Despite the myriad technologies available today, Super 8mm film is still going strong and continues to attract both professional and amateur film-makers. Following a call for submissions, Ian Helliwell has put together this international programme for Cinecity featuring some of the most interesting recent experiments with the perennial small gauge film.
The Naked Animator
Charlie Blackfield / 2010 / UK 2.25mins
Sea Front
Stuart Moore / 2009/ UK / 6mins
Die Essenz
David Pfluger / 2011 / Switzerland / 3mins
Unfamiliar Environment
John Hiom / 2010 / UK / 4mins
La Posture du Cadavre
Wim Van Gelder / Belgium / 2010 / 4mins
The 5th Cambridge International Super 8 Festival 2011 winners:
So Long Kodachrome;
Collide-o-scope;
Putain Lapin
Enterprise.
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.
