Kodak call for UK shorts

Kodak have announced their call for entries for this year's UK Short Film competition.

Rules - must've been shot on Kodak in the last 24 months, must be 15 minutes or less and must be submitted by 4th July - and you must live in Blighty.

There's big, big prizes - so go snoop here, now!

Internationale 8mm Festival call

Click the image above to be taken straight to the webpage of Internationale 8mm Festival which takes place this year at the courtyard of Molenstraat 32, Kampen, in the Netherlands on Saturday 23rd August.

If you want to stand a chance of wining the coveted "Forgotten Lenscap" drop the organisers an email for more details on where to send your films. Only 8mm films are accepted (they cant play audio from sound striped film) but you can send a separate soundtrack (Aiff or mp3) on CD for playing out at the screening.

Entries are free and must be with the organisers by 22nd August - go on, get in touch!

Call to Szeged

Entries for the 7th International Super 8mm Festival which takes place in Szeged, Hungary on the 11th to 14th September, 2008 are now open. The Super 8mm Festival aims to be a networking festival for the Super 8 community and film lovers and only accepts films originally shot in the Super 8 film format.

To enter your film (for free) first send an e-mail to super8mmfest@gmail.com with the following information;

• name of the director
• nationality
• the title of the film
• length of the film
• category (fiction, experimental, documentary, animation, narrative, comedy, film noir, music video, thriller)
• maximum of 3 sentences about the story
• the year of production

Films made in languages other than English should have English subtitles and the deadline for entry is the 20th of August 2008. Films (on DVD) should be submitted to - Rózsa Péter, 6721 Szeged, Római krt.40., Hungary.

For more information on the Szeged Super 8 Group and the festival visit http://www.myspace.com/s8mm, http://www.super8mm.hu
or contact super8mmfest@gmail.com

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.

NOMOS call for entries 2008

Click the image above to find out more (big groovy poster version) on the next NOMOS International Small Format Awards - now includes entries for 16mm users as long as they don't exceed 8 minutes!

Entry forms at will be at www.smallformat.de or email lossau@smallformat.de, entries to be submitted by 15th October 2008.

Freefilmfestivals.com

As filmmakers making no budget shorts, we know that film festival entry fees can soon rack up on top of that you've already shelled out to finish your latest masterpiece.

So, here at onsuper8.org we're releasing details of the trawl we do each month to find free entry film festivals right across the world.

freefilmfestivals.com - does what it says on the tin. All free entry, updated all of the time - it's a simple as that!

Go, bookmark, use, tell your friends and most importantly good luck!

Santorini Super 8

The Greek island of Santorini is as beautiful as it is unique. Literally hewn from the earth's crust, the crescent shaped island is what's left following the collapse of an ancient caldera - its legacy, soaring cliffs and rocky outcrops. Famed for its whitewashed buildings - yes, they're the ones you always see on the travel adverts - the island is an absolute must see.

Having been to Santorini and witnessed its famously stunning sunsets first hand, we were cock-a-hoop when we discovered the call for entries for the 'Détours Santorini' Super 8 Film Festival. The whitewashed stone walls of the village of Oia offering the setting for a unique festival experience - promising a memorable time for audiences, film makers, and the casual wanderer alike.

For four summer nights (June 20th to 23rd), the audience will be given maps to navigate through the village, with details provided on the films showing and the film makers behind them. On their wanderings, participants will encounter films projected on grainy stone walls (from 10 projectors spread throughout the village) and each night will be able to vote for a winner.

There's no entry fee for submissions to this unique event as the festival is benefiting from the cooperation of the town of Oia with support mostly coming from private donors and local sponsorships.

The organisers are looking for films from both amateurs and professional film-makers on the Super 8 format and all genres will be accepted: animation, fiction, documentary and experimental film. However, submissions can only only be on Super 8 reversal film as selected films will be projected from original stock. Entries must be received by 1st June.

For more details on what might just be 2008's most innovative Super 8 experience go to Détours Santorini and then follow this link to the Wiki for more on the island.

Super 8 Special

Each year since 1998 David Pfluger has organised a Super 8 event in Basel, Switzerland, and this year is no exception.

On 08/08/2008 (geddit?) the 'Super 8 Special' film festival will show an array of Super 8mm films, hopefully outdoors (if not at the Neues Kino in Basel), all under 10 minutes - from right across the spectrum of geography, genre and technical prowess.

