Super8 at Berlinale 2019
Die Kinder der Toten ("The Children of the Dead") - a film project by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek - consists of 8mm…
Category Reports
Cost-effective digitalization of Super 8 frames
Various special lenses for 35 mm reflex cameras were offered "at the time" to photograph Super 8 individual images. With these special macro lenses, the format-filling reproduction of Super 8-…
3D printed Super 8 cartridge opener
I opened my first cartridge in daylight with a saw... Everybody developing Super 8 films on their own sooner or later faces the task of opening the Super 8 cartridge…
Short documentary “Films from Wolfen”
German MDR's "Mediathek" presents a beautiful, ten-minute short documentary about Orwo yesterday and today. There are glimpses into yesterday, today, dark rooms and a perforator in action can be seen…
Memories of Eumig and Wiener Neudorf
Wanted: Small format films from 1950 to 1980 100 years of Eumig – 1919, the company was founded, and with up to 7,000 employees in the 1970s was the largest…
From Lomokino to Super 8: Rediscovering Celluloid
My celluloid adventure started in June 2013. After years of filming with DV and DSLR cameras, I was tempted to try something completely different. One day I came across the…
Über die Entstehung meines Films „Am Zeppelinfeld“
Weihnachten 2016 bekam ich im Rahmen der "Schmalfilmwichtelei" im Schmalfilm-Internetforum eine Super-8-Kassette ohne Label aber dafür mit Belichtungshinweisen und einschliesslich Do-It-Yourself-Entwicklung vom Mitforenten Sandro Proske geschenkt. Wie ich später erfuhr,…
Small Gauge Film Culture in Canada
In Canada, two film festivals specifically aimed at small format film will once again take place in the first quarter of this year. The 8fest will be held in Toronto…
Super 8 Workshop “Film Your Frankenberg”
In Saxon Frankenberg, a Super 8 workshop will take place in June 2019. Five participants learn with filmmaker Patrick Müller the handling of a Super 8 camera and the development…
Schmalfilmertreffen Berlin 2015
Die Anonymen Analogiker des Filmvorführerforums trafen sich auch 2015 für ein Wochenende in Kreuzberg, um ihrem Hobby zu frönen. Diesmal verteilte ich sechs S8-Kassetten beladen mit Fomapan R100, die nach…