21 November, 2025
5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3
I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contras...
Father Time waits for no one — and that includes film. I was talking with a friend of mine, one of the last camera repairmen in Riga. More about him later — I plan to write an a...
28 April, 2025
Svema NK-2SH ASA 100 Soviet Cinematic Film Review
Svema NK-2SH is a black and white film that is a remake of the classic Soviet film NK-2. It is produced in the same city as the original, Shostka in The Ukraine, and partly with...
The Troytsa is a religious monument, showing Christ on a cross (or just a cross) in various models, depending on the artist’s skills or local custom. It is made many times in a ...
18 March, 2016
Svema former USSR Bulk Film – by Eric ‘kAAs’ Sluis
For me, the secret is film from the former USSR, you need to find them of course, that’s half the battle, and you can find them, duh, in the former USSR and most interesting are...