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The APA and Cinelab Film + Digital proudly present the straight 8 shootout 2024, with additional support from shots, Warner Chappell Production Music, and MACHINESHOP.

This lively event welcomes everyone to witness an array of brave companies efforts; short films edited entirely in-camera on just one roll of super 8 film. Every film will be showcased, regardless of the outcome. The event will culminate in a live vote and trophy ceremony - an unmissable experience if you're in Cannes!

Competing Companies:
AFFECT SOUND, AGILE STUDIO, HUMANT LIFE, KAUS, IMAGINE THIS, IRIS, MAD COW FILMS, MR+POSITIVE, NOT JUST ANY, ODELAY FILMS, OUTSIDER, PRESENCE, RSA, SQUIRE STUDIO, THE&PARTNERSHIP, VCCP.

Event Details:


  • Date and Time: Friday, June 21st, 10:00 - 10:45 am - Petit Déjeuner en pleine air (sponsored by shots)
  • Location: Cinema Les Arcades, 77 Rue Felix Faure, Cannes
  • 10:45 am: Doors open
  • 11:00 am: Film screening begins
  • 12:45 pm: Voting and award ceremony

Cannes tickets are available here. No festival pass required.

For those in London, the event will be re-run at The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, at 6:00 pm on Thursday, June 27th, followed by a nearby after-party. 

You can buy London tickets here.

Partners: The straight 8 shootout is supported by APA, Cinelab Film + Digital, Warner Chappell Production Music, shots, and MACHINESHOP.

About the Challenge: Any creative company is invited to participate in the straight 8 shootout challenge: to create a 2.5-minute short film entirely in-camera on one cartridge of super 8mm film. Each shot must be taken in story order, with no retakes or editing. Visual effects, colouring, and titling must be done during the shoot, using the camera. Super 8 film does not record sound, so soundtracks are made 'blind' and must be original.

Entrants send their exposed but undeveloped film cartridges to Cinelab Film + Digital for processing and scanning. straight 8 then aligns each soundtrack with the first frame of the film. It's that simple.

For more information, visit straight8.net/shootout.

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