8 (2008 film)

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Directed by	Abderrahmane Sissako; Gael García Bernal; Mira Nair; Gus Van Sant; Jan Kounen; Gaspar Noé; Jane Campion; Wim Wenders
Produced by	LDM Productions, Ace & Company
Edited by	Nadia Ben Rachid, Marc Boucrot, Anny Danche, Allyson C. Johnson, Heidi Kenessey, Gaspar Noé, Alex Rodríguez, Gus Van Sant
Music by	Mark Bradshaw, Mychael Danna, Jean-Jacques Hertz, Nicolas Jorelle, Nadine Kaiser, François Roy, Rob Simonsen, Mark Tschanz, Walter Werzowa
Release date	23 October 2008 (Rome Film Festival);
Country	France
Languages	English; French

8 is an anthology film consisting of eight short films centred on the eight Millennium Development Goals.

Topics[]

Eight directors had "carte blanche" to treat one of the eight topics:

Segment by Abderrahmane Sissako: Tiya's Dream (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger)
Segment by Gael García Bernal: The Letter (Achieve universal primary education)
Segment by Mira Nair: How Can It Be? (Promote gender equality and empower women)
Segment by Gus Van Sant: Mansion on the Hill (Reduce child mortality rate)
Segment by Jan Kounen: The Story of Panshin Beka (Improve maternal health)
Segment by Gaspar Noé: SIDA (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases)
Segment by Jane Campion: The Water Diary (Ensure environmental sustainability)
Segment by Wim Wenders: Person to Person (Develop a global partnership for development)^[1]

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Feature films	I Stand Alone (1998) Irréversible (2002) Enter the Void (2009) Love (2015) Climax (2018) Vortex (2021)
Mid-length films	Carne (1991) Lux Æterna (2019)
Segments	"We Fuck Alone" in Destricted "SIDA" in 8 "Ritual" in 7 Days in Havana
Short films	Sodomites (1998)

v t Wim Wenders
Feature films	Summer in the City (1970) The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) The Scarlet Letter (1973) Alice in the Cities (1974) The Wrong Move (1975) Kings of the Road (1976) The American Friend (1977) Lightning Over Water (1980) Hammett (1982) The State of Things (1982) Paris, Texas (1984) Wings of Desire (1987) Until the End of the World (1991) Faraway, So Close! (1993) Lisbon Story (1994) Beyond the Clouds (1995) The End of Violence (1997) The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) Land of Plenty (2004) Don't Come Knocking (2005) Palermo Shooting (2008) Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016) Submergence (2017)
Documentaries	Tokyo-Ga (1985) Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) A Trick of Light (1995) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) The Soul of a Man (2003) Pina (2011) The Salt of the Earth (2014) Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
Short films	Room 666 (1982) "Twelve Miles to Trona" in Ten Minutes Older (2002) "Person to Person" in 8 (2008)
Photography books	Pictures from the Surface of the Earth (2001)
Related	Road Movie trilogy (1974–1976) City of Angels (1998)

8

Directed by	Abderrahmane Sissako Gael García Bernal Mira Nair Gus Van Sant Jan Kounen Gaspar Noé Jane Campion Wim Wenders
Produced by	LDM Productions, Ace & Company
Edited by	Nadia Ben Rachid, Marc Boucrot, Anny Danche, Allyson C. Johnson, Heidi Kenessey, Gaspar Noé, Alex Rodríguez, Gus Van Sant
Music by	Mark Bradshaw, Mychael Danna, Jean-Jacques Hertz, Nicolas Jorelle, Nadine Kaiser, François Roy, Rob Simonsen, Mark Tschanz, Walter Werzowa
Release date	23 October 2008 (2008-10-23) (Rome Film Festival)
Country	France
Languages	English French