waechter, richard kimel
caswell coggins
casey hennessy
cath le couteur
catherine cole*
cecilie owren
celia varona zaldiva
r celia wormley & peter macrae
cesira urzú
chad higgins
chad riley
charles cauchoix
charlie christensen
charlie inman
charlie reader & tom tennant
charlie phillips
charlie wilson
chelsy mitchell & rebecca louise tiernan
china moo-young***
chris denton & lindsay de sausmarez
chris denton & lindsay henderson
chris denton, lindsay de sausmarez & lou fletcher
chris durban + james owen
chris elson
chris kaliszewski
chris keenan
chris vincze**
chris vincze/mark davidson
christian hinojosa
christie watson
christina beatty
christine taylor & michael tewes
christopher minett
christopher rodriguez**
christopher thom****
claire mcgonigal
claire morsman
colin dewar**
colin platt
condominio
conor o'hagan, will skelton, archie blue
coral aiken*
corlin stubbs
craig & james
craig kind & saulo jameriqueli
craig lakin ennis
craig lakin ennis and m. j. smith
cut & paste
czyzowski
dagie brundert
damo cross
damon heath*
dan hardingham
dan robinson
dan smith*
dan tombs**
dan weston
dan weston and damon hatcher
daniel dearlove & jon parr*
daniel dearlove*
daniel henríquez ilic
daniel rossberg
daniel warren
danielle barbieri
danielle morgan
dankuro shima
danny chan
darren barber
darren hurley*
darren walsh****
dav rauch
dave bullivant & owen silverwood
dave jennings & karl lobeley
dave waters***
david buonaguidi****
david chaudoir
david crann
david finch
david franklin & alex de castro
david hensher
david hughes / jaqueline wright
david hughes*
david jenkins*
david padadac, dermot power, george georgiou
david padadac*
david palmer
david ross
david singleton
david stoddart
david walters
dawn macleod
deborah burns johnson
deborah dimitroff & robert riendeau
demetri jagger & david palmer
denesh shan
dennis seavey-windsinger*
dermot canterbury, isabel fay
dermot power, george georgiou, trevor kaah
desiree faust
desiree faust & stefana brancastle
devin goundry
diego arredondo**
dina allgaeuer
dominic martin gilles****
dominic rees-roberts
dominic wade
don't shoot films *
donald k hotey uk
donshades dodo
dorian dixon
drop&roll
drum
duncan wellaway
duncan white
ed & ness
ed sayers*****
edgar wright
edward copeland & lee williams
edwin thomas & john kelly
eleanor cook
eliaz rodriguez
elizabeth lively
emma darwall-smith & nigel shephard
emma lightfoot
emma oxley
emory ruegg***
eric grech
eric jowett
eugen stemmle
evi tsiligaridou
f*l*a*p*s
fabio abram & jodie sibson
faride schroeder lases
felix alejandro barbosa vazquez y yuri misael barbosa vazquez
filipe carneiro
filippo cesari
finola lang
fiona brownlie***
florian schertel**
florian schertel, peter hall
fotina papatheodorou
fox harris
frances fox***
francesca weber-newth & ruth mayer
francesco tartaglia
francis martineau
frankie singler & vicki kisner
freddy syborn*
frederic casella
frederik hamm
freya elliot*
gabriel bullen
gabriel govela
garry cooper
gavin boyter*******
gavin mcgrath
gawain morrison**
georg pelzer
george ancock & william cummock
george campbell
george ferguson, eduarda lima, siobhan mcelhinney
george hooker
george sanders
georgi banks-davies
georgia williams
georgina deverell
georgina mavrommatis
gerardo guerra & alejandro marquez
gerry hay
giacomo manzotti
giannis georgiou
gilda maurice and nick jolly*
giles b. harding
giles perkins**
gillian harker
go burger
grace garwood
graham harrington
grant wilkinson*
graydon sheppard
greg & doug
guillaume serve
gunnar hansen & meinert hansen
gus alvarez*
guy & jason baron
hal couzens***
hannah turner
hansel rodrigues
happypigs + kojarden
harry clegg
harry wiggins
harvey gonzales aguilar
harvey griffin
hayley easton
hazel palmer
hector arkomanis*
helen nias
helen nias, angus johnstone
henriett tunyogi
henrik sundgren
henry badgett & chris elson
henry mackenzie
herrjaapmans
hilary westlake
howard greenhalgh
hubert davies
hugh limebear
hugo glover & lewis flemming
ian clark
ian mantgani
ian mcalpin*
ian rough
ian titterington
ian waldron mantgani
ian wooldridge
innes johnston
iskra velichkova/marcus rˆber
j.s. meaux*
jack riccobono
jack scott
jacqueline wright
jacqueline wright & alice lowe*
jake bryant & roz shaw
jake kuhn**
jake mccombe and alexis parkin
james ball
james brailsford
james davidson*