As David says himself "The idea behind my Super 8 festival is, to give Super 8 filmmakers a chance to show their works without the pressure of a contest or the need to show a perfect piece of work. There are virtually no possibilities to show your (first) films if you are a Super 8 filmmaker and/or don't have a reputation yet. To see what other people are creating is very entertaining and inspiring."

To find out more about submitting your film to the Super 8 Special, click here, and entries (which are free) close on July 15th.

Strasbourg does the in-cart edit

The long established single cartridge Festival Tourné Monté (Strasbourg, France) has announced its call for entries for 2008.

This year there's major change to this perennial event in submission options - previously entrants purchased their own film and sent this to their laboratory of choice for processing with a return address of the festival organisers. In 2008, entrants can purchase Ektachrome 64T or Tr-X stock directly from the festival who will handle the whole processing chain.

Completed films are due back by 30th June 2008 and credit to the organisers, each and every film is checked long before the screening - so if you've goofed and left the lens cap on - they'll let you know, so you kind re-shoot. How kind!

The festival will be held on the 21st and 22nd October 2008 in Strasbourg and if previous events are anything to go by audiences will be huge.

To find out more, including entry details (hop on over to the official website or a hilariously clumsy Google-bot translation here.

Single cartridge in Germany

We've been tipped off about 'Flimmernacht '08' a special single cartridge Super 8 film competition arranged by the University of Offenburg in Germany.

Technically the usual applies - a single cartridge of film, shot with in camera editing, accompanied by a separate soundtrack. Completed films must be submitted by 5th May 2008 and it seems that entrants purchase their own stock and send it (along with the processing coupon) to the organisers after exposure.

However, this is the genius twist - whilst film entrants just have to send in their completed film, the soundtrack is produced by totally different people - who have no contact whatsoever with the filmmakers.

For the sound design element, separate applications have to be made for this second competition (a kind of competition within the competition if you will) and the combined results for each film will be shown for the first time at the festival with filmmakers having no influence on the outcome resulting in sometimes interesting, and sometimes strange results.

Films will be screened in Offenburg, which is in Baden-Württemberg near the Black Forest, on Saturday 19th July at 7pm and entry is a paltry 10 Euros - for more information see the official website where entry forms (in German) can be downloaded.

[Thanks Juergen]

See you on the Flipside

Running from May 21st – 31st 2008, in Plymouth, UK, The Flipside Film Festival will showcase both feature length and short films and is intended as a filmic celebration and exploration of alternate, unorthodox and under-represented views of our world.

They've got an 'Open Call' for film entries of any genre or film-making style, around the following thematic areas:

1/ The View From Here: Films which provide the viewer with the opportunity to literally 'see' our world from different and unfamiliar visual perspectives, achieved by manipulating 'the real' with various alchemic cinematic techniques and technological trickery.

2/ View Point: Films which celebrate non-mainstream / non-traditional and minority viewpoints and experiences of our world (especially political / spiritual / ideological viewpoints and experiences that are under-represented by mainstream broadcast media). A thematic celebration of the diversity of experience in our world and a challenge to the institutional shortcomings of 'broad' cast media.

3/ 4:3 ReView: Films which creatively embrace 'endangered' media practices, processes and technologies, featuring everything in the 4:3 aspect ratio, from Super 8, Standard 8 and Standard 16mm film, to analogue video. This is the thematic antidote to HDTV, where the focus is the celebration and exploration of the gloriously rarefied, rather than the aggressive product-profit driven 'technical redundancy & replacement' industry model.

In addition to programmed film screenings there will also be the opportunity to get involved in thematically relevant film-making workshops. The festival will culminate with a keynote screening and panel discussion event in which the works of pioneering film artist Don Letts will be explored and celebrated, with insight and comment from the man himself who will be joining the festivities!

For more exciting news about Flipside (including a list of contributing artists, films, special events and details of their spankin’ new website) contact Dan P. for more details at:

flipside-festival@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/flipsidefilmfest

To enter your films, contact Dan P. at the email address above for an application pack and entries can be accepted in the following formats up to the deadline of 10th May 2008:

VHS / miniDV / DVcam / HDV / DVD-video (Region 2 or Region 0) / Standard 8mm / super8 / Standard 16mm / Super 16. Other media formats can be accommodated by special arrangement.

