Tuesday, 16 April 2019

SUPERFLY SUPER 8... Film (2016) by Avant Kinema


**Shortlisted for the EIFF Short Film Challenge 2016 with a World Premier screening at The Filmhouse, Edinburgh, 6th Aug 2016.** 

 **Two further screenings that same month at Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival.** 

**English Premiere at LSFF (London Short Film Festival) in January 2017 at the Moth Club in Hackney. (We attended this screening with the assistance of a Creative Scotland grant.) ** 

**European Premiere in Barcelona (17th February 2018) at an International Super 8 screening event (Mostra de Videoclips Rodats en Super 8) - part of the Minifestival de Música Independent de Barcelona.** 

SUPERFLY SUPER 8 circa NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN (2016) by Scottish experimentalists, Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian (Avant Kinema), was the duo's first ever delve into Super 8 filmmaking. Shooting on TRI-X B&W reversal film, using vintage analogue film-cameras, Swan & Simian set out to create "the Super 8 dream of a classic Film Noir as if made by New York No Wavers".


Directed by Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian

Performer: Sarahjane Swan

Cinematography & Editing: Roger Simian  & Sarahjane Swan 

Music: The Bird And The Monkey 

Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds 

Cameras: Canon 514XL & AGFA Family

Film: Kodak TRI-X reversal 7266

Processing & Scan: Gauge Film

Film completed: 24 June 2016

Edited in iMovie



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