tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38002915934313046312024-03-13T03:10:34.872-07:00straight 8 eventsrufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-6758160244483296962012-06-24T23:10:00.020-07:002012-07-03T02:17:05.873-07:00straight 8 2012 main london screening at soho shorts festival. july 18 at ica<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4SRik-vgvY/T_K4eV8vI5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/0T9O7Ob9kc0/s1600/straight%2B8%2B2012%2Blondon%2Bflyer%2Brev.001.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4SRik-vgvY/T_K4eV8vI5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/0T9O7Ob9kc0/s200/straight%2B8%2B2012%2Blondon%2Bflyer%2Brev.001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760869704787764114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">in association with <a href="http://rushes.co.uk/">rushes</a> and <a href="http://www.capguncollective.com/">cap gun collective</a><br /><br />this is a double bill with dozens of unseen films and the four shown at cannes film festival 2012 - see the two programmes below for who's screening when and to buy tickets...<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/">ica london</a> - </span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">the mall london sw1y 5ah</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />alphabetical by film name (not screening order)</span><br style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >programme 1</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;" > - at 6.30pm - book tickets </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" href="https://uk.patronbase.com/_ICA/Seats/NumSeats?prod_id=C1MY&perf_id=1&section_id=M&seat_type_id=S">here</a><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >allodoxaphobia - layla sarah kapidzic</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >crime of fashion - ian waldron mantgani</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >fading light - david finch</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >fat cat - dan weston</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >gnom-o-phobia - vickie ager</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >la carne vale? - mauricio vincenzi</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >liar, cheater, whore - thyrone tommy</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >lip service - louise hooper</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >marceau - james henry</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >meme - nirozen thavarajah</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >piece of cake - matthew parker</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >speak & spell in st leonards - bohemia club collective</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >strange attraction - elizabeth lively</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >tbc - mauricio vincenzi & oliver crowther</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >the summer house - peter hall</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >untethered - richard jung</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >west rise to london 2012 glory - mauricio vincenzi</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >what a party - michael carstens</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >what you doing? - damo cross</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >where's ruth - ben partridge</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >yesss! - megan hill</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">plus </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >the cannes 4</span><span style="font-family:arial;">...</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >biskremosis - mark holtbecker, robert neumann, annette schneider, caro stoeckermann, andre wlodrski</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >misty's horror movie - benjamin scrimgeour</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > slow dance - nicola baldini</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > we're different - peter mallett</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><br style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >programme 2 - at 8.30pm</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;" > - book tickets </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" href="https://uk.patronbase.com/_ICA/Seats/NumSeats?prod_id=C1MZ&perf_id=1&section_id=M&seat_type_id=S">here</a><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">NB: this programme is NOT child-friendly</span><br /><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >¡viva la combinación! - dagie brundert</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >* * * - klara arten</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >a rough guide to safe time travel - ian rough</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >back to the 50's - sophie both, lulu davey, mollie laverty</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >beer goggles - shazzy & sooz</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >breakdown - mark wong</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >breathing - andrew panatti</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >chemistry - naked zebra</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >curiousciousness - helen nias</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >for the time being - maurizio von trapp</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >hell's kitchen - joel green & miranda howard-williams</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >knotted - nick carew</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >l'adaptation (the adjustment) - nathan small & luke tredget</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >love triangle - lucy izzard & mark simon hewis</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >lung - emma oxley</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >norton hotel - paolo annibale</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >on the shoulders of gods - dominic rees-roberts</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >stuff - eric jowett</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >texas instrument massacre - florian schertel</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >the earthquake - charles cauchoix</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >the hunger - matt stevens</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >waste - francis martineau</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >what we'll remember - jonathan herzberg</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >x350 - dorian dixon<br /></span><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">plus </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >the cannes 4</span><span style="font-family:arial;">...