Moviemaker Magazine - 50 Best Blogs

onsuper8.org made the 50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers according to Moviemaker Magazine!

To help you on your quest to find those corners of the Web where the most useful blogs reside, we have scoured the cyber world for our annual list of the 50 best blogs for moviemakers.

Thanks Moviemaker! More here.

Wabi-sabi-dagie-shop in June!

Dagie's organising her own Super 8 workshop in Berlin this June, details are to be confirmed, but find out more here!

Cinelicious go HD

In the first of many facility upgrades slated for 2010, Cinelicious is proud to announce it's recent acquisition of a Spirit Datacine, DaVinci 2K+ and a full-featured DVNR 2K for realtime Commercial Finishing, HD Dailies, Music Videos and 2K DI's. Cinelicious will be offering the world-renown image from the Spirit with the smart workflows you've come to expect including direct-to-drive, ProRes 4444! Don't forget the only commercially available Super 8mm capable Spirit telecine in the country. Coming January 2010.

More at www.cinelicious.tv/fresh/

Films and Loop Wanted!

Super 8 Films Wanted!

Super 8 Films are wanted for the University of Toronto Film Festival's annual Super 8 Circus. The first 20 submissions will be accepted for the screening on a first come first served basis. To register go to www.uoftfilmfest.ca and complete the online submission form and mark the appropriate place for the Super 8 Circus. Films should be 50-feet or less (i.e. one roll or less) and silent (no sound will be in the projection.) The films will be projected with live music accompaniment. We use the Pleasure Dome projector and an experienced projectionist. Previews on video are helpful for the musicians but not necessary.

Deadline to register: February 8, 5pm.

If you miss the deadline email rick.palidwor@utoronto.ca to see if space is still available.

Super 8 films should be delivered to the festival office no later than Monday March 8, 5pm. Make sure your film indicates the projection speed (18 or 24 fps). Video previews should be sent to us as early as possible. All materials will be returned.

The Super 8 Circus will take place on March 13th, 2010, at Hart House (University of Toronto) at a time to be determined.

Super 8 Loops Wanted

The University of Toronto Film Festival is seeking super 8 loops to be shown in Hart House throughout the day on March 13th. Site-specific loops are encouraged. Visit Hart House, explore the space and stake out some territory. Proposals should be sent to rick.palidwor@utoronto.ca

Selected artists will be responsible for setting up, running and tearing down their installations and must bring their own projector.

Super 8 my brain!

It's horror madness with Super 8 My Brain, a night of spooky short films presented by the Cambridge Super 8 Group; freaky, funny and frightening films that will make you sleep with the light on!

The night is in two parts. They'll show spooky Super 8 shorts from all over the world together with Q&A's with some of the filmmakers. At the interval, special musical guest: Will Kevansa.

So get on down to The Portland Arms, Cambridge on Sunday the 7th of February for a night of zombie shorts.

More details at www.cambridge-super8.org

straight 8 - a quick reminder!

Like you need reminding, but anyhow...

...don't forget that the granddaddy of all filming by the seat of your pants, watching through your sweaty palms covering your face in scared witless anticipation, single cartridge super 8 competitions is open for entries the world over.

Whilst we're locked away in our secret bunker plotting something so wonderful and amazing for our 2010 entry we couldn't possibly talk about it - we were just wondering, have you entered straight8 yet?

More at www.straight8.net

Coming soon - 8 Fest

The 8 fest returns to Toronto for its third year for three nights of screenings book-ended by a six-person group installation! This year will find the festival at a larger screening venue, Toronto’s Canadian Corps Headquarters (201 Niagara Street at King).

The 8 fest is North America’s only festival devoted to all forms of small-gauge film, including Super 8, 8mm, 9.5 and loops, shown in their original formats. The 8 fest showcases the 70+ year history of small gauge film, from contemporary artists' work in the form, to its wider cultural use in home movies, instructional loops and beyond.

More info and downloadable catalogue visit www.the8fest.com

Friday, January 29th

7pm ZINGER: tales from The Funnel, Volume 1 curated by Milada Kovacova
Films by Dave Anderson, Jim Anderson and Lorna Mills (starring Julie Voyce!)

