shootout 2025 is open for business

SHOOTOUT IS FOR COMPANIES TO COMPETE AT STRAIGHT 8

EVERY COMPANY HAS THEIR WORK SHOWN AT THE PREMIERES IN CANNES AND LONDON IN JUNE

- NO MATTER HOW OR IF IT COMES OUT -

THE SCHEDULE

APPLY now

film by end OF MAY 2025

SOUNDTRack delivery one week later

premieres in cannes + london late jun

HOW IT WORKS IN 8 STEPS

1. APPLY TO ENTER HERE - BEFORE ALL 20 PLACES ARE TAKEN

2. PAY YOUR £850 ENTRY FEE ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

3. WE SEND YOU YOUR UNIQUE SLATE NUMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR FIRST SHOT

4. YOU SUPPLY THE CAMERA, YOUR ROLL OF COLOUR SUPER 8 NEG, YOUR IDEA AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE IT

5. YOU SEND YOUR UNPROCESSED FILM TO US IN LONDON
BY 31ST MAY 2025

6. SEND US YOUR ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FILE, MADE
‘BLIND’, BY 6TH JUNE 2025

7. SEE YOU AT THE CINEMA IN CANNES - 20TH JUNE 2025 (LONDON 26TH JUNE)

8. WIN - IF YOUR COMPETITORS LOVE YOUR FILM BEST. ONLY ENTERED COMPANIES CAN VOTE + NOT FOR THEIR OWN FILM

you can check out how shootout 2024 went down here

find out the difference between shootout 2025 and straight 8 2025 here

it’s our firm belief that we’re happiest when we’re rolling up our sleeves and making things

perfection is an illusion. embrace chance

fortune favours the brave. insert your own slogan here

+ thanks to betty sayers for the cyanotype wizardry

HUGE THANKS TO SHOOTOUT 2025 PARTNERS

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