</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> <br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >biskremosis - mark holtbecker, robert neumann, annette schneider, caro stoeckermann, andre wlodrski</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >misty's horror movie - benjamin scrimgeour</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > slow dance - nicola baldini</span><br style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > we're different - peter mallett</span><br /><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">congrats to all the filmmakers - see you there</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/454104951280627/">facebook event here</a> - let your friends know you're going and invite more</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br face="arial"><span style="font-family:arial;">with massive thanks to and support from</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.rushes.co.uk/">Rushes</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.capguncollective.com/">Cap Gun Collective</a><br /><br /><br style="font-family: arial;">rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-38448497873846186752012-06-24T22:42:00.001-07:002012-07-02T10:24:08.730-07:00<u><b>straight 8 / Rushes Cannes Fringe Screening! in association with Cap Gun Collective</b></u><br /><br />friday 22nd june 2012<br />11.30am doors. <span style="font-weight: bold;"> 11.45am screening</span><br />the star cinema<br />98 rue d’antibes<br />cannes<br />tickets are 8 euros only from:<br /><span></span><a href="http://straight8.ticketbud.com/lions2012" target="_blank">http://straight8.ticketbud.com/lions2012</a><br /><br />proceeds in aid of The Fireflies Leuka fund<br /><a href="http://www.straight8.net/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.straight8.net</a><br /><a href="http://www.thefirefliestour.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.thefirefliestour.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.leuka.org.uk/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.leuka.org.uk</a><br /><br />facebook event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/389349154444686" target="_blank">here</a> . - join and invite your friends<br /><br />films listing is below...<br /><br />this event is happening with massive thanks to and support from:<br /><a href="http://www.rushes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rushes</a> & co and from <a href="http://www.capguncollective.com/" target="_blank">Cap Gun Collective</a><br /><br />* apart from four seen at cannes film festival may 2012.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfgHgSIugEI/T8jz2uxMo-I/AAAAAAAAAHY/o4gsejpJAtk/s1600/straight_8_comp_v01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfgHgSIugEI/T8jz2uxMo-I/AAAAAAAAAHY/o4gsejpJAtk/s400/straight_8_comp_v01.jpeg" border="0" height="400" width="287" /></a></div>we are screening (in alphabetical order)...<br /><br />* * * - klara arten<br />a rough guide to safe time travel - ian rough<br />beer goggles - shazzy & sooz<br />biskremosis - mark holtbecker, robert neumann, annette schneider, caro stoeckermann, andre wlodrski<br />breakdown - mark wong<br />chemistry - naked zebra<br />curiousciousness - helen nias<br />hell's kitchen - joel green & miranda howard-williams<br />knotted - nick carew<br />l'adaptation (the adjustment) - nathan small & luke tredget<br />love triangle - lucy izzard & mark simon hewis<br />marceau - james henry<br />misty's horror movie - benjamin scrimgeour<br />slow dance - nicola baldini<br />speak & spell in st leonards - bohemia club collective<br />strange attraction - elizabeth lively<br />untethered - richard jung<br />we're different - peter mallett<br />what a party - michael carstens<br />what you doing? - damo cross<br />waste - francis martineau<br />yesss! - megan hillrufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-38840979854713658212012-05-15T09:24:00.000-07:002012-05-20T08:00:05.978-07:007-9pm, monday 21st may - crème de la cannes premier + ONLINE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-10651783572812831272012-03-02T06:35:00.006-08:002012-03-02T09:29:37.347-08:00straight 8 @ the reel present, cafe 1001we're showing the straight 8 2011 'creme de la cannes' at the reel presents screening on monday 5th march at 6.30pm<div style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div>the venue is cafe 1001, 91 brick lane, london, e1 6ql<br /><div style="font-weight: normal; "><br />tickets are free, but you will need one to get in - grab them here: <a href="http://thereelpresentsmarch12.eventbrite.com/">thereelpresentsmarch12.eventbrite.com</a><br /><br />as well as straight 8 films, they're showing some great music videos and shorts<br /><br />and there will be free drinks, hooray<br /><br />the 2011 'creme de la cannes' are:<br /><br />wonderful terrible thing - nick carew<br />a zombie claymation - lee hardcastle<br />once in a tube - michael carstens<br />misty's second movie - benjamin scrimgeour<br />worth a journey - ken hagen takenaka & jens gröger<br />rouge amour - kezia barnett<br />gothic enchantment - paul walkingshaw<br />from russia with monsters - cut & paste</div></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-46929445362700116412012-01-06T09:30:00.002-08:002012-02-16T03:00:02.817-08:00straight 8 squared at london short film festival<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;" >we're showing the best 20 films of straight 8 2011 vs. 20 classic straight 8s from the last decade, side by side on one screen.