9pm Acadian Super 8 Now! curated by Mario Doucette (Moncton, NB - in person!)
Films by Julien Cadieux, Amanda Dawn Christie, Tracy Lavoie, and others.

11pm FAG OFF! J.D.’s HomoPunk HitParade curated by Kevin Hegge
Films by Bruce LaBruce, Candy Parker, others + a new film by GB Jones!

Saturday, January 30th

7pm Golden: the Polyphonic Aural Experience curated by Milada Kovacova
Films by Deco Dawson, John Kneller, Nicholas Kovats, Tricia Martin, Midi Onodera,
Sound by Steve Reinke, Kevin Gregory, Darsha Hewitt, Talmaz Moslemian, Sym Corrigan

9pm Another Day and Night in Japan curated by Tomonari Nishikawa (Binghamton/Japan - in person!)
Contemporary Japanese Super 8!

Sunday, January 31st

7pm Guardiarega a film by Giovanni Sampogna

9pm Bagerooo, three! survey of submitted Canadian & international films
Films by Paul Clipson, Nicky Hamlyn, Siue Moffat, Cecila Arenada, Peggy Anne Berton and others!

Tickets are $5 per event/$25 festival pass
(Tickets/passes available at the door only!) for more info email: the8fest@gmail.com

+ the 2010 Group Exhibition!

Wednesday January 27th 7pm - Opening - free!
Up & down & back & forth & round & round the 8 fest installations

Thursday, January 28th - Sunday, January 31st, 12-6pm
Fountain Enterprises, 1261 Dundas Street West, (East of Dovercourt)
Installations by Rob Cruickshank, Vuk Dragojevic, Alexi Manis, John Porter, Lina Rodriguez and Alex Rogalski

the 8 fest is made possible through the generous support from: The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council as well as the sponsors and community partners: Art Gallery of York University, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Exclusive Film & Video, FADO Performance Art Centre, Fountain Enterprises, Homemade Movies home movie history project, The Images Festival, Kodak Canada, Pleasure Dome and Trinity Square Video.

The Power of Super 8 Film - coming soon!

Coming soon (March 15th) and available now to pre-order now for $10.95 - The Power of Super 8 Film is Phil Vigeant's brand new book providing extensive insight into the world of small gauge film - a definite must read!

Find out more at www.pro8mm.com

Cambridge Super 8 entries...

...the Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival guys have finished counting their entries following the close of submissions on 26th December. The numbers are in and they've received an astonishing...

283...entries!

We can't wait for what should hopefully be a bumper festival this Spring!

Pro8mm mailers - new

Pro8mm have started a new range of "triple-ship" mailers providing for shipment of film from Burbank to the US, Canada and Worldwide, return to Burbank for processing and then shipment back to the customer. Prices from $40 for B&W film and Processing $45 for colour.

More at www.pro8mm.com

Vitafilm - available again

VITAFILM® is a special blend of highly refined oils and natural compounds designed to penetrate deep into the molecular structure of the film base. This enables VITAFILM®´s unique ability to restore and condition damaged motion picture film.

More at Wittner Cinetec

Flicker want your films!

The Flicker Film Festival (North Carolina) is looking for films for their next show at the Cat's Cradle on January 26th, as well as right through the upcoming year.

If you don't know already, Flicker is a long-running, bi-monthly screening series dedicated to showing work that originated on film - and you can learn more at www.flickerfestival.com and find out about the screenings.

Anything shot on film and 15 minutes or under will be considered, and there's no entry fee. Submissions must be postmarked by January 20th for inclusion in the January 26th show.

Send your DVD or VHS or film print to...

Flicker Film Festival
1912 Haverford St.
Durham, NC
27705
USA

...and include any other information you have available: bios, stills, and film descriptions are encouraged. Feel free to email the organisers with questions at: flickerfestival@fastmail.fm

Hello 2010 - what next for Super 8?

Belated Happy New Year to all our readers and apologies for the extended break in service but we're wrestling with some real arctic weather here in the UK.

So it's 2010 and yet another milestone, the 6th decade for the Super 8mm format. Go on count them... 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and now the 10's. So, with evolution being key to the continued success of our beloved small gauge format, we wondered what our readers think will happen next for Super 8.

Let us know (using the web form or email here) and we'll post the best responses in a few weeks time.