'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

'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

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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

Super 8 week = straight 8 + Channel 4 + podcast

Kate Vogel, commissioning editor of Channel 4's '3 minute wonder' TV programme (UK), has selected four of this year's straight 8 entries to screen in the prime time slot of 7.55pm as part of the build up to straight 8's Cannes Film Festival screenings next Thursday night (22nd May).

onsuper8.org is thrilled to announce that each evening next week, immediately after the films have screened on Channel 4, we will be making these Super 8mm, single cartridge shorts available via our podcast - allowing viewers the world over to see this unique selection of some of the best of this year's straight 8 crop.

The running order is;

Mon 19 May: ‘Springlove’ – set in Amsterdam, using an amazing ‘stop-motion’ technique, two people hover as they meet for a date.
Director: Herrjaapmans

Tue 20 May: ‘Looking for Marilyn’ – an intimate black and white portrait of a Marilyn Monroe look-a-like, but when the whole neighbourhood dresses up as Marilyn the paparazzi get out of hand.
Directors: Anna Blandford and Anna Valdez Hanks

Wed 21 May: ‘The Last Trip’ – a charming tale of the wannabe first Welshman in space and how the village work together on a home-made space programme to take his ashes up to space.
Director: Malcolm Finlay

Thu 22 May: ‘A Piece of Heaven’ – a strange eyeglass arrives in a Mexican village giving people a troubling snapshot of heaven in this dark, epic tale.
Directors: Felix Alejandro Barbosa Vazquez y Yuri Misael Barbosa Vazquez

We're hugely grateful to all the filmmakers, straight 8 and Channel 4 for making this unique Super 8mm / TV / podcast tie up happen, and we hope you'll swing by each night next week and watch these fantastic films.

Bookmark this link to gain access to each film as they're added right through the week.

• 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