HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) – After a five-year hiatus, the Super Gr8 Film Festival returns to Court Square Theater (CST) Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5. Admission is pay-what-you-will at the door for first-come first-served seating. Doors open at 7 pm for the 8 pm screenings. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early.

Admission is on a pay-what-you-will basis. All donations will be earmarked to help with Court Square Theater and Super Gr8 Festival operating expenses.

According to a release, since 2010, Super Gr8 filmmakers have produced more than 300 shorts, all shot entirely on the Super 8 film format. Tim Estep and Paul Somers originally launched the festival, joined six years later by local filmmaker Patrick Fitzgerald.

Each filmmaker is given one roll of film, which must be shot entirely in sequence and utilizing in-camera editing only. Audio is submitted separately and is synced by the festival using a single sync point. Each filmmaker sees their completed film for the first time at the premiere – along with the rest of the audience.

The 2026 Super Gr8 Film Festival is part of Arts Council of the Valley’s year-long 25th anniversary celebration. Other events have included a free community concert featuring Advancing the Arts grant recipients and a chalk art festival. Still in progress are an international mural in downtown Harrisonburg and an online catalog of area public art works.