</span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;" >you can pick which film to listen to on wireless headphones (a la 'silent disco'). It’s a totally unique experience.</span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;" >huge thanks go t</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(000, 000, 000);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;" >o 750 audio post-production and to audio network production music who’ve made these audacious audio antics possible.<br /><br />our straight 8 squared screening at the LSFF last year went down a storm, so this one is not to be missed.<br /><br />it’s an all-new program, none of the films have been seen in this way before and loads of the cream of straight 8 filmmakers will be there.<br /><br />admission £6 on the door or at <a href="http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/listings.php?event=1862" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">http://<wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>www.roxybarandscreen.com/<wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>listings.php?event=1862</a><br /><br />full program below<br /><br />be there + be2<br /><br />2011 films<br /><br />wonderful terrible thing - nick carew<br />a zombie claymaion - lee hardcastle<br />picnic on the moon - helen nias & angus johnstone<br />kennedy's hat - matt houghton<br />once in a tube - michael carstens<br />he loves me - oliver crowther<br />misty's second movie - benjamin scrimgeour<br />worth a journey - ken hagen takenaka & jens gröger<br />mime poker - joseph connor<br />memories of cottingley - marc holtbecker, robert neumann, steffen kramer<br />the second law - paul cook, alex ranken, dominic rees-roberts<br />rage for sale - jack riccobono<br />the box - dan weston & damon hatcher<br />the gardener - donshades dodo<br />rouge amour - kezia barnett<br />menage a soixante-trieze - dermot canterbury, isobel faye<br />gothic enchantment - paul walkingshaw<br />from russia with monsters - cut & paste<br />living with barry - camille & margot<br />focus - kimberley jarret<br /><br />classic films<br /><br />carrots & spaghetti - mooch & dave<br />croco - freya elliot<br />desert - max day<br />everyday heroes - fiona brownlie<br />gnomad - sarah thom<br />graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter & ben richardson<br />help wanted - paul olding<br />hen house - catherine cole<br />it's been another week - emory reugg<br />looking for marilyn - anna blandford & anna valdez hanks<br />papyrophobia - pete murlis<br />pet hate - jonnie malachi<br />the french collection - ben richardson, nick rutter & noah rutter<br />the happiest day of my life - christopher rodriguez<br />the man who searched for heaven - giles harding<br />the stages - corlin stubbs<br />there is a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella - michael higgins<br />those dreams that on the silent night intrude - luca gennari<br />une de perdue - lee hardcastle<br />we love straight - f*l*a*p*s</span>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-4524914173697439342011-09-28T07:38:00.000-07:002011-09-28T08:10:08.587-07:00kodak presents: straight 8 @ golden drumkodak are bringing straight 8 to golden drum for the first time<br />with support from rushes. ed sayers and will cummock of<br />straight 8 will present a mind-blowing 60 minute selection of the<br />straight 8 films as seen at cannes film festival and cannes lions<br />over the years.<br /><br />it's happening on october 7th, 17.30pm, golden drum, portoroz, slovenia<br /><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://goldendrum.com/">golden drum</a> has grown into an important event, noticed<br />throughout the world. from trieste to vladivostok and helsinki to<br />tel aviv, golden drum is the biggest and the most important<br />advertising event of the year.<br /><br />straight 8 and kodak plan to inspire the creative community of<br />new europe to take part in straight 8 2012 which is open now at <a href="http://straight8entry2012.blogspot.com">straight8entry2012.blogspot.com</a><br /></span>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-58259689977954574202011-07-08T08:50:00.000-07:002011-07-25T01:49:32.215-07:00straight 8 2011 london premieres<div class="description summary"><div id="id_4e1727044ac649485345870" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">straight 8 2011 london premieres are back again at the fabulous rushes' soho shorts festival<br /><br />monday 25th and tuesday 26th july, at 8.45pm<br /><br />it's all the beautiful ica cinema and the party continues in the bar after<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />£10 / £8 concessions / £7 ica members<br />£6 festival delegates (book at box office or by phone)<br /><a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/29459/film/rushes-straight-8.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ica.org.uk/2945<wbr>9/film/rushes-straight-8.h<wbr>tml</a><br /><br />full program below, the incredible cannes film festival selection will be screening on both nights<br /><br />monday:<br /><br />all the hard ways - caryn waechter, richard kimmel</span></div><div id="id_4e1727044ac649485345870" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">brög - michelle fraser<br />focus – kimberly jarrett<br />ghost – romana majid<br />going up – harvey griffin<br />man from the moon – hannah turner<br />meet the special one – dankuro shima<br />near dark – luca gennari<br />noir et blanc – andrew panatti<br />rage for sale - jack riccobono<br />s8-3d – malcolm finlay<br />silent butt violent – darren barber<br />somewhere in france – scott newstead<br />the box - dan weston and damon hatcher<br />the class – rob oldfield<br />the daughters of the late colonel - alex newton and avye leventis<br />the gardener – donshades dodo<br />the pig – darren walsh<br />the straight 8 commandments – bigplus, 0800 styles<br />the thing within – anita rickwood<br /><br /><br />tuesday:<br /><br />epic craft - akseli plane, charles david<br />excuse me – team euro<br />he loves me - oliver crowther<br />hermes day out - megan hill & tatiana mccabe<br />kennedy’s hat - matt houghton<br />living with barry – camille & margot<br />lost/found - paul kasprzak<br />lux flux - colin dewar<br />macmillan archive #bm1907 - jamie madge<br />memories of cottingley - marc holtbecker, robert neumann, steffen kramer<br />menage a soixante-treize - dermot canterbury, isabel fay<br />mime poker - joseph connor<br />night - robert ellsworth<br />picnic on the moon - helen nias, angus johnstone<br />sarah – greg & doug<br />solomon rousseaux's khrominox - andrew wilson, samuel cochrane<br />stiff – thom greybe<br />the eyecatcher - richard connell, clement woodward, thomas woodward, laura knox<br />trapped – matt stevens<br />vacation island - robert christian malmberg</span></div></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-56004534164145013802011-06-30T08:55:00.000-07:002011-06-30T08:58:02.346-07:00straight 8 berlin - 9th julystraight 8 are heading to berlin<br /><br />with 7, brand-new straight 8 2011 entries to premiere<br /><br />each made on a single cartridge of super 8mm film, they've never been seen before, even by the filmmakers<br /><br />PLUS<br /><br />the night will include the german premiere of all 8 films from straight 8's incredible 2011 cannes film festival program<br /><br />there'll be beer and music until late, it's totally free to get in and it's going to be amazing!<br /><br />it's all happening on july 9th from 8pm<br /><br />at <span class="fn org">lützowstrasse 102-104</span>, 10785, berlinrufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-25217579734449958442011-06-17T07:06:00.000-07:002011-06-17T07:12:28.556-07:00straight 8 'best of an ad bunch' at cannes advertising fest<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">we're heading back to cannes for the world premiere of 14 amazing films made by adland folk</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the 'best of an ad bunch' will play head to head with all 8 films from cannes film festival.<br /><br /></span></span>straight 8 2011 'best of an ad bunch':<br /><br />brög - michelle fraser<br />excuse me - team euro<br />focus - kimberly jarred<br />living with barry - camille & margot<br />macmillan archive #bm1907 - jamie madge<br />memories of cottingley - marc holtbecker, robert neumann, steffen kramer<br />mime poker - joseph connor<br />near dark - luca gennari<br />stiff - thom greybe<br />the debt collector - david walters<br />the eye-catcher - richard connel, clement woodward, thomas woodward, laura knox<br />the gardener - donshades dodo<br />the straight 8 commandments - bigplus & 0800 styles<br />vacation island - robert christian malmberg<br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />straight 8 2011 cannes film festival selection:<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span> <span class="Apple-style-span">from russia with monsters - cut & paste</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />gothic enchantment - paul walkingshaw</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />misty's second movie - benjamin scrimgeour</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />once in a tube - michael carstens</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />rouge amour - kezia barnett</span> <span class="Apple-style-span"><br />wonderful, terrible thing - nick carew</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />worth a journey - ken hagen takenaka, jens groger</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />a zombie claymation - lee hardcastle</span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">it's happening on <span style="font-weight: bold;">fri 24th june 2011 at the star cinema, 98 rue d’antibes, cannes</span></span><br /><br /><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >coffee + croissants at 11.30am, films at noon</span><br /><br /><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >tickets are only available from:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://rushess8canneslions2011.eventbrite.com/">http://rushess8canneslions2011.eventbrite.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">all ticket proceeds go to the fireflies ride for leuka which is a great cause</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">we're aiming to sell out the cinema so grab as many you need, then tell the rest of the world about it!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">there's a facebook event here:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133945090017127">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133945090017127</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >massive thanks to Rushes, their support is enabling all ticket proceeds to go to Fireflies’ Leuka cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>thanks also to Kodak, Deluxe Soho, Deluxe 142, Audio Network and the APA for their further support</span>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-13042763304634382662011-06-06T07:57:00.000-07:002011-06-06T11:26:13.805-07:00straight 8 at sheffield doc/fest 2011<span style="font-size:130%;">straight 8 return to <a href="http://sheffdocfest.com/">sheffield international documentary festival</a> for the premiere of 13 brand-new, unedited, unseen documentary masterpieces<br /><br />selected from our 112 entries<br /><br />the straight 8 2011 sheffield doc/fest premieres, june 12th, 1pm, sheffield odeon</span><br /><br />77: the green green lanes of home - sarah thom (uk)<br /><br />blue spruce - zachary taylor (uk)<br /><br />kennedy's hat - matt houghton (uk)<br /><br />latitiude 45° 35', north - tania boisset (canada)<br /><br />london lines - rory mathieson (uk)<br /><br />picnic on the moon - helen nias, angus johnstone (australia)<br /><br />smile south africa - wilbe van neikerk, gretchen gelant, john wayne smith, mike day, and dwayne enrico (south africa)<br /><br />symphony - francesca weber-newth & ruth meyer (uk)<br /><br />the second law - paul cooke, alex ranken, dominic reese-roberts (uk)<br /><br />underground paris - nic fforde (uk/france)<br /><br />vacation island - robert christian malmberg (usa)<br /><br />we'll see what happens - jon lloyd (uk)<br /><br />worth a journey - ken hagen takenaka, jens gröger (germany)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">tickets from the showroom cinema box