Yearly archives: 2011

Best of the fest 2011 at Brighton Film Festival – 19th Nov 2011

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A Selection of the ‘Best of the Fest 2011’ will be presented at the Brighton Film Festival

4pm- 19th of November 2011 – More info http://www.cine-city.co.uk/films/small-wonder-super-8/

So Long, Kodachrome
Jim Granato / 2010 / United States / 7 mins
So Long, Kodachrome is an ode to super 8, and the most beloved film stock every made. While paying huge respects to the format, this original sound super 8 short also pays homage to an American 70′s landmark film.

Putain Lapin / Bitch Rabbit
Guérin van de Vorst / 2010 / Belgium / 10 mins
Putain Lapin is about the meeting between a whore and a bear, that she thinks is a rabbit. It’s also about a desolate place where people get lost and leave by charters.

Enterprisse
Mauricio Quiroga Kiro / 2010 / Bolivia, Argentina 9 mins
The man, the city, the machine. Once in the game, follow the instructions.

Collide-o-scope
Naren Wilks / 2010 / United Kingdom / 3 mins
Using four super-8 cameras a man in a white room replicates himself. He and his clones have until the cartridges in the cameras run out before they disappear.

Short film showing / Information meeting with the Cambridge S8 group

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CB2 cafe (Basement) Norfolk Street in Cambridge – Friday 21st of October 2011 –  8pm.

You like films, you should join the Cambridge Super 8 group.
We are organising film events, workshops,  film projects.

All over the world, the awkward squad are keeping traditional zero-budget film making alive with nothing more than neglected cameras and little cartridges of Super 8 film. Tiny frames of glowing colour or grimy mono- chrome; no soundtrack so you make one; suit yourself and make a film as distinctive as a hand-knitted jumper. Challenge yourself with Straight Eight, fill an art gallery wih motion and noise, help put on showings and festivals. 

We have equipment. We need friends and collaborators. Come and meet us.

www.cambridge-super8.org

screening & volunteer information
meeting friday 21 october @ 8pm
cb2 basement,
norfolk street

Free event


We will present some films we have shown at our past events and have an informal talk about our activities, projects and how you could get involved.   Free event

Home Movie Day – Saturday 15th October 2011

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HOME Movie Day 2011

Home Movie Day has grown into a worldwide celebration of these amateur films, during which people in cities and towns all over meet their local film archivists, find out about the archival advantages of film over video and digital media, and—most importantly—get to watch those old family films!

Please come along our next event. Bring your films ( 16mm, 8mm or Super 8 ) or come to enjoy some of the films from our group archive.

Cambridge (UK) – Central Library

7 Lion Yard
Cambridge CB2 3QD
from 10am to 5pm.
It is this year part of a festival with the BBC “Reel History of Britain, our past through film”

 

2011 festival winners

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The winners of the 5th International Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival are:

  • Jury Choice
    Putain Lapin by Guérin van de Vorst – Belgium – 10 min.

    Funny, smart and sad. Good use of space, good sound design including score, a very compact, surreal story, well acted, shot and edited. This film had moments of both grace and wit, and did not take itself too seriously nor its characters too lightly.

  • Development Award
    Enterprisse by Mauricio Quiroga Kiro – Bolivia/Argentina – 9 min.

    Excellent use of off screen space, excellent use of sound design. This fiction film felt more like an experimental documentary, or hybrid fiction/ experimental film, one which explores the space of the story with assurance. Excellent shooting and editing. The sequence which transitions from fast carnival cuts to the slow pan down is brilliant.

  • U.K. Winner and Audience prize
    Collide-o-scope by Naren Wilks – 2010 – United Kingdom – 3 min

    Fun! Superb use of the frame, of the magical conjuring tricks of cinema. Great choreography, great sound, a smart, well-structured film.

  • Jury Mention
    • Stadtplan by Reynold Reynolds – Germany – 8 min.

      A strong entry to the city essay style, this film could be considered an expanded documentary, an experimental essay, a study in cinematic architecture. The strong visual structure lets the viewer into the film, past language. The split screen served a complex dual purpose: to divide and to connect, moving at moments from one to the other to breathtaking effect. Closely observed details, organic combination of color and black and white.

    • The Day Before Tomorrow by Daniel Villanyi – Hungary – 12 min.

      A quiet, tightly focused film filled with emotional intensity, well directed and acted. Grief, acceptance and change are addressed without a single lapse into cliche, and this self assured film moves into the story it tells with strong cinematography and sound design.

    • Trust to Chance and Windfalls by Anja Dornieden- USA/China – 14 min.

      A documentary whose style and warmth is the direct outcome of the filmmakers’ dedication and willingness to observe, learn and explore. The direct cinema style of the images contrasts nicely with the verbal interview soundtrack, as the filmmaker follows the chess group from New York to China.

Casting/Super 8 project

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The winner of the 2010 audience prize Lionel Laget will shoot his new film in Cambridge next Monday and Tuesday. For his new film, he is looking for a man to play the college master part and a woman to play a student. He is also looking out for some costumes : roadsweeper + broom, college graduation gown.

If you can help or want to be involved, please contact Lionel at l_laget@yahoo.fr or come to the festival and meet Lionel there.

2nd Volunteer Meetings for 2011 festival

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Wednesday 6th April (CB2 cafe at 6pm)
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If you want to get involved, by joining the volunteer team, you will gain invaluable hands-on experience in assisting with the smooth running of the Festival.

A few of the opportunities available include helping with administration, marketing, publicity distribution, festival events and hospitality.