The new Super 8 magazine is here! Number 13!

Mar 07, 2025

Das neue Super 8 Magazin ist da! Nummer 13!

The new Super 8 magazine introduces Helga Fanderl – the woman who shot (and continues to shoot) over 1,000 8mm films. The issue is available in our store or online: https://clickundsurr.de/products/super-8-magazin-12-kopie?_pos=1&_psq=super+8+maga&_ss=e&_v=1.0

The topics of Super 8 Magazine #13

Helga Fanderl – the woman of 1000 films

No editing after filming, only projection, nothing longer than three minutes, silent – ​​these are Helga Fanderl's tenets. The 78-year-old from Berlin (and Paris) has been an avid Super 8 filmmaker since 1986. She travels the world with her films. "You just have to invite me," says the agile filmmaker. She's our discovery of the year!

Workshops worldwide

It's become so difficult to find a repair shop for film cameras or projectors. Samuel Preston set out to research worldwide: Who repairs what? The results are sobering: There aren't many anymore. But 28 active companies responded to our inquiries.

Personalities in Boxes – How to Develop Expired Films?

Ben Slotover from Great Britain is experienced in developing old film stock. In this issue of Super 8 Magazine, he shares his best recipes. Also important: Which films are actually worth the effort?

Impossible? It's possible: Give Nizo sound film cameras a new lease of life

Stefan vom Stein describes how to repair the Nizo Sound models. Until now, broken belts were considered a death knell for the camera. You have to remove the entire internals to replace the belts. Unless you do it like Stefan vom Stein.

Narrow film in the Balkans – Super 8 in Romania

Karsten Weber of the Chaos Film Group in Kiel describes a journey to an analog paradise – Romania. Who would have thought it? Insights into a film festival and a museum in the Balkans.

A Kassel native in Paris: David Neumann dreams on Super 8

Analog photography and filmmaking simply fit so well in the city of love – Paris. Film enthusiast David Neumann has also discovered this and reports on his Super 8 films, all of which are set in his new home – on the Seine.

In the next issue: Special edition “60 Years of Super 8”

An anniversary we don't want to miss. This unusual look back at every year in the Super 8 universe. A subscription to our magazine is therefore already doubly worthwhile!