Iluminace, 2016 (vol. 28), issue 2
Editorial
Amateur Film in Eastern Bloc Countries
Lucie Česálková, Jiří Horníček
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):5-7 
Editorial to the thematically focused block of articles devoted to amateur film in the Eastern Bloc countries.
Theme Articles
Socialist movie making vs. Gosplan. Establishing an infrastructure for the soviet amateur cinema
Maria Vinogradova
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):9-27
The study, based on careful research of primary archival sources, both written and film, describes the very gradual process of the establishment of amateur cinema in the hierarchy of Soviet cinema. The author also reveals the reasons why the atypical 35mm format was used elsewhere for amateurs in the Soviet Union even after the war.
Excavating amateur films from the socialist Romania. Making sense of cine-amateur history through oral histories and educational handbooks
Melinda Blos-Jáni
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):29-44
The study outlines the history of amateur film in Romania before 1989. Based on the oral history method, this work describes the changes in the media practice of amateur filmmaking within three generations of the Haáz family, a family of Hungarian origin living in Romania.
semi-professional or a "professional amateur"? Filmmaking between amateurism and professionalism
Veronika Jančová
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):45-60
The author deals with the existence of corporate film studios in Czechoslovakia and the production of industrial films that were made not only in these specific production conditions, in which the features characterizing both amateur and professional production were intertwined, but also in purely amateur film clubs.
(Non)professional Experiments with the Family. Family films (by Jaroslav Kučera) as an Example of Artistic Practice
Kateřina Svatoňová
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):61-75
The author of the study observes how Jaroslav Kučera's work with the family film as an atypical filmmaking product differs from less erudite family filmmakers in terms of form, how he balances on the border with professional and experimental film.
Analysis
Excellent Theater as a Nice Film or Archeology of Hrátky s čertem
Aleš Merenus
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):77-103
The analysis reconstructs the entire process of the genesis of the film adaptation of Jiří Drda's play Hrátky s čertem (Games with the Devil) from a film short story from 1950 through the first version of the technical script from 1956 to the final feature-length fairy tale.
Interviews
Technology of Senses - Towards Philosophy of Digital Media
Kateřina Krtilová, Johannes Bennke
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):105-115
Interview with Professor Mark B. N. Hansen on the philosophy of digital media.
Horizon
Film (Not Only) in the Copyright Context
Ferdinand Fořt
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):126-128
Review of the publication Film Law: A Copyright Perspective by Ivan David.
Postsocialism between Crisis and Euphoria Cinemedia
Jan Hanzlík
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):129-131
Information about the conference CineMedia - Cinema and Visual Culture in Post-Communist Europe: From Crisis to Euphoria and Back Again, held in Cluj, Romania, 27-28 May 2016.
Ad Fontes
Baalfilm (1934-1955)
Marcela Týfová
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):117-120
Information about the founding and activities of the Baalfilm film company between 1934 and 1955.
Happy Return of a Lost Mannequin Case of Identification of Missing Film
Věroslav Hába
Iluminace 2016, 28(2):121-125
Information about a newly found American film from the NFA collections, Mannequin of Broadway from 1925, a silent film produced by Tiffany Pictures.