james dooley & lorrin braddick
james gardner
james gordon
james henry
james hudson
james owen
james owen & chris durban
james peters
james ramsay
james rosen
james ruse
jamie chung
jamie leask
jamie madge
jamie worsfold
jamil yamani & nina davis
jan frith
jane gull
jankel huppertz
jason baron & claire fox
jason bradbury
jason impey
jason warriner
jeannette burton mcfaul & alexandra preston
jeff eden
jeff zorilla*
jei-min kim
jemima sunley and tom goddard
jeneffa soldatic
jere kittle
jeremy riggall
jess search
jesse james hennessy
jim funnell
jim ramsay
jim threapleton
jimmy blom
jo lamprinopoulou
jo tidbury
jo wallace
joanne stapleton
joe turp
joe turp & tom fickling
joel byron
joel green & miranda howard-williams
joeri de jongh
johannes haverkamp
john dodds
john dimolitsas
john michell & faye
john moseley
john redpath***
jon coutts
jon coutts & max shapira
jon greenhalgh*
jon lloyd
jon marshall
jon mortimer
jon sayers
jonathan eve
jonathan grafton
jonathan herzberg
jonathan musgrave
jonnie malachi
jose christian hinojosa
joseph connor
josh levinsky
josh sanders
josh sanders & peter hardie
joshua m kerr
jules elvins
julia endres
julia jason
julia jason and rebecca lloyd-evans
julian kemp & kit line
julian pugsley
juliea stewart
justine wright
jyri pasanen
kai helliesen
kai maurer
karl clarke, sam heasman, will mcgregor
kate burton
kate fenhalls
kate pirouet
kate worsley & simon peevers
katie thom
katy & steve
keith mccarthy & dan sully
keith tomlinson
kelly smith
ken hagen takenaka, jens groger
kenneth olaf hjellum*
kevin chicken
kevin dolan & nick dosseter
kevin shortt
kezia barnett
kim stewart
kimberly jarrett
kit dayaram
klara arten
klaus bobach
kyle camerer and greg hatton
konstantinos menelaou
l'equipe de film
lars fischer
laser fisch (lars fischer)
laura kavanagh
lauren horton
laurence vander haeghen
lawrence o'connor
layla sarah kapidzic
leandro santini
leanne flinn
lee boulton
lee hardcastle*
leena peters
lennart brede
leo buckley
leonie ellis*
lewis metcalfe
lex quinn
lili marlene
lilly lamia
lisa & pearl t. stepp
livio colombo
lizzy mansfield
lorrin braddick
lorrin braddick & james dooley
lorrin braddick & james rosen
lou hamilton
louis bhose
louise camrass
louise green
louise hooper
loy phillips
luca gennari*
lucas m. gordon
lucas orme and tom macmanus
lucia valdemoros
lucia valdemoros & agustin barrutia
lucy izzard & mark simon hewis
lucy knox
lucy pope & jonni fitzgerald*
luke harris-perfect
luke mccarthy
luke taylor
luke tredget and finn smith
lyndy stout
madeleine brookman
magnus wibe, gregory michael & douglas ayres
malcolm finlay**
mandira chauhan
manuel castelltort delgado
manuel molinu
manuela barbosa & enca kaul
marc holtbecker, annette schneider, robert neumann
marc holtbecker, robert neumann, steffen kramer
marc snell
marco espirito santo*
marcus & gene*
marcus baron***
maria grazia cantoni
mario martinez cobos
marius windt
mark banks
mark burton & sam dowling
mark downes
mark escribano
mark gilleece
mark holtbecker, robert neumann, annette schneider, caro stoeckermann, andre wlodrski
mark jenkinson
mark palfreeman
mark roy
mark thorpe & evan czyzowski
mark wong
marlon hickey
marta besevic and natalie macarthur
marten persiel
martyn richmond
mary o'connor
mat newman
mathew tucker
matt & ed
matt & tim
matt houghton
matt johnson
matt keen****
matt stevens*
matt turner + xenia glen
matteo pizzarello
matthew clyde
matthew keen*
matthew kemp
matthew parker
matthew s bowron
matthew sterling
mauricio vicenzi
mauricio vicenzi & oliver crowther
maurizio von trapp
max day*
max horton
max r lincoln
maximilian michel
may-lan tan
megan hill*
megan hill & tatiana mccabe
megan marie connolly*
mel hetherington
meshakai wolf
michael carstens*
michael chestnutt
michael edwards
michael jinks & piers hunt
michael higgins*
michael krieger
michael tropper
michael tropper & stephan breier
michael tropper*
michael woodward
michel antoine chappuis*
michelle fraser
michelle fraser
mick dow
mihaal danziger
mike & jim
mike clear
mike clear & sam michell
mike day
mike kerr & mike steganelli
mick mcloughlin
mike stephenson
mike thompson
milla gregor
mini warren
miriam tolmer
mo saha
molly, sam and max
morgan davies, sam bonard, josh hindley
mr ash newman
naked zebra
nat pryce
nat taylor
natalie kavanagh
nate camponi
nathan markiewicz
