The straight 8 shootout London premiere lands on 26 June, showcasing bold, no-edit Super 8 films made by top creative teams from around the world. Shot in-camera on one roll of film, seen for the first time live, even by the filmmakers. Expect brilliance, chaos, and creativity unleashed. One night only. Don’t miss it.
Short filmmaking competition straight 8 shootout returns to the Croisette for the screening of the daring entrants. Presented in partnership with the APA and Cinelab Film+Digital with support from SHOTS, Warner Chappell Production Music and MACHINESHOP, the projects will undergo a live vote in Cannes with a trophy ceremony to round of the events.
Posing an irresistible challenge, Straight 8 are giving the most daring filmmakers the opportunity to make a boundary breaking project, all shot on one super 8mm film. With heavy hitters already signed up to take the plunge, and, many more following, are you willing to step up to the plate?
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The straight 8 shootout 2022 is coming to London. Short films were made by 21 creative companies for the Cannes edition of the shootout. Now, the films will premiere in the UK. Each film is two-and-a-half minutes long, created on one roll of super 8 with no post-production. The films will premiere in the UK […]
The straight 8 shootout 2022 is set to premiere 20 short films at Cannes. Presented by APA and Cinelab Film & Digital, the competition’s screenings are scheduled for Friday June 24th at Cinema Les Arcades, 77 Rue Felix Faure. Breakfast sponsored by LS Productions takes place from 10.00am 10.45am. This is then followed by a […]
The straight 8 shootout is heading back to Cannes for 2022. The competition is organised by straight 8 as a filmmaking showdown for companies across the world. Businesses are invited to make their own short film and compete for charity. However, directors must edit their respective projects entirely in-camera on just one roll of super […]
The shootout had a nature theme, following up after the Isolation Edition in 2020. Competing companies included Agile Films, Caviar, Dog Eat Dog, Familia, Gear Room, Groundglass, Iris Worldwide, The Lift, Mullen Lowe, Pitch and Sync, Presence, Prodigious, The Producers, Pulse Films and Yolafilmo.
On June 25th straight 8 replaced their annual cinema premiere in Cannes with a live YouTube format for the company charity competition, Shootout. The online show is still available to view here.
What happens when companies like adamandeveDDB, Caviar, Iris Worldwide, and Partizan make in-camera-edited super 8 films in lockdown? Find out at the straight 8 shootout: the isolation edition global premier, live online on Thursday June 25th at 2pm UK time on straight8.net.