office</span>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-16042965509811526392011-04-28T05:48:00.000-07:002011-05-17T14:04:54.429-07:00straight 8 cannes film festival screening + online premiere<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> <style type="text/css"> p.p1 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7.30pm</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">the uk film centre a.k.a the uk pavilion, cannes</span></b></p> <p class="p4" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b></b><br /></span></p> <p class="p5" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">our cannes films festival screening is the pinnacle of the the straight 8 year</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">we only screen the very best 8-12 masterpieces from around the world</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">each shot on a single roll of super 8mm with no editing, no-one will have seen these films on the night - including the filmmakers themselves</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>strictly limited tickets £8 from </b><a href="http://www.straight8tickets.blogspot.com/"><b>www.straight8tickets.blogspot.com</b></a></span></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>uk film centre: </b><a href="http://www.ukfilmcentre.org.uk/"><b>www.ukfilmcentre.org.uk</b></a></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">the straight 8 2011 cannes film festival selection (alphabetical):<br /><br />from russia with monsters - cut & paste<br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />gothic enchantment - paul walkingshaw<br /><br />misty's second movie - benjamin scrimgeour<br /><br />once in a tube - michael carstens<br /><br />rouge amour - kezia barnett<br /><br />wonderful, terrible thing - nick carew<br /><br />worth a journey - ken hagen takenaka, jens groger<br /><br />a zombie claymation - lee hardcastle</span><br /></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">straight 8 in cannes in a van</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">filmmakers and festival goers will get a second chance to see the films at an illicit, late night screening with cannes in a van</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">their infamous yellow transit will rock up outside our post-screening drinks venue and project the straight 8 ‘crème de la cannes’ selection one last time</span></b></p> <p class="p4" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b></b><br /></span></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">live online premiere</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">anyone who can’t make it to the screening, can watch the event live online at <a href="http://dailymotion.com/straight8productions">dailymotion.com/straight8productions</a>. it'll go live at 8pm (french time), exactly the same moment as in cannes. the playlist will be removed after the screening, so you need to be quick</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">the films will be available on the front page of dailymotion.com and we'll put a direct link up right here</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">and from 7.30 you'll be able to see what's going on live inside the uk pavilion at </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><b></b></span></p><p class="p6" style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b></b></span></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="s1" ><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/straight8-cannes">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/straight8-cannes</a></span></b></span></b></p><p></p><p></p><p class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; "></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; "></p> <style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #144fae} span.s1 {text-decoration: underline} </style> <p></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">straight 8 2012 launch</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">as the first and best straight 8 2011 films hit the screen at cannes, we will open straight 8 2012.</span></b></p> <p class="p3" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">entry will be available in the bar, after the screening and online</span></b></p> <p class="p4" style="font-weight: bold; "><b></b><br /></p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Helvetica Neue";mso-bidi-font-family:HelveticaNeue-Bold;color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-4247014041509113022011-01-13T14:50:00.000-08:002011-01-23T13:47:22.150-08:00straight 8 at slamdance + live online premiere<div><div>straight 8 are going to slamdance film festival for our first ever major premiere in the usa! we're showing some highlights from a decade of straight 8 excellence, plus a crop of brand-new, never seen before straight 8 masterpieces</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">it's happening on sunday jan. 23 at 3pm, the treasure mountain inn, 255 main st, park city, utah</span></div><div><br /></div><div>tickets available <a href="http://slamdance.slated.com/2011/films/straight8__slamdance2011">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>facebook event <a href="http://www.facebook.com/straight8#%21/event.php?eid=169587163086290">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">if you can't make it out to utah, the films will premiere online at exactly the same time. that's 3pm local time or 10pm gmt.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">they'll only be available to watch on vimeo at <a href="http://vimeo.com/19102607">http://vimeo.com/19102607</a><br />if they're not available at 3pm sharp, check back in 10 mins<br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>the program runs like this:</div><div><br /></div><div>slamdance premieres</div><div><br /></div><div>revelations - carla olson</div><div>the red waltz - daniele barbeiri</div><div>mack the fork - nic fforde & dickon armstrong</div><div>from russia with monsters - click & drag</div><div>treatment for sadness. fragments of a lost civilisation - luca gennari</div><div>island oasis - andrew lewis & kiel gookin</div><div><br /></div><div>best-of selection</div><div><br /></div><div>stephen's cat - dave buonanguidi</div><div>sticks & balls - jacqueiline wright & alice lowe</div><div>connections - steve oram & nick lear</div><div>heel - diego arredondo</div><div>fish stew showdown - ben dickinson</div><div>jour de gloires - pascal fillion</div><div>scrap paper - andrewjive</div><div>earth to earth - nick scott</div><div><br /></div><div>for january only entry to straight 8 2011 is just £50 at <a href="http://www.straight8news.blogspot.com/">www.straight8news.blogspot.