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STRAIGHT 8 X CANAL 180
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STRAIGHT 8: BEST SUPER 8 SHORTS OF 2022
Wednesday, 1st of March 2023
CINEMATECA
9:30 pm
Big auditorium
Thursday, 2nd of March 2023
CINEMA TRINDADE
7:30 pm
Room 1
An inspiring session of the best Super 8 films of 2022 from London’s Straight 8 film festival. Showing 25 3-minute films from around the world all shot using one cartridge of super 8 film.
In a collaboration between STRAIGHT 8 and Canal180, this session brings super 8 to the cinema room in Portugal with two different events happening in Lisbon and Porto.
Come and get inspired with this world-class global collection of genre-busting celluloid short films.
+ Q&A with Straight 8 festival director and Vieira Vasco, one of the top 8 winners of 2022.
Brush. Directed by Simon Allen.
An obsessed walkman-wearing artist gets cornered by his own colourful work in this graphic comedy.
There Is A Light. Directed by Avery Newmark Kincaid.
A mourner spices up a funeral and sees the light after everyone rolls with the punches.
Losing My Name. Directed by Alexander Beer.
A father and son battle with the unrelenting forces of dementia.
Singularity. Directed by Christopher Jarvis.
An artificial intelligence wanders isolated landscapes trying to hold on to memories being deleted one by one.
Self Sabotage and Me. Directed by Fondue.
A stoner is encouraged by his sock puppet pal to fall into the powerful impulse of self-sabotage before a first date.
Girl Food. Directed by Natasha Guy.
Two indecisive women discuss what to order as we become privy to their innermost thoughts.
Rave Rave Rave Rave Rave On. Directed by Ash Morris.
Try if you can not catch the rave bug watching this frighteningly funky rave monster film.
Lovestory. Directed by John Fitzpatrick.
A man tries to run from his own identity but is collared by a police officer and they fall head over heels.
Dead Funny. Directed by Max Mir, Matthew Poole, Harry Norton & Kan Trivedi.
An under-appreciated mime artist offers the world the performance of a lifetime.
The Race. Directed by Emma Fergusson.
All the drama and tension of the best movie race scene you ever saw takes place atop a stove.
Portraits of Love. Directed by Andre Baldwin.
A chocolate-voiced man drowns himself in poetic memories in a closure message to his ex.
Wakan Tanaka. Directed by Celia Arias.
Join a man as he enters a world of terrifying characters on a trip that goes from bad to worse.
In The Shit. Directed by Fabia Martin.
A financially challenged farmer swaps his overalls for a very different uniform in order to make ends meet.
Chance. Directed by Mateus Lara.
Short glimpses of a young romance that could not have happened are barely contained by the gorgeous cinematography.
c/o 5apo. Directed by Anoop Oommen.
Love letters are everything to a couple separated by military duty in India.
Little Butter/ Marie. Directed by Vera Bello.
A cinematic exhibition lends recognition to the
ergonomic precision of biscuit-based provision.
The Scent of Apples. Directed by Rudolf Ming.
A painter laments the overwhelming challenge of depicting the perfect form of the apple.
Homebird. Directed by Jack Sauverin & Connor Matheson.
An anxious man turns to exposure therapy for his crippling fear of birds but will his fear take flight?
Feet. Directed by Saurabh Wadhonkar.
An abstract documentation of the many feet that walk this earth.
Cornflake Blvd 22. Directed by Tim Dübbert.
A bizarre animated story of neighbours who dream of colourful shapes with lots of crunch.
Grandma Queen. Directed by Gustavo Auricchio.
Appearances shouldn't be judged. You're never too old to party.
The Great Debate. Directed by Luna Herruzo.
We are presented with the highly conflictual, ancient Spanish debate involving potatoes, eggs and... onions?
The Hole Truth. Directed by Klára Rychtarčiková.
A scab on a man's finger unveils a portal to an infinitesimally small point of infinite destiny.
Wondering. Directed by Liam Campbell & Thomas Farrall.
An avid wonderer wonders till he arrives at his consequential fate as a statuesque figure destined to wonder eternally.
Admit One. Directed by Vieira Vasco.
A passionate cinephile erotically explores the beauty of the cinema, from seat to screen.
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