February 2009

Patrick is raising finance for his next short film "Catterfly".  Due to be shot in Beijing in February/March 2009.  See more about the film here and contribute/support in any way you can!

"Exploring the boundaries between dreams and reality and what we can do to change them.

Bennie finds himself at a crossroads. Will he overcome his fears and flutter off on a new path or will his head fall off and his wings turn to ash?"

December 2008

Chris recently helped out Tresor Productions for their London shoot on reality tv show the Star Praktikant, to be shown on German TV channel VOX at the end of the year.

November 2008

Eight treadmills recently went behind the scenes on a photo shoot for the 2009 'Credit Crunch Calendar', an initiative to raise money for the homeless charities Shelter and Centrepoint. View our behind the scenes clip here

October 2008

Eight treadmills wrote, directed and produced this second ad for mymission2's viral campaign. View "Hidden Camera Outtake" here

September 2008

"An American tries to order coke in China" is now online. View it here

August 2008

Eight treadmills are currently making a series of short videos as part of a viral campaign for the website mymission2.com. More information can be found here

May 2008

Chris has been working as floor runner for the Warp Films production 'Curtains' directed by Julian Barratt. Scheduled for release in late 2008.

April 2008

Patrick's latest documentary, “Branded New China,” is being broadcast on cable TV in the US and the UK, as well as on current.tv

As China becomes a superpower there is a new group emerging; the middle class...in this documentary, we meet them. View and comment on it here

March 2008

Chris is currently in London helping out as floor runner & 3rd AD on 'The Escort' directed by Clare Holman and starring Lesley Manville.

January 2008

Eight treadmills are proud to be taking part in the inaugural Clockenflap festival. Videos will soon be uploaded to www.clockenflap.com

November 2007

On the 1st December, April Fools will be showing at the Broadway Cinematheque in Yau Ma Tei as part of the HK Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in conjunction with World Aids Day. Start time is at 4.45pm

Tickets are available here:

http://www.cinema.com.hk/revamp/html/list_detail.php?lang=e&movie_id=3228

August 2007

We're currently working on Fishful Thinking, a celebration of Hong Kong's central wet market. The piece will be shown at the High&Dry multimedia exhibition from 1-30 September. www.highanddry.com.hk

July 2007 

Work has just finished on our latest project; sports event coverage and fitness tips to be broadcast on the internet and tv.  It's called 'Boot Camp'.  View It here

May 2007

eight treadmills' latest work has been submitted to the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Check out some images from 'April Fools' here

March 2007

Auditions are currently taking place for our upcoming film, 'April Fools', which will be submitted to the HK Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2007. 

eight treadmills' latest production, 'Subtitle', was screened publicly at the end of January 2007 as part of the I SHOT HONG KONG Film Festival. The film was very well received, coming runner up in both the Judges Award and the Audience Choice Award. Take a look at Subtitle here

January 2007

We're in pre-production for our upcoming documentary on the impending closure of Wan Chai Market, Hong Kong. The documentary aims to highlight themes of tradition versus modernity and the loss of cultural identity. We will be filming in March 2007. Please take a look at our precis and contact us for further details.

Documentary Precis (pdf file)

September 2006

We've been busy making 'Subtitle', a short film taking a look at Hong Kong's darker side. We'll be submitting it into the 'I Shot Hong Kong' Film Festival which will take place in January.  View it here