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>check out our <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&vps=2&jsv=265c&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=London+W1F+7QH,+United+Kingdom&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116359955631144314168.00048938e967535dd49fb">2011 entry map</a> to see who's entered so far</div><div><br /></div></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-49415126428632733092011-01-06T08:56:00.001-08:002011-01-06T08:56:59.846-08:00straight 8 retrospective squared at london short film festival, monday 10th janwe're showing a retrospective of a decade of straight 8 excellence crammed onto one screen<br /><br />at the london short film festival<br /><br />there are so many… we’re showing two at a time - with the audio on switchable headsets<br />...<br />two 4:3 straight 8 films fit perfectly in a cinemascope crop. so it’s meant to be. bonkers. but fun<br /><br />it's happening at the fabulous roxy bar and screen, at 8pm this monday, 10th january<br /><br />tickets are £5 on the door<br /><br />we held our first retrospective2 screening at the ICA last year and it went down a storm so this one is not to be missed<br /><br />we’ve chosen the film pairings for maximum impact and oddity...<br /><br />watching a shocking and dark film about a man with a perversion that makes him want to eat parts of his own body preferably served by prostitutes (damnation) while hearing from outside your headphones the other half the cinema roaring with laughter at julia davis and rich fulcher frolicking in their 2008 fetishistic straight 8 caper (black whispers in an elephant sky) is bonkers and totally ace. whew. and that's just one of 21 pairs of films<br /><br />huge thanks to 750 audio post-production who’ve made the arty audio mayhem possible<br /><br />loads of the cream of straight 8 filmmakers will be there and it's the perfect place to find inspiration for your straight 8 2011 film<br /><br />you'll be able to get discounted, on-the-spot entry, and we're raffling off an entry too<br /><br />be there or be square(d)<br /><br />we're going to show:<br /><br />black whispers in an elephant sky - oliver ralfe<br />catch - lyndy stout<br />class of 2005 - james owen & chris durban<br />connections - steve oram & nick lear<br />damnation - sean rooney<br />day - max day<br />deja vu - sandalz<br />dogma 99 - marcus baron<br />earth to earth - nick scott<br />everything but.. - colin dewar<br />evol - chris vincze<br />fish stew showdown - ben dickinson<br />forced hilarity - edgar wright<br />gunter - nick white & olly williams<br />harry - dave waters<br />heel - diego arredondo<br />hide & seek - gavin boyter<br />i wish i could fly - tom merilion<br />intermezzo tacito - daniel rossberg<br />i've been single too long - shane davey<br />jour de gloires - pascal fillion<br />piece of heaven - felix barbosa & y misael barbosa v<br />ransom - will & george<br />robot - matthew keen<br />scrap paper - andrew jive<br />springlove - herrjaapmans<br />stephen's cat - dave buonaguidi<br />sticks & balls - jacqueline wright & alice lowe<br />stiffy - jacqueline wright & alice lowe<br />tequila chamuco - diego arredondo<br />the autobahn poet - frederik hamm<br />the french collection - ben richardson, nick rutter & noah rutter<br />the getaway - david padadac, dermot power & george georgiou<br />the happiest day of my life - christopher rodriguez<br />the james young lecture series: sync - demetri jagger & david palmer<br />the last trip - malcolm finlay<br />the other half - nick scott<br />the surrealist brothel - julia jason<br />the yipps - jon greenhalgh<br />the yorkshire rapper - nick rutter<br />vive la respiration - ed sayers<br />whispering palms - phase ivrufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-40189293925739612912010-10-06T04:02:00.000-07:002010-10-28T01:56:46.037-07:00straight 8 documentary event with sheffield doc/fest<div><span style="font-family: helvetica;" mce_style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;" mce_style="font-size: medium;"><p>we're really excited to be holding the first ever straight 8 doc event at sheffield international documentary film. it's just like straight 8 always is, but for docs</p> <p>were invited anyone to make a documentary on one 3 minute 20 second cartridge of super 8 film</p><p>all the entries will be premiered at sheffield doc/fest on the 6th november at 15.30</p><p>we're showing all the films that were entered, and no-one, including the directors have seen them before</p><p>the screening is in the odeon, tickets can be booked through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(178, 178, 178); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">the </span><a href="http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: underline; line-height: 14px; ">showroom cinema box office</a> -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0px;"> t. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">+44 (0) 114 275 7727 </span></span></p></span></b></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal; "><b><span mce_style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: medium; "><p>expect eclectic films in an electric atmosphere</p></span></b></span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><b><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /></b></b></div><div><b><b></b></b></div><div></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-61258090762020126722010-09-30T09:10:00.001-07:002010-10-04T02:33:20.593-07:00straight 8 at raindance festival, londonthe last big screening of straight 8 2010<div><br /></div><div>we're showing the cannes 8 plus 12 of the films that played best at our other screenings throughout the year<div><div><br /></div><div>it's a fantastic set of films, and a gr8 way to get inspiration for straight 8 2011!