'New' reversals from Wittner

The Wittner Cinetec website is listing an old friend as well as a new kid on the block on their film stock product pages.

Described as 'Coming Soon' is a fresh batch of Kodak's stalwart Kodachrome 40 (Wittner Chrome 40T) as well as a welcome European first in the form of Fuji's much sought after Velvia 50D (Wittner Chrome V50D).

Both stocks should be available very shortly and can be ordered directly from Wittner in Hamburg, who now take PayPal as well as Bank Transfer or Credit Card payment.

Happy days!

Reminder: Détours Santorni

Quick reminder - you've got until 1st June to get your Super 8 films to the guys at Détours Santorini for entry to their unique Super 8 competition.

As we've mentioned before, films will be screened on the walls of the whitewashed buildings in the beautiful town of Oia and as such submissions can only only be on Super 8 reversal film as selected films will be projected from original stock.

For more information go to their website now!

Revelations in Perth

We're late to the party with this one, but the gospel of the single cartridge Super 8mm film festival has now spread to Perth, Australia.

Entries are open (until 6th June) for the Revel-8 single cart event which this year is based around the theme of 'Loose Change'. Entries are open to all Australians and for more details click the image above (for the poster) and this link for full details on the festival website.

Completed films will be screened at Perth’s unique Astor Cinema on Friday 11th July 2008 as part of the Revelation, Perth International Film Festival.

100 and counting in Berlin

Take more than 100 Eumig 607 and 610 projectors, put them in the 1000 sq metre cellar of a former brewery, add amateur film loops spanning every decade and major event from 1930 to now and you've got yourself the world's biggest Super 8 screening.

Conceived by smallformat editor Jürgen Lossau, 100xBerlin is exactly that.

Open from 2pm to 10pm daily ('til midnight on Fridays and Saturdays for screenings with musical accompaniment) at the Prenzlauer Berg Brewery from June 7th to July 6th, this incredible feat of small film screening paints a fascinating history of Berlin, from the war, the wall, the city's zoo right through to family Christmas's, 8mm has captured the ups and downs of an ever changing city.

Click the image above for a full size version of the poster for full details (in English) or visit www.100xBerlin.de for more (in German).

'The Last Trip' - straight 8 on 3 Minute Wonder

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Well, all good things must eventually come to an end, and Channel 4's straight 8 stint in the 3 Minute Wonder slot finished with a bang tonight.

Malcolm Finlay's 'The Last Trip' tells the charming tale of one Welshman's very personal trip into space. We've heard on the grapevine that despite the change in running order of films this week on Channel 4, Malcolm had always planned not to watch, waiting for straight 8's 2008 premiere tonight in Cannes. Nerves undoubtedly will be jangling later when the projector rolls!

With the kind permission of the filmmaker, straight 8 and Channel 4 we've uploaded the film onto our podcast - just click the image above to watch a Flash or full sized Quicktime version - for everyone the world over to see.

Click this link to see all four films that screened during this fabulous week of Super 8 on TV.

Remember, you can also;

• Subscribe to the Super 8 podcast via iTunes here
• See our Blip.tv channel for non iTunes solutions
• For more on the onsuper8.org podcast click here including how to get email updates

Widescreen Canon from Pro8mm

Pro8mm have today launched the the Max 8 1014-XLS conversion of the classic Canon camera of the same name, making shooting widescreen on Super 8mm an absolute breeze.

Modifications include gate widening, adding 16x9 framing lines to the viewfinder, removal of the internal 85 filter, increasing take-up torque so that the modern, thicker film stocks are less likely to jam, as well as recalibration of the exposure system so that all film stocks will accurately read exposure from 50 to 500 ASA.

The complete package of modifications (on a customer's own camera) is $995.00 - for more info see Pro8mm.com

'Springlove' - straight 8 on 3 Minute Wonder

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Day 3 of the straight 8 season on Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder slot...

Herrjapmans 'Springlove' is an amazing stop motion tale of hovering love and on first sight makes you think "how the hell did they do that?" It's simple yet poetic.

With the kind permission of the filmmaker, straight 8 and Channel 4 we've uploaded the film onto our podcast - just click the image above to watch a Flash or full sized Quicktime version - for everyone the world over to see.

Bookmark this link to gain access to the last in the series of straight 8 films tomorrow (Thursday) night - just in time for straight 8's Cannes screening of the best of this year's entries!

You can also;

• Subscribe to the Super 8 podcast via iTunes here
• See our Blip.tv channel for non iTunes solutions
• For more on the onsuper8.org podcast click here including how to get email updates

'A Piece of Heaven' - straight 8 on 3 Minute Wonder

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This is getting good!

Tonight's UK small film tombola in Channel 4's coveted 3 Minute Wonder TV slot revealed the 2008 straight 8 entry 'A Piece of Heaven'.

Unless you've been in a cave the last few weeks, you'll know we're carrying four straight 8, in camera edit, Super 8mm films this week, showing each just after they've screened on Channel 4 at 7.55pm. And why are they on the telly? Well, it's all part of the build up to the fabulous straight 8 screening in Cannes on Thursday night!

Tonight's Super 8mm short, shot entirely on location in Mexico by directors Felix Alejandro Barbosa Vazquez and Yuri Misael Barbosa Vazquez, weaves a dark story around the appearance of a strange eyeglass in a small rural village.

With the kind permission of the filmmakers, straight 8 and Channel 4 we've uploaded the film onto our podcast - just click the image above to watch a Flash or full sized Quicktime version - for everyone the world over to see.

Bookmark this link to gain access to the other fantastic straight 8 films as they're added each night through to Thursday.

Note: the order of broadcast has changed since our earlier post so more tomorrow at 7.55pm on Channel 4 - or here a short time after!

You can also;

• Subscribe to the Super 8 podcast via iTunes here
• See our Blip.tv channel for non iTunes solutions
• For more on the onsuper8.org podcast click here including how to get email updates

'Looking for Marilyn' - straight 8 on 3 Minute Wonder

(Click to watch in Flash or Quicktime)

Tonight was a momentous night for Super 8 film here in the UK with the first of four 2008 straight 8 entries screening at 7.55pm in Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder strand in their pre-Cannes screening tie up.

'Looking for Marilyn' (directed by Anna Blandford and Anna Valdez Hanks) is a cautionary yet stylish tale of what happens when celebrity goes wrong, shot on a single cartridge of Super 8mm black and white film with in camera edits.

With the kind permission of the filmmakers, straight 8 and Channel 4 we've uploaded the film onto our podcast - just click the image above to watch a Flash or full sized Quicktime version - for everyone the world over to see.

Bookmark this link to gain access to the other fantastic straight 8 films as they're added each night through to Thursday.

Note: the order of broadcast has changed since our earlier post so it's going to be a week of surprises!

You can also;

• Subscribe to the Super 8 podcast via iTunes here
• See our Blip.tv channel for non iTunes solutions
• For more on the onsuper8.org podcast click here including how to get email updates

Szeged Group - live

If you missed the Super 8 Acrobat Group (from Szeged, Hungary) screening at the Cambridge Super 8mm Film Festival last month - just click the image above for taster of the live projections and performance.

[Via Super8mm.hu]