Current short films on Super 8
While Super 8 was primarily used by amateur filmmakers in the first decades after its introduction in 1965 to document vacation trips and family celebrations, the narrow film format is now particularly popular with film professionals and artists due to its special aesthetics. All over the world, short and funny films are still being made with Super 8 technology, but there are also artistically and technically demanding productions. Some of the best and most original films, shot either on classic Super 8 material or on negative film, made up the programme for the international Super 8 competition “St8 of the Art”. At the end of the event, the audience decided on their favorites by ballot.
The Super 8 competition “St8 of the Art” took place on April 22, 2022, 9 pm, at City 46 (Kommunalkino Bremen) as part of the 7th Filmfest Bremen in cooperation with Filmbüro Bremen and City 46 and the support of Kodak Deutschland and Click & Surr, the analogue fiIm shop in Berlin.
Fotos: Vera Bröske und Matthias Adloff
Winners
1st Prize
ZYKLUS by Eva Matz, Jonas Schmieta
DIRTY SALLY by Ross McClure
2nd Prize
ACHTERHAUS
by Gunnar Grah, Andreas Kersten, Florian Rau
3rd Prize
LAP DANCE by Alex Beriault
PAKT by Marlon Math
Competition entries DIGITAL
Lap Dance
Alex Beriault (Austria)
Close up
Michel Maxime (France)
come up
Stefan Möckel (Germany)
Moi et le
Boff Zen, Dagie Brundert (Germany)
Trash&Crash
Jim Zimmermann (Germany)
One Day in Lim Chu Kang
Michael Kam (Singapur)
ZYKLUS
Eva Matz, Jonas Schmieta (Germany)
Dirty Sally
Ross McClure (UK)
Competition entries ANALOGUE
It’s like going back to yourself
Veranika Khatskevich (Germany)
Little Jack has Bean
Michel A. Chappuis (Switzerland)
La femme disparue
Lars Kemnitz (Germany)
Pakt
Marlon Math (Germany)
ZETA
Etienne Piergiovanni (Switzerland)
rotating stones
Michael Dietrich (Austria)
Achteraus
Gunnar Grah, Andreas Kersten, Florian Rau (Germany)
Inventaire
Joeri De Jongh (Belgium)
Was von mir bleibt
Luis Anversa (Germany)
Im Nebel
Klaus Schreier (Germany)
So Sachen
Dagie Brundert (Germany)
Conditions & Awards
Audience Awards
1st Prize: 500 EUR, endowed by City 46 (Kommunalkino Bremen)
2nd Prize: 1 Super 8 camera, endowed by Click & Surr
3rd Prize: 7 Super 8 cartridges, endowed by Kodak
Terms and conditions
All Super 8 films that meet the following criteria are allowed:
Production year: 2019/2020/2021
Length: max. 15 minutes
It is projected both analog and digital so that all usable narrow films as well as the negative film can be presented.
Submission
A pre-selection committee selects the submitted films in camera and compiles the programme. All submissions will be viewed by at least two independent persons. There are no legal claims to participate in the festival. The three prizes are awarded by the viewing audience.
The visit of the filmmakers of the selected films at the festival is very welcome. To register for accommodation, please contact sifrin@filmfestbremen.com.
