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The Endurance and Future of 8mm Movies
  • 21st-Century 8mm Filmmakers
  • Legendary 8mm Masterpieces
  • Personal Focus 2007
  • Personal Focus 2007 Extras and Fukuma Yoshio’s Personal Focus Works
  • Contemplating the Future of 8mm Film

    • 21st-Century 8mm Filmmakers

    Even though the manufacture of 8mm cameras ceased in the 1980s, there has been a continual stream of new filmmakers making 8mm films with secondhand cameras. Filmmakers have emerged who have deliberately chosen 8mm from the variety of imaging media, and not as a step on the path to using 16mm or 35mm. We especially want to focus on the works of young filmmakers who are particular about using 8mm despite the rise of digital video equipment in the 21st century.

    Oki Masaharu
    “Ekuotosazu” in Seven Parts
    Yacht Dance (2002 / 3 min)
    Dragonfly Glasses (2003 / 3 min)
    The Garden Just before Dawn (2003 / 3 min)
    Lair of Light (2002 / 3 min)
    From the Ionosphere (2003 / 3 min)
    The Shepherd Boy’s Coronation (2003 / 3 min)
    Mr. O’s Dream (2004 / 3 min)
     
    Abe Tohko
    Mizuumi (2005 / 6 min)
    High Touch (2006 / 6 min)
    Predawn Kangaroo (2007 / 6 min)
     
    Yajimachi Satoshi
    Wild Horses (2004 / 20 min)
     
    Uchimura Shigeta
    My Honeymoon (2002 / 40 min)
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