<br /><div><br /></div><div>the screening is 6.45 pm in the fabulous apollo cinema, piccadilly</div><div><br /></div><div>tickets are available online at <a href="https://apollocinemas.com/booking/?ScheduleID=249852&filmid=1273&cinemaid=1">https://apollocinemas.com/booking/?ScheduleID=249852&filmid=1273&cinemaid=1</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>the complete programme is:</div><div> <p class="p1">une de perdue - lee hardcastle</p> <p class="p2">the invention - rob oldfield</p> <p class="p1">zombeef - darren walsh</p> <p class="p1">those dreams that on the silent night intrude</p> <p class="p1">the secret cinema of jerzy treblinka- luca gennari</p> <p class="p1">red hat - davide pellegrino</p> <p class="p1">eli - leanne flinn</p> <p class="p1">twice upon a time - will & george</p> <p class="p1">carrots & spaghetti - mooch & dave</p> <p class="p1">go to the zoo - dan & ivor</p> <p class="p1">speakers - nick scott</p> <p class="p1">live - toryn westcott</p> <p class="p1">my granddad says he's building a spaceship in his shed - martin gooch</p> <p class="p1">life is beautiful - ken hagen takenaka</p> <p class="p1">punchline - joseph kockaya</p> <p class="p1">the desire machine - marlio da silva</p> <p class="p1">unseen world - alex de castor & david frankln</p> <p class="p1">the naked animator - charlie blackfield</p> <p class="p1">my dog - ed kaye & alex mavor</p> <p class="p1">the dessert society - marta besevic</p> <p class="p1">carlton breezy - joel byron & the helmholtz resonators</p> <p class="p1">spais - lori macgregor & matt layzell</p><p class="p1">big thanks and well done to all the filmmakers</p></div></div></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-40496043262806095852010-08-23T02:13:00.000-07:002010-08-27T05:42:14.034-07:00straight 8 in romefor the first time ever, we're having a straight 8 screening in italy<br /><br />at <a href="http://www.isoladelcinema.com/">l'isola del cinema</a>, rome<br /><br />a great and magical summer-long festival on the river tiba<br /><br />in 2009 they had an attendance of 350,000 people<br /><br />our screening is at <span style="font-weight: bold;">9pm, 1 september </span><br /><br />at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">cine caffè</span>, at the centre of the festival area<br /><br /><b>tickets are FREE </b><br /><br />the programme will be (in alphabetical order):<br /><br />straight 8 2010<br /><br />carrots & spaghetti - mooch & dave<br />delineate - marco pezzano & alessandro buggio<br />eli - leanne flinn<br />red hat - davide pellegrino<br />the invention - rob oldfield<br />those dreams that on the silent night intrude;<br />the secret cinema of jerzy treblinka - luca gennari<br />twice upon a time - will & george<br />une de perdue - lee hardcastle<br />zombeef - darren walsh<br /><br />straight 8 history reel<br /><br />day - max day<br />earth to earth - nick scott<br />graveheart - nick rutter, noah rutter & ben richardson<br />i've been single too long - shane davey<br />jour de gloire - pascal fillion<br />reperti - livio colombo<br />super 8ike - francesco tartaglia<br />tequila chamuco - diego arredondo<br />the daemon lover - luca gennarirufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-84815844268943677232010-07-13T03:37:00.000-07:002010-07-20T08:21:24.247-07:00straight 8 retrospective squared<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IWXz2xJOBKY/TEW6JLNSzZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Lh9D62eMQuc/s1600/website+banner.jpg"></a><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">friday july 23rd, at 8.45pm</span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">at </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.sohoshorts.com/" target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">rushes soho shorts festival</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">, as a prelude to the legendary straight 8 london premieres</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">we're having a mad, one-off event at the beautiful </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/" target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">ICA</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"> cinema in london</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">we'll show a retrospective of a decade of the best straight 8 films</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">and because there are so many, we're showing two at a time. with audio for both on switchable headsets</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">it's bonkers, will be great fun</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;">tickets are on sale now on the ICA </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/4187/Film/Film-listings.html" target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">website</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"> be there or be</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">2</span></sup></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"></span></sup></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the films we're showing... all awesome...</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">arrete cette guerre inutile (1999)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">black whispers in an elephant sky</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">catch</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">class of 2005</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">connections</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">damnation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">day</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">deja vu</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">dogma 99 (1999)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">earth to earth</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">everything but..