the8fest

the8fest

Share

The8fest is a festival for anyone using small-gauge to create rough little gems on film. A unique Toronto-based film festival that presents all forms of small-gauge film: 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mm, as well as works in installation, loops, personal, handmade, experimental, animations, diaries, essays, collage, cut-ups, performance/film, music/film and 'proto-cinema devices' like zoetropes. The8fest pr

Photos from the8fest's post 08/01/2023

Online Bageroo programs extended until tomorrow!
Now's your chance to see the8fest's on-demand programs in case you missed them at the8fest.com

Online Bageroo Program #1 - Sight, Sound, and Mind
Co-Presented with Images Festival

Behold our debut intentional program on unprojectable films! The selected films exemplify the beauty of colour-negative Super8 film, and the contemporary practices of creating Super8 work in the 21st century. Join us for a colourful and electric visual program, online and on-demand.

With work by Erren Franklin, Juan Ignacio Slobayen, Maxime Michel, Joel Rodriguez, Tim Dübbert and Erren Franklin
..

Online Program #2: Processing the Process
Co-Presented by Images Festival

This shorts program explores the process of grief, the experience of loss, and the journey towards acceptance.

With work by Rennie Taylor, Guillaume Vallée, Dominick Rivers and Rachel Evans.

Film still credit:
Juan Ignacio Slobayen, film still from Santo Rey Baltazar (2021, Argentina, Super 8, 9:25 minutes, sound)

Rennie Taylor, film still from Dissolution (2022, Canada, Super 8, 2:30 minutes, sound)

Photos from the8fest's post 07/27/2023

🎉 the 16th edition of the8fest starts TOMORROW!
July 28 to July 30, 2023
with live, in-person events
and online on-demand programs at the8fest.com

Check out the digital catalogue online for full programming details!
https://publuu.com/flip-book/196230/478272/page/1

Film still credits:
Kourtney Jackson, still from commissioned film Cerca De Ti (2023, Canada, Super 8, 3:16 minutes, silent)
featured in Bageroo #1 - We Were, We Are, We Will Be, Friday, July 28 at 8:00PM co-presented by Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)

Jefferson Crawford, still from Bird Empire (2022, Canada, Super 8, 3:00 minutes, sound)
featured in Bageroo #2 - Merry-Go-Round, Friday, July 28 at 9:00PM sponsored by Pleasure Dome

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in Toronto?
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

Address


Toronto, ON