the8fest is pleased to announce that submissions for our 15th festival are now OPEN!!

the8fest Small-Gauge Film Festival is a little festival for small films. We are a unique Toronto-based festival that screens films solely on celluloid: 8mm, Super 8, and 9.5mm. We also welcome installation, loops, performance/film, music/film, and ‘proto-cinema devices’ like zoetropes. Programming ranges from personal, handmade, experimental, animations, diaries, essays, collage, cut-ups, and more. Please help us create a new space for older mediums with timeless style!

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2021.

the8fest seeks your 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm films, and other small gauge film projects (such as loops and installations) for our 15th festival being held on February 25th to 27th, 2022. DIY filmmakers, experimental artists, established filmmakers, and everyone who has an interest in small gauge film should apply! the8fest encourages and will be explicitly prioritizing submissions from Black and Indigenous artists of colour. We would also like to encourage submissions from Queer, POC and Disabled artists as well as artists of Trans and Non-Binary experience.

You can submit your application using the following form http://the8fest.com/1917-2/

OR complete the form attached and email it to the8fest@gmail.com

Workshop (Online via Zoom): DECAY – A Found Footage Adventure

Sunday, November 15 and Sunday, November 22: 10 – 11:30 AM

In a year when it feels like everything is falling apart, this all-ages analog film workshop explores of decay as catalyst for creative rebirth. Participants will receive a packet of supplies and instructions for at-home experiments and online sharing! FREE! ALL WELCOME! To sign up, send an email with DECAY in the subject line to info@echoparkfilmcenter.org or drop by EPFC North at Moberly Fieldhouse (7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver, V5X 3Z4) on Saturday, November 14 between 1 and 5 pm.

the8fest is North America’s longest-running festival devoted to all forms of small-gauge film, including super 8, 8mm, 9.5 and loops, shown in their original formats. the8fest showcases the 70+ history of small gauge film – from contemporary artists’ work in the form, to its wider cultural use in home movies, instructional loops and beyond.This year’s edition of the8fest consists of eight programmes, one super 8 camera workshop, and two artist’s talks.

This year marks the8fest’s 10th anniversary! Running January 27 – 29, 2017 at Toronto’s SPK Polish Combatants Hall, there’s going to be a ton of small gauge fun for everyone! Check out all the festival details here!

Want to develop your own film but need a little help? Process Lab is a new resource at EPFC that provides the chemistry, equipment and tutoring for black and white negative and reversal 8mm/Super 8/16mm film processing.

SECOND SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, 12 – 5 PM | THREE SPOTS PER SESSION | $10 LAB FEE | SIGN UP FOR AUGUST 9 SESSION NOW OPEN.