Film Nights and Preview Events
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In the run up to the 2nd Cambridge International Super Film Festival in 2008 we're going to be staging a number of special film and preview nights to get you in the mood.
Join us and get a taster of just what Cambridge Super 8 is all about - we'd love to see you there! |
Preview Night 2 - Sunday 13th April, 7pm - £4/£3
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We're so excited about this year's festival that we're going to give you a second sneaky peek at some of the films that will be featuring at the end of the month.
Join us for some brilliantly inspiring Super 8mm films from around the world and take the opportunity to question some of those directors behind the films. The Locomotive, Mill Road, Cambridge. Entry is just £4/£3 on the door! Click here to download the cut out and keep poster! |
Preview Night - Sunday 16th March, 7pm - £4/£3
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With the 2008 Festival just around the corner, join us for an exclusive sneaky peek at some of the fantastic Super 8mm films in this years event.
So sit back, relax, and join us for a lazy Sunday evening watching some of the best films on Super 8mm, anywhere! The Locomotive, Mill Road, Cambridge. Entry is just £4/£3 on the door! Click here to download the lovely poster! |
Docs on Super 8
Wednesday 27th February, 7pm - free for members/£2
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The Cambridge Super 8 Group, the brains being the Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival have hooked up with the Cambridge University Social Documentary Film Society to stage a night of documentaries on Super 8.
The event takes place at the Cambridge University Graduate Union, on 17 Mill Lane on Wednesday 27th February at 7pm. Entrance is free for members and just £2 for non-members. Some of the directors and members of the Cambridge Super 8 group will be on hand to answer questions and the full line up includes; What is the Revolutionary Cycle Cinema? Simon Mullen, UK, 2007, 5 min. - Cambridge Super 8 Group The green revolution makes them to pedal to generate enough energy to power a cinema show. A Shift in Perception (Best film from 2007 Cs8FF) Dan Marceaux, Australia, 2006, 16 min. Three vision-impaired women recount their lives, dreams, fears and observations. The Boatman Dylan Howitt, Argentina/UK, 2007, 12 min. A lyrical portrait of a boatman in Buenos Aires as he plies his trade crossing one of the most polluted rivers in the world. Shikashika Stephen Hyde, 2008, Peru/USA, 10 min. A revealing portrait of the lives of three generations ice sellers in the Peruvian Andes. Foxy Lady in Winterland (Audience Prize from 2007 CS8FF) Dagie Brundert, Germany, 2003, 3 min. “It’s this weird time between the years. Xmas today. Berlin is Siberia. My recent lover was a zero.” The Ferryman Giles Perkins, 2007, UK, 7 min. A day with the Thelwall ferryman rowing his passengers across the post industrial Manchester Ship Canal. Bike Kill 2005 Nick Golebiewski, 2005, USA, 3 min. An all day block party in Brooklyn, NY with bike jousting, music, and mutant bikes. Everything But... Colin Dewar, 2007, UK, 3min. - Cambridge Super 8 Group Award winning Super 8mm animation on the life cycle of a cigarette butt. Dear N. (Development Prize from 2007 CS8FF) Chantal Partamian, 2006, Lebanon/France, 8 min. A letter based documentary recounting dramatic events for a distant friend. Blink and You Will Miss It Tony Clarke, 2007, UK, 3 min. - Cambridge Super 8 Group It's as if you we there, the Strawberry Fair in 3 minutes. |
Super M'8 - Sunday 10th February, 7pm - £4/£3
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The Cambridge Super 8 Group celebrate their love for their favourite film medium with - "Super M'8 (pronounced Mate) Project our Passion!" - a fun film night packed with short films about that most confusing of things, Love!
We can't think of a nicer way to spend the Sunday night just before Valentine's day, so come on down, get loved up, and watch some amazing short films at: The Locomotive, Mill Road, Cambridge. Entry is just £4/£3 on the door! Click here to download the lovely poster! |
Super Anim-8 - Sunday 16th December, 8pm - £4/£3
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Let the Cambridge Super 8 Group animate Sunday for you with 'Super Anim-8',
an evening of startlingly good new digital and Super 8 animated short films from all over the UK,
Europe and the World, down at The Barfly in Cambridge.
The evening is in two halves, in the first half we screen delightful and delirious digital animated short films and in the second we screen superb and sublime Super 8 short animated films. And there's more - following the storming success of 'Super 8 My Brain' we again present Q&As with rising Super 8 and Digital filmmakers, giving you a unique opportunity to explore the renaissance of Super 8 film making. So get yourself to The Barfly and join us on a Super anim-8-ed journey from the history of America via crazy light abstractions to the history of a single cigarette butt. Click here to download the poster! |
Super 8 My Brain - Friday 9th November, 8pm - £4/£3
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It's Halloween 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. First we have digital short films from local and not so local filmmakers. In the second we will show spooky Super 8 shorts from all over the world that were submitted to Strawberry Super 8 2007 together with Q&A's with some of the filmmakers. So get on down to The Boathouse at Mitchums Corner on Friday the 9th of November for a night of scary shorts. Age Restriction: 18+ |
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