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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:

plus...

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

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.

Happy Holidays!


Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all our readers, generous advertisers, the filmmakers featured on our podcast and everyone we've worked with, met and talked to over the last year.

Have a safe and relaxing holiday and we'll be back with much more from the indomitable world of Super 8 and small film in 2010!

Giles

Neil Film-o-Clean

Here's another natty little gizmo via Wittner Cinetec - the Neil Film-o-Clean, an attachment for projectors that cleans the films prior to passing through the projection mechanism. No price as yet but available January/February 2010.

More details (in German) here.

Smallformat back issues

A communiqué from Germany...

One year ago, the last issue of smallformat magazine was published. We still have some copies of all issues (1/2005, 1-6/2006, 1-6/2007, 1-6/2008). If you are interested to buy some or all, this might be the last chance to do so. Just send me an e-mail.

The German issue, schmalfilm magazine, is still alive and healthy. Now this German publication is the last professionaly produced periodical for Super 8 and 16 mm. All the others have gone...

Save Super 8 - use Super 8!

Juergen Lossau

Cambridge - last call

Don't forget to get your films in for one of the bestest and biggest Super 8 film festvals anywhere on our fair planet - the Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival. Entries are free but must with the guys by 26th December 2009.

Hurry up! Enter now at www.cambridge-super8.org

A Super 8 Fimmaker's Journal

Out now and compiled by Don Diego Ramirez; 'A Super 8 Filmmaker's Journal' offers a comprehensive guide to the micro cinema community providing products and services to small gauge filmmakers. Based on Ramirez' personal experiences, this book will assist any one to become a Super 8 filmmaker in today?s digital age!

Comprising a number of articles from various sources, vintage adverts, photographs and imagery, the journal is a 100 page trip through every aspect of small film making.

Once regular contributor to Super 8 Today, Don Diego Ramirez is an often controversial an outspoken art figure. He is a critically acclaimed Fine Art Photographer, contributing writer award winning Super 8 Filmmaker (Trailer Trash: A Film Journal; Best Documentary, U.S. Super 8 Film Festival 2007) and currently lives in the dark woods of West Virginia.

A Super 8 Filmmaker's Journal, A Guide to Super 8 Filmmaking in the Age of the Internet, ISBN: 1449551491 EAN-139781449551490 and available at Create Space.

Accolade for Pro8mm

The Fall edition of Moviemaker magazine has on page 39 "The I-List", 25 companies every moviemaker needs to know. Listed amongst the great, good and essential is Pro8mm, LA's very own home to Super 8 film stock exotica and cameras.

Well done guys!