Challenge yourself with Straight Eight, fill an art gallery wih motion and noise, help put on showings and festivals.
We have equipment. We have projects. We have dreams.
We need friends and collaborators.
Come and meet us.
Monday 24th September 6:30pm
Friday 12th October 6:00pm
Friday 26th October 6:30pm
Upstairs at CB2 cafe Norfolk Street (near ARU/Grafton centre)
In January 2013 Smiths Row in association with 
the Cambridge Super 8 Group will be hosting
an eight-week exhibition dedicated to the art of Super 8.
Smiths Row is currently accepting submissions from artists
from any discipline to produce works either using /
originating in Super 8 or inspired by the format.
Proposals can be submitted for works in any form such as
moving-image (analogue and digital), installation, performance,
graphic art, photography, painting, sculpture and
sound.
Deadline for proposal has been extended, it is now the 1st of October 2012
Download the application form here : Call for artists PDF
Our film screening is cancelled for Saturday the 25th of August
Sorry for the inconvenience – Please join us on facebook or twitter for updates, etc.
Barbarella
Saturday 25th August 2012 Barbarella flier
The Prince Albert, 62 Silver Street Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4JF
Screening times:
5pm Super 8 Shorts (in the main bar)
8.30pm Main Feature (in the beer garden – weather permitting).
Do you want to find out what we are planning for next year ? Do you have some spare time to help the Super 8 group ?
We are hosting a meeting for new members to join. We are an open group so please come and join us for a friendly chat at CB2 cafe (Norfolk Street in Cambridge) on Friday the 13th of July (upstairs) at 6pm.
The 12 films made especially to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic flame will be revealed.
Saturday 7th of July 2012 – 5pm
First part – The screening will take place on Parkers Piece in the pop-up cinema! Join us for a free screening.
Sunday 8th of July 2012 – 3pm
Second part – The finalists and new 5 new films will be screened on Parkers Piece in the pop-up cinema!
Have a look to the full programme.
Short film screenings in partnership with the Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival and Straight 8
The best films shot for Straight 8 will be shown. One Super 8 cartridge, one brilliant idea, 3 min, no retake !
The fun starts at 8pm, so come and join us for a great night of inspirational shorts. We will show also some of the films we made at the Cambridge Super 8 group.
Come and have a chat, watch some brilliant films and find more about the Super 8 format around a drink !
Friday 30th March 2012 at 8pm
at CB2 cafe basement Norfolk Street ,Cambridge.
Entry: £4/£3
Super Retro Film Nite – In Ely (UK)
Sunday 4th of March, 7pm – We will show rare films from original Super 8 reels @ the Prince Albert
Let’s Super 8 –
Short film screenings in partnership with the Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival and Straight 8
The fun starts at 8pm, so come and join us for a great night of inspirational shorts.
Friday 24th Feb 2012 at 8pm
at CB2 cafe basement Norfolk Street ,Cambridge.
Entry: £4/£3
We will launch the Super 8 Olympiades, so join us if you want to find out more.
Join us in Ely (Cambridgeshire) for an evening of Sci-fi classics.
All shown from our Super 8 projector !!
At the Prince Albert Pub, Silver street in Ely from 6pm
Click here to download the poster
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.