super 8mm films
b y g i l e s p e r k i n s
"quirky & beautiful Super 8 work" - dvblog.org 09|2008
"a magnificent and thoughful short" - NOMOS jury, germany 11|2008 (re: The Ferryman)
screened // adelaide, bacup, balchik, basle, berlin, brighton, bristol, calgary, cambridge, cork, hamburg, hull, lancaster, leeds, liverpool, london, los angeles, manchester, manitoba, new york, norwich, oia, plymouth, richmond, salford, szeged, toronto, warrington, weiterstadt...
documentary shot on super 8
details tbc
| technical // | super 8 / tbc |
| screened // |
so many shoes!
single cartridge documentary made for straight 8, 2009
| technical // | super 8 / kodak vision 2 200t, single cartridge, in camera edit / 3m 30s / © 2009 |
| screened // | straight 8, part of rushes soho short film festival, london, uk 07|09 8th international super 8 film festival, szeged, hungary 09|09 long shot film festival, warrington, uk 10|09 super 8 in the 21st century workshop, sheffield doc/fest, uk 11|09 |
a quick trip on britain's oddest train
on location time-lapse documentary
| technical // | super 8 / vision 200t / 1m 18s / © 2008 |
| screened // | featured film, dvblog.org, 16|09|08 filmonik #40, manchester, uk 02|09 3rd cambridge super 8 film festival, uk 05|09 liverpool film night, fact, uk 05|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') santorini super 8 film festival, greece 07|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') - 3 nights inc. best of |
one man's irrational fear of buttons
single cartridge shoot made for straight 8, 2008
| technical // | super 8 / tri-x, single cartridge, in camera edit / 3m 30s / © 2008 |
| screened // | straight 8, part of rushes soho short film festival, london, uk 07|08 straight 8 on tour, fact, liverpool, uk 10|08 straight 8 on tour, dukes, lancaster, uk 10|08 double up super 8, cambridge, uk 01|09 filmonik #40, manchester, uk 02|09 3rd cambridge super 8 film festival, uk 04|09 liverpool film night, fact, uk 05|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') santorini super 8 film festival, greece 07|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') - 3 nights inc. best of open-air filmfest weiterstadt, germany 08|09 (projected from original film print) |
| awards // | 3rd place - super 8 competition, open-air filmfest weiterstadt, germany 08|09 |
private commission
wedding film shot on super 8mm stock
| technical // | super 8 / kodak vision 2 200t / 4m 24s / © 2007 |
| screened // | private commission to dvd |
music video for great leap forward's 'nose of the king' (circa 1989)
vintage super 8mm footage and prelinger archive footage
| technical // | super 8 and archive / boots chrome / 4m 54s / © 2007 |
| screened // | test edit only |
a human cannonball explains why he was sacked from the circus
single cartridge shoot made for flicker attack, 2007
| technical // | super 8 / plus-x, single cartridge, in camera edit / 2m 30s / © 2007 |
| screened // | flicker attack, los angeles, usa 11|07 filmonik #35, manchester,uk 02|08 best of flicker attack, los angeles, usa 08|08 liverpool film night, fact, uk 05|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') santorini super 8 film festival, greece 07|09 (as part of 'super 8 triptych') - 3 nights inc. best of |
on the ship canal with the thelwall ferryman, filmed on location in warrington, uk
on location documentary including music sourced via ccmixter.org
| technical // | super 8 / fuji eterna vivid 160, kodak vision 2 / 6m 44s / © 2007 |
| screened // | 2008 united states super 8 film & digital video festival, usa 02|08 university of cambridge, social documentary film society, uk 02|08 cuts from the fringe, part of 6th hull int. short film festival, uk 04|08 2nd cambridge super 8 film festival, uk 04|08 brighton festival, final cut final night, uk 05|08 flipside film festival, plymouth, uk 05|08 6th international short film festival, balchik, bulgaria 06|08 kino shorts, manchester, uk 07|08 liverpool film night, FACT, Liverpool, uk 07|08 10th rushes soho film festival, london, uk 07|08 gimli film festival, manitoba, canada 07|08 super 8 special, basle, switzerland 08|08 international super 8mm festival, szeged, hungary 09|08 channel m breakfast tv news (clip), manchester, uk 12|11|08 salford film festival, salford, uk 11|08 international NOMOS small format awards, hamburg, germany 11|08 london short film festival, uk 01|09 |
