SXSW by Super 8 - diary date!

SXSW (South by South West) - Austin's hip 'n' cool music fest plus has a strand entitled "The Power of Super 8 Film" on Saturday 13th March at 3pm comprising some small film heavy hitters...

Philip Vigeant - Pro8mm
Adam Garner - Trigger Studios
Branden Lower - A Bryan Photo
Ashley Maynor - Preservation Project Films

Super 8 is the OG of guerilla filmmaking. Find out how you can make this beautiful, classic film gauge work in an HD world. From finding a camera to choosing film stock, scanning and encoding options, inclusive workflows, tips that make the difference and more. These aren't your grandpa's home movies anymore!

More and details here.

Getting busy with Super 8 in Cambridge

The Cambridge Super 8 guys are getting busy in the run up to this year's small format extravaganza (22nd of April to 1st of May 2010)...

Free Super 8 workshop

Wednesday 24th February 2010 @ 8pm, Music room, St-John college, Cambridge

A presentation on the Super 8 format and its possibilities at 8pm at the Music Room at St-John college (in partnership with Soc Doc Soc)
"Come and join us to learn a few tips before shooting your first Super 8 reel!"

Volunteer meeting

Thursday, 25th of Feb @ 6pm, USC bar, Mill lane, Cambridge

If you want help at the Cambridge Super 8 Festival, join the team at the USC Bar (Mill Lane, Cambridge) at 6pm on Thursday the 25th of February. There are plenty of positions to fill: ushers, technical support, publicity... go to the information meeting and find how you can get involved and help.

Cambridge do Newcastle!

UK - this Saturday night (20/02/10) - The best films from the cambridge Super 8 Film Festival 2009 will be be screened in Newcastle at 8pm at the Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newscastle upon Tyne. NE1

More at www.cambridge-super8.org and www.starandshadow.org.uk

LaborBerlin: This Saturday!

LaborBerlin cordially invites you to the inauguration of its new rooms in Stattbad Wedding on the 20.02.2010, starting from six until late, with screenings and music.

LaborBerlin has invited 6 labs to screen a selection of their self processed films: "Laba" from Athens, "Super 8 Picnic in a hand" from Vilnius, "Zebralab" from Geneva, "L'abominable" from Paris, "Worm Filmwerkplaats" from Rotterdam and "Sector 16" from Hannover. Each Laboratory will have a 20 minutes "Carte Blanche", LaborBerlin and its friends will also show films.

Schedule:

6 pm Entrance
6.30 Tour through the new rooms
7.30 "Carte Blanche" to Zebralab, L´abominable, Worm Filmwerkplaats
9.00 "Carte Blanche" to Laba, Super 8 picnic in a hand, Sector 16
10.30 Screening by LaborBerlin & Friends
11.30 Concert/Performance by FräuleinSchein

Between screenings and after midnight there will be music with DJ Télépathe and Phuong Dan plus Rebekabar with Vodka and Super 8!

Address: LaborBerlin e.V. Gerichtstrasse 65, 13347 Berlin, S-Bahn Wedding or S-Bahn Humbolthain

Contact: labor.organisation@gmail.com

This weekend - 2010 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival

Watch the winning films and digital videos of the International U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival, selected by a jury of filmmakers, students, and media professionals this weekend.

The festival, now in its 22nd year, will feature finalist works by independent filmmakers from the United States and around the world. A different program of films and videos will be offered each night.

Prize winners will be announced on the closing night of the festival, in a competition for $4000 in cash and prizes, along with the Audience Favorite Prize. 120 min.

All screenings will take place on February 19th - 21st, 2010 beginning at 7PM, in Voorhees Hall #105 at 71 Hamilton Street on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Admission per evening: $10 General; $9 Students/Seniors; $8 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends

Go to www.njfilmfest.com/super8.html to see what films are playing!

straight 8 launch party screening!

straight 8 is open to anyone, anywhere you make the film you want to make on just one roll of super 8 without any editing if it's great you see it - for the first time - at cannes or one of a load of other superb

screenings throughout 2010 - benicassim, rushes soho shorts, raindance and more are waiting to be confirmed like guadalajara, cannes film festival (the 8th consecutive year) the deadline is later than it’s ever been and includes easter weekend: april 6th

entrants can choose from five gr8 kodak film stocks. here are five awesome straight 8 films from the last couple of years - each shot on a different film stock...

great inspiration and great to help you check the looks out:

• play all connections - steve oram + nick lear - 2008 - comedy - tri-x (200asa b/w reversal)
• springlove - herrjaapmans - 2008 - arty - ektachrome 64t (64asa colour reversal)
• robot - matthew keen - 2008 - comedy/lifestyle - plus-x (100asa b/w reversal)
• ransom - will + george - 2009 - action/art - vision2 200t (200asa colour negative)
• the stages - corlin stubbs - 2009 - drama - vision3 500t (500asa colour negative)

plus...

• the yorkshire rapper – nick rutter
• class of 2005 – james owen & chris durban
• kropelltoffgeshitemier – Darren walsh
• day – max day
• sacre bleu – will & george
• tequila chamuco – diego arredondo
• sticks and balls – jacqueline wright & alice lowe
• piece of heaven – felix barbosa & y misael barbosa v
• whispering palms – phase vi
• the other half – nick scott

to get you inspired.. straight 8 are having a £1 entry launch party screening at the fantastic ritzy cinema in brixton at 9pm, thursday 18th feb tickets are only £1 – and can be purchased from www.straight8.net