our annual competition to screen at cannes film festival and more
straight 8 2019 - has been and gone - here are the highlights -
our 2019 cannes and london premieres happened in may 2019 - they were both stellar!
the 150 entry places made available on dec 8th 2018 sold out in just 2 months, on feb 8th. NB: see straight 8 2020 to enter straight 8 now - it’s open already with a new rolling entry system
120 films were made for straight 8 2019 and sent from all over the world for us to process and scan at cinelab london
our jury selected the 8 for cannes. the films that screened in cannes and those screened in london are listed below. congrats to all. find out more about the films and the filmmakers that made the 2019 cannes selection of 8 on our behind-the-scenes page here
the straight 8 2019 cannes film festival selection
these are the 8 films that hit the screen for the first time at cannes film festival - 8.30pm - may 20th - cinema olympia, cannes
an inorganic love story - lizzy mansfield
autonomat - anne fidler and declan hurley
babli - aneel ahmad
horse play - hansel rodrigues
memoirs of a geeza - theo james krekis
nature hunter - roger batteault
rumours - ollie birt
the honey bee - conor o'hagan, will skelton, archie blue
////// find out more about the films and the filmmakers that made the cannes selection of 8 on our behind-the-scenes page here //////
the straight 8 2019 london selection
the 25 films that will screen at regent street cinema - 5.30pm - may 26th - london include the 8 above from cannes, and these 17 which will not have been seen even by their makers
a kiss (is just a kiss) - georgia williams
blue murder - alex sultoon
...is the thing with feathers - jeneffa soldatic
letter to anne - bensdorfer kreis
new hat - james ruse
pink yoga mat - rose hendry
repent - candice nachman
switch - desiree faust & stefana brancastle
the immortality of the crab - giacomo manzotti
the perception of time - casey hennessy
there can only be one - max r lincoln
venus - rachel ramsay
walnuts - jere kittle
welcome home - nick kovacic
what a cab - jake kuhn
where is my friend - tian chen, emilio muniz martinez, nick nason
wine comes in at the mouth - wilex
massive congratulations to everyone involved in straight 8 2019 - we’re as blown away as ever by the effort, energy and ingenuity that came back. so many of your films are worth screening with an audience. if you weren’t lucky enough to be selected, you should try and make your own premiere as special as possible.
a big thank you from us for your part in making straight 8 2019 - our 20th anniversary year - another gr8 vintage!
we hope to see many of you coming back again to help kick off our next 20 years with straight 8 2020 - open now
find out more about straight 8 2018 here
check out the 150 brave souls who MADE straight 8 2019 what it was: