2nd Volunteer Meetings for 2011 festival

Wednesday 6th April (CB2 cafe at 6pm)
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If you want to get involved, by joining the volunteer team, you will gain invaluable hands-on experience in assisting with the smooth running of the Festival.

A few of the opportunities available include helping with administration, marketing, publicity distribution, festival events and hospitality.

 


Preview night 1

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 have received. The fun starts at 8pm, so come and join us for a great night of inspirational shorts.
 
Preview night 1
Basement of CB2 cafe 

Norfolk Street

Thursday 31st March 2011 @ 8pm
Download the poster of the Festival 2001 preview night.

Experimental film night – 9th of December 2010

Innov 8 – An evening of short experimental films shot on Super 8

Come and watch treasures from our festival archive.The films will be  commented by our local experts in experimental films.

Where: CB2 cafe basement, Norfolk Street,  Cambridge
When: Thursday the 9th of December 2010 @ 8pm
Cost £4/£3

Click here to download our poster : Innov8 eflyer


Volunteer meeting – Wednesday the 17th November 2010

Do you want to join the Cambridge Super 8 Group ?
We need you to help us organising events and the festival in April.
Join us at 6pm for an information meeting at the University Social Club (downstair bar) on Mill Lane in Cambridge (CB2 1RX)


International home movie day – 16th of October 2010

Screen Your Home Movies in Public

Your old home movies are probably a lot more interesting than you remember!

The BBC’s recent TV series The Great British Home Movie Roadshow blew the dust off a treasure trove of amateur film reels found in the nation’s lofts, garages and garden sheds. Hot on its heels, the Cambridge Super 8 Group in association with Cambridge Folk Museum are hosting a Home Movie Day to celebrate the region’s amateur films and filmmaking.

The event is free and open to the public and experts will be on hand to evaluate films brought in by the public and offer advice on how to convert old cine reels to digital format. You will also have a chance to show your own films to a public audience. The Cambridge Super 8 Group will also screen films from their own archive, showing scenes of Cambridge life from the 1950s to the 1970s.

If you have home movies on film (Super 8 or 8mm) that you’ve never seen, or haven’t watched since you inherited them from your grandparents then… Don’t let your old films decay – bring them to Home Movie Day!

The Cambridge Super 8 Group would also like to receive any unwanted films for archiving and recycling.

When: 1:30pm to 5pm – Saturday 16th October 2010

Where: Cambridge Folk Museum, 2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ

Admission: FREE

http://www.folkmuseum.org.uk
http://www.homemovieday.com

Contact : memories@cambridge-super8.org

Get the flyer.

“Saving our film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced films. Home movies do not just capture the important private moments of our family’s lives, but they are historical and cultural documents as well… Home Movie Day is a celebration of these films and the people who shot them. I urge anyone with an interest in learning more about how to care for and preserve their own personal memories to join in the festivities being offered in their community…”

Martin Scorsese


Best of the fest screening on the 7th and 9th of October 2010

An opportunity to see the winning films of the 2010 festival

Thursday the 7th of October 2010

Free event @ 6 pm  at ideaSpace in Cambridge (UK)   – Directions – Please register to attend the event

The Cambridge Super 8 Group in association with ideaSpace will be showing a Best of Fest selection from the 2010 Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival. Come along and learn more about cine films and home movies. See how this retro, analogue film medium has maintained its cult status in the digital age. The Group will also hold a Q&A session and give a taster of their forthcoming Home Movie Day event at the Cambridge & County Folk Museum.

With thanks to ideaSpace and the CamCreative – Creative Industries Group

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Saturday the 9th of October 2010

Screening of the best of the fest @ 11:50 am at The Canton Palace Theatre First Annual International Film Festival (USA)

http://www.cantonpalacefilmfestival.com/


Memory & Best of the fests

Saturday will be our last and final screenings to conclude this year’s festival.
Starting from 3pm at Murray Edwards College, the Memory programme will immerge you in super 8 memory archives with Before War and I for India. It will be followed at 7.30pm by the Best of the fests programme screening this year and past years winners.


Panorama 2

For this second round of Panorama, we are delighted that a couple of directors joined us for this screening. You will have the chance to meet Felope Cataldo (Monocelular) and Aaron Wesley Gibson (The Good Soldier).

The screening starts on Friday 30 April at 8pm at the Murray Edwards College, Buckingham House.