Iluminace 3/2025

The materiality of film and audiovisual media has often been understood in universal terms, or through the language of canonized Western thought. This special issue of Iluminace 3/2025 demonstrates the diverse ways in which filmic matter can be articulated in relation to local and geographic contexts. Case studies in manufacturing, preservation, circulation, and artistic appropriation of both photochemical and digital film across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa highlight the extent to which cinema is shaped by the availability (or unavailability) of specific physical materials and resources.