INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SUPER 8/16 Saturday March 22, 8:00 PM, Motorenhalle, Wachsbleichstraße 4a (Backyard), 01067 Dresden

Dive into the captivating world of film at the International Competition! Experience the richness of the medium through a thoughtfully curated selection of nominated short films, showcasing the many facets of cinematic art.

After the screenings, be part of a special moment: together, we will celebrate the winners of the coveted Audience Award and Jury Prize.

As a highlight, enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes insights as filmmakers share their stories, discuss the creation of their works, and reveal the creative challenges they faced during the process.

Congratulations to the winners of the International Super 8/16 2025 Competition:

The jury prize of €500 goes to Guillaume Anglard - DECADENTIA (09:35 min, 2024, Super 8, France)

The Honorable Mention of the Jury and thus a one-year subscription to Super 8 magazine went to: Irina Tempea - IN MY HEAD (06:15 min, 2024, Super 8, 16mm, Canada) 

And the Audience Award (five Super 8 cassettes) went to: Manuel Francescon, Michael Sommermeyer - THE PLOT (04:40 min, 2024, Super 8, Germany)

We would like to thank the prize sponsors of the Super8/16 International Competition:
Original Wolfen and click and surr

Jury: Henk Penninga, Slizárd Miklos, Richard Tuohy & Dianna Barrie

The nominated films 2025 are:

Anna Kipervaser – БАБУШКА ГАЛЯ И ДЕДУШКА АРКАДИЙ // GRANDMA GALYA AND GRANDPA ARKADIY
04:24 min, 2023, 16 mm, Ukraine
A jovial and dreamy rumination on love. On time passing. On what we collect, what we hold on to, and how we maintain connection to homeplace, to ourselves.

Ben Slotover, Benjamin Rowlinson – SLIDES
03:20 min, 2023, super 8, United Kingdom
Slides are bleached, burned, cut, drawn and quartered in this Super 8 ode to a fading format.

Brandon Scullion - Haunted Cursed Anxious Hateful
04:25 min, 2024, 8 mm, United States
Two men, haunted by the realities of their lives, confined by their bodies and surroundings, engage in a hateful battle of wills with dreadful consequences.
Shot entirely on 8mm film.

Elham Hadian - THE BODY REMEMBERS
05:22 min, 2024, super 8 analog to digital, Austria/Iran
The ancient act of stoning is a form of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until they die. Stoning has been recorded in ancient civilizations, including those in the Middle East, South Asia, and the Mediterranean. While stoning is officially part of the legal system in a few countries, its actual implementation is rare and often subject to significant international and domestic controversy.
Women are still disproportionately affected by stoning in some countries, particularly in cases of adultery, where evidence requirements and social standards often disadvantage women.
Human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have campaigned against stoning, calling it a form of torture. The United Nations has also condemned the practice, advocating for its abolition.
In many countries, there is strong public opposition to stoning. Activists and reformers within these countries work hard to change the laws and practices that allow such punishments. Efforts include raising awareness, legal challenges, and pushing for legislative reforms.

Ella Morton – WANDERER
11:32 mim, 2024, 16 mm, Canada
Wanderer (2024) is a music video for Linda Catlin Smith's contemporary music piece of the same name. Performed by the Thin Edge New Music Collective in Toronto and filmed on location in the Faroe Islands. Monochromatic scenes from the striking Faroese landscape are captured on 16mm film and altered with mordançage, melding with the haunting soundscape.

Gabriele Rossi – STREAMS
03:24 min, 2024, Super 8, France 
The swimming bodies gradually drift towards abstraction.
As the currents flow, their strength is revealed: it's by letting ourselves be carried away that we can overcome the resistance of the filmic material and resurface.
Streams is an ode to fluidity in these dark times.

Gareth Byrne – SUAS
04:23 min, 2024, 16mm, Krasnogorsk-3, Tri-X, Ireland
SUAS is an accompanying music film which was produced at Ballyglass House Tipperary while on residency with Tipperary Dance Platform. The film is a collaboration between filmmaker and performer & leans into the limitations of the camera itself. In doing so combines destructive double exposure techniques and repetitive motifs to create a whole new performance for the camera. It is filmed solely on a clockwork 16mm camera with only two rolls of Kodak Tri-X reversal film.

Guillaume Anglard – DECADENTIA
09:35 min, 2024, Super 8, France
Like an archive, DECADENTIA reveals, in a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, the vestiges of an unknown civilization.

Irina Tempea – IN MY HEAD
06:15 min, 2024, Super 8, 16mm, Canada
In My Head is an experimental first-person short film. It deals with the multiple sclerosis that has affected the filmmaker for over eight years: "Through my magnetic resonance images, my cervical slices and jerky sounds, everyday life unfolds. Life goes on. I'm fine, I'm not so fine." Today, this sprawling disease is the subject of a film that aims to get closer to the people who suffer from it. It aims to portray them through a lens that is close to their reality. This film-diary is part mourning, part sweetness.

Fionnuala McCormack - CÁ NDEACHAIGH MÉ? WHERE AM I GOING?
05:42 min, 2023, 16 mm, United Kingdom
“Cá ndeachaigh mé?" is a 16mm experimental film that delves into how emigration can transform our sense of self, sometimes requiring us to leave not only our home geographically but also linguistically. The film follows a young couple's emotional journey from the countryside of Donegal to Glasgow, as they navigate new cultural landscapes.
Through a dynamic and poignant soundscape, the film highlights the challenges that come with moving and acclimatising to a new place, and how this often can lead to a morphing of both identity and relationships.

Manuel Francescon, Michael Sommermeyer – DER PLOT
04:40 min, 2024, Super 8, Germany
A group of filmmakers have finally managed to find a date to plan a joint project. But the plot, the right storyline, is still missing. The decision is not easy, because everyone has their own idea of what a good film should look like.

Nicole Blundell – GEOMÉTRIKA
04:00 min, 2024, 16 mm, Canada
Geométrika is a mathematical odyssey that invites viewers on an experimental journey through the geometric wonders of the universe, reminiscent of watching floaters under your eyelids. Shot on 16mm, hand painted and developed. Music composed by Kevin Blundell. 

Xenia Nitschke - THE JACOBS WAY
01:17 min, 2024, Super 8, Deutschland
Der Jacobsweg bietet Pilgern die Möglichkeit, in meditative Ruhe zu kommen, dem Alltag zu entfliehen, geistige Entspannung in der Natur zu erleben und Gleichgesinnte zu treffen.
Doch es gibt noch einen ganz anderen „Jacobsweg“.
Ich bin weg, weg, weg!