O COCO

Satan's Bite(en)

Made for straight 8's 2018 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on may 14th 2018 at straight 8's Cannes film festival screening.

Ninja Dream(en)

Ripped from Super 8MM comes the lost surreal action film by Carl J. Sukenick. Terrorist agent known as the Black Scorpions have stolen NASA's gamma ray weapon. With its power Lord Scorpio plans to conquer the earth. The only survivor of these attacks is Carl J. Sugar-King of the DoD. He must train within his unconscious to fight or we may all perish to the hand of doom!

The Black Crystal(en)

A young man incidentally acquires a mysterious and much sought-after crystal which is, apparently, a source of immensely awesome power...and a potentiality for danger in evil hands.

A.I. Mama(en)

A post-cyberpunk short film featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories with the help of her diary.

Dead Funny(en)

A lonely mime takes desperate measures in order to find the audience he deserves.

Granite Hotel(en)

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel.

1972 Yellow House(en)

During a recent remodel of The Yellow House crews discovered the remains of a little girl and a super 8 movie camera with the footage still inside. The footage has been released to the media by Summerland police with the hope that someone can solve this mystery. Police investigators confirm the film was shot by the missing couple. It is believed they were murdered by occult members. This is their footage.

Torremolinos 73(es)

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

Naked Times(en)

Made for straight 8's 2019 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. This film follows two naked people who meet at a café, fall in love, and decide to dress each other in clothes.

West Beirut(ar)

In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.

Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd(en)

THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of his films as well as outtakes, interviews, and rare concert footage of Zedd’s music project, the noise band Zyklon-B. Contains: Police State, The Bogus Man, Ecstasy in Entropy, Why do you Exist, Whoregasm, War is Menstual Envy (exerpt), Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants, the Wild World of Lydia Lunch, Go to Hell, Zedd’s Collaborations: Thrust in Me (with Richard Kern), Go to Hell, I of K9 with outtakes and screentests from Why do you Exist and Ecstasy in Entropy, Concert Footage and Interview with Zedd’s Industrial noise band Zyklon Beatles, and a trailer for War is Menstrual Envy.

Where Evil Dwells(en)

Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David Wojnarowicz and Tommy Turner’s Where Evil Dwells is a low-budget D.I.Y. movie that walks the jagged lines between splatter flick, experimental film and transgressive art. The original footage was destroyed in a fire and the only footage that survived is this 28 minute preview that was put together for the Downtown New York Film Festival in 1985.

The Black Buttock(fr)

In a convent, the punishment by a sadistic nun of a few mischievous school girls takes an unexpected turn...

50ft Or So...(en)

A Cine-Poem. A journey through Paris. A memory film. Three stories, dedicated to one pioneer of cinema.

Lou Believers(en)

Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lou Reed roam the streets of Los Angeles searching for James Woods.

Lemonade Stand-Off(en)

A sunny day at the park becomes a duel to the death when two lemonade sellers turn to guerrilla warfare in a battle for customers.

Buscando a Perico(es)

I've Soiled Myself Again(en)

A man is confronted by parallel versions of himself as he contemplates his life choices.

Tea Time(en)

On a quiet afternoon an elderly woman prepares some afternoon tea for her and her husband. This short film was made on a single Super-8 cartridge, edited in camera, shot in sequence with only one take per shot. This was originally made for an Los Angeles film event called: "Attack of the 50 Foot Reels".

Memorial Time(en)

A man reflects over his life during a burial.