jury + partners
we are thrilled to announce our brilliantly distinguished jury and our first great partner for our 2017 competition
returning to our jury for a second year are asif kapadia and jason solomons, joined by bradford young and justine wright
and we welcome back the fab lab cinelab london who will be performing their chemical magic on your masterpieces
we hope straight8ers out there are as excited as we are - enjoy the details below
jury members
asif kapadia - director, amy, senna, the warrior
Director / Writer / Producer Asif Kapadia first gained recognition with his student film THE SHEEP THIEF (Royal College of Art) which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. Kapadia's debut feature THE WARRIOR (Film4), won BAFTA awards for Outstanding British Film & Best Debut Feature, as well as being nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language. Kapadia’s SENNA (Universal Pictures / Working Title), told the thrilling story of the Brazilian Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, the film won BAFTAs for Best Documentary and Best Editing, was nominated for Outstanding British Film and won the World Cinema Audience Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. AMY world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and tells the story of Amy Winehouse in her own words. AMY is the highest grossing UK documentary of all time, the film won the BAFTA for Best Documentary, the Grammy for Best Music Film and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. KAPADIA continues to direct short films alongside his long form projects.
bradford young, asc - cinematogapher, arrival, selma, a most violent year
Originally from Louisville, KY Bradford Young is a cinematographer who studied under the tutelage of filmmaker Haile Gerima.
His recent film contributions include Denis Villeneuve’s, ARRIVAL for which he is nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA for best cinematography. Ava DuVernay’s SELMA, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won for Best Original Song. JC Chandor’s, A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, for which Bradford was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture. David Lowrey’s, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS and Andrew Dosunmu’s MOTHER OF GEORGE for which he was awarded the 2013 Sundance US Dramatic Competition Excellence in Cinematography award for both films. Other films include Dee Rees’ PARIAH, for which he won the 2011 Sundance US Dramatic Competition Excellence in Cinematography award, Ava DuVernay’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Tina Mabry’s, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, Paola Mendoza’s ENTRE NOS, Andrew Dosunmu’s, RESTLESS CITY.
Currently Bradford is shooting Lord and Miller’s Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Film.
Bradford is an 2014 inductee into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And a 2015 inductee into the American Society of Cinematographers.
justine wright - editor, locke, last king of scotland, touching the void, one day in september
Justine's editor credits and accolades include: DENIAL (2016) Dir. Mick Jackson, LOCKE (2014) Dir. Steven Knight - Winner of European Editor of the Year Award at the 2014 European Film Awards, THE IRON LADY (2011) Dir. Phyllida Lloyd, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2005) Dir. Kevin Macdonald, TOUCHING THE VOID (2003) Dir. Kevin Macdonald - Winner of BAFTA's Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the year, Winner of Best Film at the Evening Standard Film Awards, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (1999) Dir. Kevin Macdonald - Academy Awards 2000: Best Documentary Feature, British Independent Film Awards: Justine Wright awarded Best Newcomer Behind the Camera.
Justine was one of the first 22 people to make a straight 8 in the inaugural competition in 1999.
jason solomons - film critic and reviewer, bbc, the observer, the mail on sunday
Jason Solomons is one of the UK's best-known film critics. On television, he is the host of the globally-syndicated interview show Movie Talk and a regular reviewer and expert on BBC News. On radio, he is BBC Radio London's long-standing film critic and a reviewer on Radio 2's Arts Show and Radio 4's Front Row, for whom he has covered the last ten Cannes Film Festivals. Jason's book Woody Allen: Film by Film came out to acclaim in 2015. After a long career reviewing for newspapers including The Observer and The Mail on Sunday, his reviews and podcasts can now be found on:
partners
cinelab london
we're delighted to have partnering with us again cinelab london and thank them for putting their generous support to straight 8 for us all.
cinelab are one of the major european labs and the most comprehensive in the uk - processing negative film from super 8, to 16mm, to 35mm and now even 65mm.
check out some recent credits here
current credits are literally too secret to mention. suffice to say your films could be sharing chemicals in a warm bath with some pretty amazing rushes (they have tapering devices which means different gauge films can roll into and out of the same bath)
for those of you able to drop off your film in person there may be the opportunity for some tours of their facility which is well worth doing
the people at cinelab aren't just in the business, they are passionate. they own more super 8 cameras between them than any sane people should
check out what they do at: