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Straight 8 straight 8 challenges anyone anywhere to make a film on one cartridge of super 8 with no editing.

last chance to grab your tickets for the world premiere of the top 25 of straight 8 2026🍿 IMAX london 🍿✨ saturday 23rd ...
20/05/2026

last chance to grab your tickets for the world premiere of the top 25 of straight 8 2026

🍿 IMAX london 🍿
✨ saturday 23rd may / 23:00 ✨

come and see the amazing selection at the same time as the filmmakers watch their films for the first time on the huge screen

thanks to legends at 🤍💙 who develop all our reels nurturing our community and 💛❤️ for making the film we love to make our films on

are you ready?!well, they are! our top 8 filmmakers are about to watch their film for the first time in cannes ✨🎞️🍿here ...
16/05/2026

are you ready?!

well, they are! our top 8 filmmakers are about to watch their film for the first time in cannes ✨🎞️🍿

here they are admiring their frames printed on our special 35mm strips by legendary ❤️

join us - RSVP at the link in bio

13/05/2026

straight 8 2026 trailer drop!!! 2 secs of each of the top 25. enjoy!! catch the top 8 in cannes. sat 16th may 20:30h cinema olympia. rsvp essential at link in bio. catch the top 25 at BFI IMAX. sat 23rd may 11pm. buy tickets at link in bio.

25 epic shorts from 11 countries made on 25 cartridges without editing or post-production.

straight 8 2026 is presented by - and supported by

STRAIGHT 8 2027 IS OPEN NOW AT LINK IN BIO

2026 top 25 films…
age of bloom - by gaia marinese
aryk! - by ilya wray
blackbirds - by joey kaushik .kaushik
born to die - by jean louis & nya jonele
bottomless brunch - by tahlia magistrale
descendant - by lily blunsom .blunsom
escale - by nicolas barek
flow state - by tristan copeland, richard forsdyke, daniel johnston, sam mitchell, rupert waring
gutted - by isobel drury
herbazal - by sofia mora
inhabited by a cry - by liam beazley
jane’s wrestle - by bailey & josiah sanders-krawczyk .sanders
jaw dropping - by keaton b mcd
kurogo - by yugo suzuki
la salu - by pau colomina
la sirena - by giulietta tisminetzky & tommaso gorani
magic ian’s apprentice - by max mir, matthew poole
mo lay in the middle of the street - by kristin duffy
overlooked - by lola blanc
see you in venice, see you in prague - by mirjam mikk
the fetch - by joshua roberts .aleph___
the quest - by owain paciuszko
vulture - by louis joblin, crosby allen-jennings, esteban jaramillo
welcome to earth - by clyde cronin
wet - by hope pickering

11/05/2026

week 25 of straight 8 2025 top 25: there almost married by

this film was shot on nizo 480 using one roll of kodak 200t

screened at london BFI IMAX as part of straight 8 2025 top 25

all straight 8 films processed and scanned by

discover the 2026 selection at our screenings:

top 8 2026 - cannes at cinema olympia / sat 16th may / 20:30
top 25 2026 - london IMAX / sat 23rd may / 23:00

RSVP and tickets in bio

what? it’s almost time! 🍿✨one week to cannes top 8 screeningtwo for the huge IMAX screeningcome to watch the selection ...
09/05/2026

what? it’s almost time! 🍿✨

one week to cannes top 8 screening
two for the huge IMAX screening

come to watch the selection at the same time as the filmmakers get to see their straight 8 for the first time

16th may | cannes cinema olympia 2 | 20:30 _ top 8
23rd may | london BFI IMAX | 23:00 _ top 23

RSVP and get your tickets at straight8.net/2026

and….STRAIGHT 8 2027 IS NOW OPEN!

grab your entry - this is the cheapest and perfect time to shoot in the warm & sunny summer months ☀️

link in bio

get inspired and go shoot!

huge thank you to the legends at developing all our straight 8 and empowering our beautiful analogue community 📽️✨

and greatly thankful for our new partner - making the film we love to make our films on 🎞️✨

04/05/2026

week 24 of straight 8 2025 top 25: there will be another by

this film was shot on beaulieu 4008 zm4 using one roll of kodak 200t

screened at cannes as part of straight 8 2025 top 8

all straight 8 films processed and scanned by

discover the 2026 selection at our screenings:

top 8 2026 - cannes at cinema olympia / sat 16th may / 20:30
top 25 2026 - london IMAX / sat 23rd may / 23:00

RSVP and tickets in bio

STRAIGHT 8 2026 RESULTS OUT NOW// share share share //WHAT A TREAT! this year’s films blew us away.the decision was incr...
01/05/2026

STRAIGHT 8 2026 RESULTS OUT NOW

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WHAT A TREAT! this year’s films blew us away.

the decision was incredibly tough. so many beautiful films didn’t make the top 25, but we know they’ll go far on the festival circuit. you should be seriously proud.

if you made it to the top…
VERY VERY VERY WELL DONE!

huge thanks to our jury. their job might be even tougher than making a straight 8 itself!
justine wright, stuart brown, hedda archbold,

massive thanks to our pre-screeners: past straight 8ers who bring their sharp eyes, experience, and care to reviewing the collection.

save the date and see this year’s brilliant selection:

⭐️ top 8 cannes screening ⭐️
cannes, cinema olympia — 16th may — 20:30

💫 top 25 london premiere 💫
london, imax — 23rd may — 23:00

🎟️ link in bio to RSVP + tickets 🎟️

shoutout to the legends at - developing every roll and holding it down for the analogue community. from 8 to 70mm, they do it all (and do it well).

and our exciting new partner ! thank you for making the film that we love making our films on.

30/04/2026

are you ready?

don’t blink or you’ll miss a frame from each film made for straight 8 2026.

well done to all the entrants of this year’s edition. we had a huge number of films submitted from all over the world.

✨ the results will be announced tomorrow, for the first time ever, live!!! ✨

make sure to tune in to our ❗️feeling friday❗️ live — this week, for the occasion, it will be at ❗️4pm BST❗️

👉 share with anyone who took part 👈

tomorrow we will discover all the films that will premiere at:

cannes, cinema olympia — 16th may — 20:30 — top 8

london, imax — 23rd may — 23:00 — top 25

this is possibly one of the hardest and most rewarding ways to make a movie: all in-camera, without editing or second takes!

already having filmed and submitted yours is the greatest achievement.

huge thanks to our wonderful jury and pre-screening team, who meticulously watch all the films, shaping our final selection.

finally, we couldn’t do what we do without our amazing partners:

shoutout to the legends at — developing every roll and holding it down for the analogue community. from 8 to 70mm, they do it all (and do it well).

and our exciting new partner ! thank you for making the film that we love making our films on!

🤩 see you tomorrow at 4pm 🤩

27/04/2026

week 23 of straight 8 2025 top 25: the storm, the calm, the madness, the magic.
by

this film was shot on zenit quarz using one roll of 200t

premiered in cannes as part of straight 8 2025 top 8 and at the bfi imax as part of straight 8 2025 top 25

all straight 8 films processed and scanned by

SAVE THE DATE:
MAY 16 top 8 cinema olympia cannes
MAY 23 top 25 IMAX

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