Thursday 16th April 2009, 8pm
Entry: £4/£3
We’re just about sorted for our 2009 festival, but we thought we take a night off and give you a sneaky peek at some of this year’s selection. We’re also showing some of the films we just couldn’t fit in the programme!
Portland Arms, Mitcham’s Corner / Milton Road, Cambridge
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Friday 6th March 2009, 8pm
Entry: £4/£3
Even though we’re busy finalising details for this year’s festival we thought we’d take some time out and give you a sneaky peek at some of the great Super 8mm films that we’ll be showing. The fun starts at 8pm, so come and join us for a great night of inspirational shorts.
Portland Arms, Chesterton Road, Cambridge
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Thursday 29th January 2009, 7.30pm
Entry: £5/£3
A selection of the very best films screened at The Cambridge Super 8 Film from 2008 this year and a chance to meet some of the film makers including Colin Dewar and Thierry Bonnaud.
Simon Mullen of Cambridge Super 8 will give an introduction to Super 8 and its evolution from home movies to a modern creative platform. He will also give tips on cameras, film stock, and an insight into film materials and technique as well as the digital format that Super 8 filmmaking can complement.
The Lothbury Centre, Church Lane, Weston Colville, Cambs. CB21 5PE
Two different venues, the same set of great Super 8 films!
The Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival presents a night of funny and hilarious short films. Award winning films will be screened!
The evening will be packed with short films (10 min.) and very very short films (20 seconds).
Wednesday 14th of January 2009 – The Portland Arms
Saturday 17th of January 2009 – St-Paul Centre (upperHall), Hills Road
The fun starts at 8pm, entry £4/£3 at each venue.
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Wednesday 29th October, 6.30pm
Entry: £2
The Cambridge Super 8 Group, the brains being the Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival have hooked up with the Cambridge University Social Documentary Film Society to stage a night of documentaries on Super 8.
Award winning films will be introduced by the Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival and atalk with filmmakers about the use of the Super 8 format in professional filmmaking will end the evening.
The event takes place at the Law Faculty, Lecture Room LG18, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, Cambridge. CB3 9DZ on Wednesday 29th October at 6.30pm. Entrance is just £2.
Friday June 20th 2008, 8pm
Entry: £5/£4
Bad Timing and Cambridge Super 8 present an unmissable opportunity to witness a live performance by this unique artist who has previously screened at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. There’s a full supporting program drawn from the cream of the electronic and experimental music scene in Cambridge, with Jon Lloyd (aka Cockland) confirmed thus far. Expect to be amazed!
Ian Helliwell has been making truly astonishing, sublime Super 8 short films since early 1990’s. His films have a dense psychedelic texture and each is accompanied by a sound track that he creates with electronic musical instruments he builds himself.
Ian Helliwell is heavily involved with the experimental film and electronic music community in Brighton and he was recently awarded the Development Prize at Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival 2008 for his short film ‘Dash Dot’.
Helliwell has produced and developed music, Super 8mm films, electronic instruments, film and music programmes and light show projections for concerts and club nights. Self-taught, operating alone and without funding, he has worked with second hand and self built equipment, producing over 40 short films which have been screened as far afield Europe, USA, and Japan.
His long held interest in electronic sound led him to experiment with building and modifying 9 volt circuitry, and Ian has since gone on to construct a series of ‘Hellitron’ tone generators, each housed in a unique custom box, used to make the soundtracks to Super 8mm films.
In 2007 he designed and built an analogue synth, the ‘Hellisizer 2000’, and is currently making a 10 part series for radio called ‘The Tone Generation’, tracing the development of early electronica across the world.
The Boxtree, Napier Street, Cambridge CB1 1HR
Friday June 20th, 8pm till late
£5/£4 on the door
Sunday 13th April, 7pm
Entry: £4/£3
We’re so excited about this year’s festival that we’re going to give you a second sneaky peek at some of the films that will be featuring at the end of the month.
Join us for some brilliantly inspiring Super 8mm films from around the world and take the opportunity to question some of those directors behind the films.
The Locomotive,
Mill Road,
Cambridge.
Entry is just £4/£3 on the door!
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Sunday 16th March, 7pm
Entry: £4/£3
With the 2008 Festival just around the corner, join us for an exclusive sneaky peek at some of the fantastic Super 8mm films in this years event.
So sit back, relax, and join us for a lazy Sunday evening watching some of the best films on Super 8mm, anywhere!
The Locomotive,
Mill Road,
Cambridge.
Entry is just £4/£3 on the door!
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Wednesday 27th February, 7pm
Entry: free for members/£2
The Cambridge Super 8 Group, the brains being the Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival have hooked up with the Cambridge University Social Documentary Film Society to stage a night of documentaries on Super 8.
The event takes place at the Cambridge University Graduate Union, on 17 Mill Lane on Wednesday 27th February at 7pm. Entrance is free for members and just £2 for non-members.
Some of the directors and members of the Cambridge Super 8 group will be on hand to answer questions and the full line up includes;
What is the Revolutionary Cycle Cinema?
Simon Mullen, UK, 2007, 5 min. – Cambridge Super 8 Group
The green revolution makes them to pedal to generate enough energy to power a cinema show.
A Shift in Perception
(Best film from 2007 Cs8FF)
Dan Marceaux, Australia, 2006, 16 min.
Three vision-impaired women recount their lives, dreams, fears and observations.
The Boatman
Dylan Howitt, Argentina/UK, 2007, 12 min.
A lyrical portrait of a boatman in Buenos Aires as he plies his trade crossing one of the most polluted rivers in the world.
Shikashika
Stephen Hyde, 2008, Peru/USA, 10 min.
A revealing portrait of the lives of three generations ice sellers in the Peruvian Andes.
Foxy Lady in Winterland
(Audience Prize from 2007 CS8FF)
Dagie Brundert, Germany, 2003, 3 min.
“It’s this weird time between the years. Xmas today. Berlin is Siberia. My recent lover was a zero.”
The Ferryman
Giles Perkins, 2007, UK, 7 min.
A day with the Thelwall ferryman rowing his passengers across the post industrial Manchester Ship Canal.
Bike Kill 2005
Nick Golebiewski, 2005, USA, 3 min.
An all day block party in Brooklyn, NY with bike jousting, music, and mutant bikes.
Everything But…
Colin Dewar, 2007, UK, 3min. – Cambridge Super 8 Group
Award winning Super 8mm animation on the life cycle of a cigarette butt.
Dear N.
(Development Prize from 2007 CS8FF)
Chantal Partamian, 2006, Lebanon/France, 8 min.
A letter based documentary recounting dramatic events for a distant friend.
Blink and You Will Miss It
Tony Clarke, 2007, UK, 3 min. – Cambridge Super 8 Group
It’s as if you we there, the Strawberry Fair in 3 minutes.
Sunday 10th February, 7pm
Entry: £4/£3
The Cambridge Super 8 Group celebrate their love for their favourite film medium with – “Super M’8 (pronounced Mate) Project our Passion!” – a fun film night packed with short films about that most confusing of things, Love!
We can’t think of a nicer way to spend the Sunday night just before Valentine’s day, so come on down, get loved up, and watch some amazing short films at:
The Locomotive,
Mill Road,
Cambridge.
Entry is just £4/£3 on the door!