straight 8 2024 RESULTS + SCREENINGS
HUGE CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE A SHORT FILM IN POSSIBLY THE HARDEST WAY ON EARTH FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. THE selections are below. THE PREMIERES ALL HAPPENED…
THE TOP 8 SCREENED IN A PACKED OUT CINEMA IN CANNES MAY 20TH
THE BEST 25 FILMs PREMIERED AT A SOLD OUT 498 SEAT IMAX - UK’S LARGEST SCREEN, AND EUROPE’S 2ND LARGEST (WELL DONE, GERMANY)
THE GLOBAL ONLINE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE TOP 25 - STREAMED ON JUNE 1ST AND CAN NOW BE VIEWED BELOW!!
straight 8 2024 cannes selection
premiered CINEMA OLYMPIA 8, CANNES // 20h30 may 20
apple cider love by stuart mcclymont & georgia slowe - uk
how to take a nude by three shades & martha treves - uk
killjoy by vieira vasco - uk
manus ll by win brooks - us
mouiller by heavy boots // aka productions - us
riders by horst - uk
shooting for the moon by jamie hearing & lauren birch - uk
twice thrice told by brennan hershock - us
straight 8 2024 london selection
premieres BFI IMAX, LONDON // 23:00 may 25 - details
a trip to the beach by spencer goldfarb - us
an unlikely afterlife by clyde j grier parvin - uk
another body by aarony bailey - uk
apple cider love by stuart mcclymont & georgia slowe - uk
big head by richard perryman - uk
fircle of life by aria pullman - us
fluid forms by tshelane reid - uk
how to take a nude by three shades & martha treves - uk
i'd like to go home. by joseff murphy - netherlands
jack goes to work by aron randhawa - uk
killjoy by vieira vasco - uk
love bites by michal vojtech & ariel de la garza - uk
manus ll by win brooks - us
mouiller by heavy boots // aka productions - us
riders by horst - uk
scrub me, daddy by robyn faye - uk
shadowboxing by justice akushie junior - uk
shooting for the moon by jamie hearing & lauren birch - uk
sink or swim by rahul hota - india
skerry belle by will bentley - uk
that jiggle you do by malika lewis and isa echenique - uk
the pony bar, oakland (adapted from the short story by lucia berlin) by jess magee - us
toothache by conrad reid - uk
twice thrice told by brennan hershock - us
written in the palms by mikhail shah - india
THE BEST 8 FILMS PREMIERED MAY 20TH IN A PACKED CINEMA AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
THE BEST 25 FILMS PREMIERED MAY 25TH 2024 AT LONDON’S BFI IMAX!
THE SMALLEST FILM FORMAT ON THE UK’S LARGEST SCREEN
UNSELECTED FILMS ARE RETURNED AS HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL SCANS AND CAN BE PREMIERED BY YOU AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TOP 25 GLOBAL LIVESTREAM IN JUNE 2024
our selection process is as follows:
each film is watched by two pre-screeners who score the films and add their comments. pre-screeners are trusted people who’ve made a great straight 8 in the past and have not entered the current year
our team then spot checks and cross checks nearly all of the films, their scoring and comments, before debating and very carefully deciding the top 25 selection. this selection will premiere in one of the best cinemas in london. this year BFI IMAX - the largest screen in the UK
our esteemed jury then get in a friendly tussle as they have to agree the top 8 joint winners, which all premiere at cannes
a small selection of amazing straight 8 films - see more collections on our watch page
a massive shoutout to cinelab film & digital for supporting straight 8 since 2016
every single straight 8 film since then has been processed by them. literally - your films share a warm bath with some of the world’s biggest feature films
so if you’re looking for best in class film processing for your projects, don't forget they also process and scan 16mm, 35mm and even 65mm… and now they have full digital capability too from on-set through the entire workflow. oh - and best of all: they’re top people