Filmmakers: straight 8 2025 is now open

straight 8 2025 is now open

Inviting filmmakers everywhere to make a short film on just one-roll of super 8.

+ big news this year: for the first time in a decade filmmakers can shoot on black & white and reversal super 8 film.

It all leads up to three premiere screenings in may 2025:

• The annual Cannes Film Festival extravaganza.

• At the UK’s biggest screen at BFI IMAX London.

• Then hitting the whole world with the top 25 global livestream for the selected films.

Now is the time to enter: straight8.net/2025

Deadlines for submission are December 8, January 8, February 8, and February 21 – all open for entry right now.