Iluminace

The journal Iluminace was founded in 1989 as a biannually dedicated to scholarly reflection of cinematography. Since its 5th volume, i.e. since 1993, it has been published as a quarterly and the number of pages and format extended in that year. Throughout its existence, Iluminace has been presenting original theoretical and historical studies with every issue featuring also translations of foreign-language texts documenting contemporary trends of thinking about cinema or older texts previously unpublished in the Czech language. A significant effort has been also directed towards the documentation of sources related to the history of cinematography as well as interviews with prominent figures working in the field. There is a special section focused on the presentation of ongoing research projects. As is the case with all scholarly journals, Iluminace provides reviews of Czech and foreign-language scholarly texts. Since 2004, every issue has featured a monothematic collection of texts. Since 2005, some monothematic collections have been prepared in collaborations with guest editors.