| awards // | honorable mention winner - 2008 united states super 8 film & digital video festival 02|08 2nd place super 8 international category - int. NOMOS small format awards, hamburg, germany 11|08 |
| reviews // | "fascinating and well-made documentary..." - final cut, brighton uk "a perfect documentary in super 8. a magnificent and thoughful short" - NOMOS jury, germany |
coral and reef fish, off the coast of komandoo, maldives
underwater with samples from the freesound project
| technical // | single 8 / fuji rt25n / 1m 36s / © 2007 |
| screened // | filmonik #26, manchester 05|07 |
sights, sounds and opinions of the 'singing ringing tree' near burnley, lancashire, uk
on location observational documentary
| technical // | super 8 / ektachrome 64t / 1m 45s / © 2007 |
| screened // | filmonik #25, manchester,uk 04|07 featured film, dvblog.org, 23|06|07 bacup film festival, uk 10|07 bbc bigger picture outdoor screen manchester, uk 03|08 for 2 weeks excerpt featured on Channel 5 (UK) 'The Gadget Show' 05|09 |
| awards // | nominated for best documentary bacup film festival, uk 10|07 |
what next for this city of industry, shot on location in manchester, uk
part of the 'super 8 cities' project
| technical // | super 8 / ektachrome 64t / 1m 43s / © 2006 |
| screened // | dvd 'super 8 cities' released 01|07 brief encounters, bristol, uk 11|07 (as part of super 8 cities screening) one world film festival, berlin 11|07 (as part of super 8 cities screening) flipside film festival, plymouth, uk 05|08 (as part of super 8 cities screening) lateral movement, adelaide film festival, australia 02|09 8th university of toronto film & Video Festival, canada 03|09 (as part of super 8 cities screening) urbanity festival, calgary, canada 09|09 |
180 plus beach huts animated, filmed on location at wells-next-the-sea, norfolk, uk
'wataridori 2' by cornelius, used under creative commons
| technical // | super 8 / kodachrome 40 / 1m 44s / © 2006 |
| screened // | featured film, dvblog.org, 27|06|06 silent light, cork, ireland 10|06 launch film (a version), channel 4 microdcs website, uk 03|07 strawberry super 8, cambridge, uk 06|07 final cut, brighton, uk 10|07 super anim-8, cambridge, uk 12|07 bbc norfolk film festival, norwich, uk 10|09, screened outdoors for 1 week |
antony gormley's 'another place' filmed on location at waterloo beach, merseyside, uk
music video, 'ironman' by stereolab, used with kind permission and thanks
| technical // | super 8 / kodachrome 40 / 3m 20s / © 2005 |
| screened // | featured film, dvblog.org, 27|06|06 silent light, cork, ireland 10|05 flicker, richmond, usa 04|06 |
one man, ahead of the pack, tour of britain 2004, flyde coast, uk
hand processed experimental piece
| technical // | super 8 / hand processed tri-x / 4.5Mb / 0m 28s / © 2004 |
| screened // |
a ninety second slice of cuban life, filmed on location in havana, cuba
on location, observational documentary
| technical // | super 8 / kodachrome 40 / 1m 44s / © 2001 |
| screened // | evolution, two weeks in millennium sq, leeds, uk 10|01 for 3 weeks slightly shady, london, uk 04|02 splice this, toronto, canada 07|02 kino, manchester, uk 10|02 |
food stuff frolics
stop motion animation
| technical // | super 8 / kodachrome 40 / 1.7Mb / 0m 18s / © 2001 |
| screened // | evolution, harvey nichols food hall, leeds, uk 10|01 for 2 weeks |
water in the land of fire and ice, filmed on location in iceland
on location, observational documentary
| technical // | super 8 / kodachrome 40 / 4.8Mb / 6m 43s / © 2000 |
| screened // | getoutthere.bt.com website 07|00 |
| awards // | winner - monthly new film contest getoutthere.bt.com 07|00 |
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