nathan small & luke tredget
nelson harst
nic fforde
nicholas atkinson
nicholas carbonaro
nicholas rowson & helen mcgovern
nicholas rutter**
nick abrahams
nick carew**
nick dossetor and kevin dolan
nick kapica & sv*
nick kedney
nick lumb
nick moffat & tristan sellen
nick phillips*
nick rutter
nick rutter, noah rutter, ben richardson
nick scott***
nick kovacic
nick sneath, simon boyd, gary cherrington
nick walker
nick white
nickolas bentley
nicola baldini
nigel karikari
ninian gomez*
nirozen thavarajah
oli mival**
oliver crowther
oliver ralfe
olivier cappitt & james hughes
olivier gimeno
olivier venturini
ollie birt
ollie kristian & verner freeson
orlando cubitt & tom andrews
padge tierney
paola livia randi
paolo annibale
patrick acum
paul beard
paul beard & tom wright
paul cooke, alex ranken, dominic rees-roberts
paul kasprzak & adam verity
paul murphy
paul stevenson
paul walkingshaw**
peggy anne berton
peter bunzl*
peter hall
peter macrae & celia wormley
peter mallett**
peter murlis***
peter murlis/ nick rutter/ rebecca harrop
peter stenhouse
peter-frank dewulf
phase vl*
phil & olly / diamond dogs
philip john fountain
philipp peißen
philip ward**
philpott/gale
poppy baines
rachel beth egenhoefer
rachel freeman
rachel le feuvre, dan gordon
rachel ramsay
rafael bolliger
ralph taubenberger
ramûn e. delgado
raw angles
raymond tierney & john cleary
rebecca macmillan
rebecca o'mara**
rebecca tiernan
rebecca wolff
reese d’aquin
renato arvedi
richard connell, clement woodward, thomas woodward, laura knox
richard gravett & kia fern little
richard hare
richard jung
richard pengelley
rick warden
rick warden/hans matheson
rob braslin
rob cooke
rob curry
rob oldfield
rob wickings*
rob winder & thad greenland
robert andre
robert christian malmberg
robert ellsworth
robert fairhurst
robert genillard ch
robert harlow
robert mcgowan
robert nevitt
robot chocolate / gabriela plačková & robert hloz
robyn barresi
robyn petè
rodrigo bernardo y miguel caffarena
roger batteault***
roland watson & steven chandler
romana majid
ronnie west
rory mathieson
rory rooney
rory&ben
rose hendry
ross newton
ruben govinden*
russell curtis
s. yin you
sam giles
sam jarman, max lambert, molly beaven
sam naughton
sam woolf
samuel austin
samuel clements
samuel reyes padilla
sandalz*
sandra ronnlov
santiago burin des roziers
sara wallace*
sarah thom***
sasha andrews
scoon ferguson**
scott newstead
scott solmonson
scott weintrob
sean a
sean cook
sean pettis
sean rooney
sebastian deleau
sebastian dewing
selena mckenzie
selina jones
senan less
serena armitage & laura kaye
severin bonnichon
shahir sirry
shane davey*
shane taylor
shaun korman
shazzy & sooz
simon becket
simon brown
simon levene
simon mctaggart
simon riley
simon wilkinson
siobhán cox
smoky pie / pinky winkleton / totally modern milly
sophie both, lulu davey, mollie laverty
st george's international school
stella dynamite
stephen carpenter
stephen dexter
steve banks*
steve dexter
steve hickey
steve oram
steve oram & nick lear
steve salesse & jess boyd
steve smith
steve wioland*
steven cook & kathryn mackinnon
steven mcinerney
steven wallace
struan clay
stu maschwitz
stuart fryer
suellen coles
sufian ahmed
susan ayton & rachel shaughnessy
swantontoogoodburtonmcfaul
tania boisset
team euro
the complete rods
the forest of black
the hearn brothers
theo james krekis
theo watkins
thierry bonnaud
thom greybe
thomas longstaff
thyrone tommy
tian chen, emilio muniz martinez, nick nason
tiger miao
tim cox
tim elliott
tim parsons
tim plester*
tim purkess
timur bekir
tobias koppe
todd mcmullen
tom armitage
tom armitage & rachel freeman
tom bainton & toby james
tom bainton*****
tom bulfin
tom doherty
tom merilion
tom shepherd
tom tagholm
tom webster
tom woodward
tom wright
tomas leach
tommy fullerton
toni harman
tony fennell
tony linkson
tormod rossavik
towa noel shimizu
tristan versluis, jonathan klahr, liam capper-starr
velveeta krisp / emma hendrix
vera anne van de sandt & sander de vries
vickie ager**
vidblain
vilius maciulskis
vince arvidson
vincent besson
wilex
will & caz
will & george***
will htay
will perrens
william chipperfield
william cummock*
william cummock & george ancock
william l fisher
x+rey
yann jones
zachary taylor
zena loxton
zeynep oguz
zoe gahan
* = multiple times. we love that