</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">evol</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">fish stew showdown</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">forced hilarity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">gunter</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">harry</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">heel</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">hide & seek</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">i wish i could fly (1999)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">intermezzo tacito</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">i've been single too long</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">jour de gloires</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">piece of heaven</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">ransom</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">robot</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">scrap paper</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">springlove</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">stephen's cat</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">sticks & balls</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">stiffy</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">tequila chamuco</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the autobahn poet</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the french collection</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the getaway</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the happiest day of my life</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the james young lecture series: sync</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the last trip</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the other half</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the surrealist brothel</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">the yipps (1999)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">whispering palms</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">yorkshire rapper</p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IWXz2xJOBKY/TEW6JLNSzZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Lh9D62eMQuc/s400/website+banner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496003587065695634" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 50px; " /></span></span></sup></span></p><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></sup></span></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-55825466914540660282010-07-12T07:17:00.001-07:002010-07-12T07:17:44.663-07:00straight 8 2010 london premieresat rushes soho shorts festival<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">monday 26th, tuesday 27th and wednesday 28th july, all at 6.30pm</span><br />we’re back in the beautiful curzon mayfair and renoir cinemas again<br /><br />for our annual london premieres as part of rushes soho shorts festival<br /><br />the cannes selection will play every night<br /><br />details of who's been selected are on the news page<br /><br />the programmes for each night and a link for tickets will be up here soon<br />connect with us on facebook or twitter to be the first to knowrufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-60854872135559103572010-06-17T03:36:00.000-07:002010-06-18T05:24:51.983-07:00straight 8 2010 cannes advertising 'best of an ad bunch'<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;">friday june 25th, doors at 11.30am, films 12.00pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">we're jetting (or driving) back to cannes to premiere the best entries from people that work in international adland </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">at the cannes lions advertising festival - details of who'll be screening are on the <a href="http://straight8news.blogspot.com/">news</a> page </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">but 'the best of an ad bunch' will go head to head with the 'creme de la cannes'</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">also being screened are the 5 top voted films from the 2010 framepool/lbb online/fireflies challenge to craft a beautiful piece of work on the meaning of “courage”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">thanks to </span><a href="http://www.rushes.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial; ">rushes</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> who are making it happen, all the proceeds from ticket sales go to the </span><a href="http://www.thefirefliestour.com/" style="font-family: arial; ">fireflies</a>ride for <a href="http://www.leuka.org.uk/" style="font-family: arial; ">leuka</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">it's a fantastic cause and the show is always inspiring - ask anyone who's been before </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><b>at the star cinema, 98 rue d'antibes</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tickets are on sale at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/straight8">www.justgiving.com/straight8</a>:<br /><br /></span><code class="code_main"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" height="230" width="150" align="middle" data="http://www.justgiving.com/widgets/jgwidget.swf" flashvars="EggId=2605852&IsMS=0" style="display: inline-block; background-image: url(http://www.blogger.com/img/video_object.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></object></code></div>rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800291593431304631.post-4530393986086089622010-05-16T14:47:00.000-07:002010-05-16T14:51:24.818-07:00straight 8 2010 cannes premieretuesday may 18 sees our 8th consecutive year for straight 8 at cannes film festival.<br /><br />it's first come first served. 9pm doors and 10pm screening at 'l'appartment kodak' on the beach at cannes. right between the british and american pavilions in the international village. described by some as 'the most rock and roll event at cannes', it's a must see<br /><br />and this year to celebrate our 8th year we're also showing 8 fave's from over the years<br /><br />there's an after party and after the after party we hit the street for a second, alfresco, screenin out the back of the cannes-in-a-van van<br /><br />be there or be 4:3rufus kahlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160654811282931838noreply@blogger.com0