*The promoters are particularly interested in receiving Super 8 originated entries for the 2008 festival and all entries in this film gauge will be screened!

straight 8 - last call

Time is running out to enter straight 8 2008 - if you're quick you too can shoot a single cartridge epic and have the chance of a screening on Channel 4 or even at Cannes!

Visit their website now for entry details and have a play with the funky new entrants map... go!

Enter Cambridge now!

You got just two weeks before the deadline for entries for the 2nd Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival.

The festival is slated for 24th to 26th April and entry is absolutely free. Burn your DVD's now - what have you got to loose?

Richmond Flicker Attck

Wanted: 20 courageous filmmakers to produce 3-minute Super 8 films to be shown at the James River Film Festival in April.

You'll have to be quick, 20 places only, registration closes Monday 4th February. For more on the Richmond Flicker Attack - click here...

Withoutabox + IMDB = ?

The popular film festival entry portal Withoutabox has been swallowed whole by the mighty Internet Movie Database, part of the Amazon empire...

We're happy to let you know that Withoutabox has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), an Amazon.com subsidiary. This presents a great opportunity for all our independent filmmakers, festivals, and industry professionals. The new arrangement preserves the vision that Withoutabox has championed for eight years, teaming it with the Internet's number one destination for film lovers and film insiders.

As Filmmakers and self-distributors, you can look forward to more ways to help reach your audiences and monetize your work.

As Festivals, you can look forward to more powerful tools to scout, collect, select, and schedule films, plus access to a vast audience of movie lovers that only IMDb can deliver - more than 50 million visitors a month.

As film Sellers, Sales Agents, and Acquirers, you can look forward to unprecedented information, discovery, and connectivity at your fingertips, across the entire landscape of commercial and independent film.

The day-to-day operations of Withoutabox will remain much the same, including the entire management team, our experienced staff, and the dedicated customer service you love.

straight 8 oh eight straight to TV

More nuggets have been revealed about this years fantastic straight 8 single cartridge, in camera edit event.

Burnin' hot from straight 8's own press release...

Kate Vogel, commissioning editor of Channel 4's '3 Minute Wonder' TV programme, will select four straight 8's to screen in their prime time slot of 7.55 pm, during Cannes Film Festival in May...

straight 8 are offering a unique Super 8 workshop day in London in February...

2008 screenings are still confirming but it should be the usual plus more

For more information, entry details (including registration and payment via PayPal) and details of their great "best of 2007" DVD get on over to www.straight8.net

Entries are now open whether you're a rookie or old hand, in the UK or abroad, there's a choice of reversal colour and b&w film stock and places are limited - hurry now, sign up... we have!

+ see some of last year's winning films on our podcast - here, here, here, here and here!

Cambridge call - reminder

A quick reminder that you've only got a month to get your entry (which is free) to the super friendly guys at the Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival.

The 2nd Cambridge International Super 8 Festival will be held in the historical UK City of Cambridge in the Spring (April/May - dates to be announced) of 2008 and films must be submitted by the deadline of February 16th 2008.

Visit their spanking new website at www.cambridge-super8.org where you find the rules amd entry details, online examples of some of their films, plus details of upcoming teaser events (like Super M'8).

We love the Cambridge Super 8 Group - so send them your films and make 2008 a cracking festival!

Super 8 Circus call

This year's Super 8 Circus (part of the University of Toronto Film Festival) will be held on March 15, 2008 and, for the first time ever, they're considering outside submissions of silent Super 8mm films, 50 feet or less (1 cartridge), for projection (therefore no negative film) with live musical accompaniment.

If you're interested contact rick.palidwor@utoronto.ca who will request a short description of the film and the availability of a preview, either online or on DVD, which must be able to seen by mid-February.

You must be willing to pay to ship the film to Toronto and we will cover costs of shipping it back.

Don't delay, limited spaces available.

straight 8 oh eight is open

The grand-daddy of all single cartridge Super 8mm festivals has thrown open it's doors for another year of small film thrills and spills.

straight 8 - the in camera edited, single cartridge super 8mm festival is welcoming entrants the world over - the rules you know, the entry fee is £70 plus postage, films must be returned by March 26 - and this year there's a choice of Ektachrome 64T, Plus-x or Tri-x film.

We've featured straight 8 films on our podcast over the last few weeks, which are also featured on the awesome 'Best of 2007' which is available for a short period at a discounted price of £10 plus postage.

For more zoom on over to straight8.net where they cunningly accept PayPal, and we've got more from the straight 8 stable on our podcast over the holidays with films from female directors.