New video, of film maker in Ukraine. He makes emulsion film.

[IpseLux]

Pretty cool video just out,

He Makes Film From Scratch — In a Garage in Ukraine | Polyfilm​

Ari Jaaksi - I Shoot On Film​

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May 232026
Igor Polyakov makes photographic film by hand. In a village outside Lviv, Ukraine, he sources silver, mixes gelatin and chemicals and coats 120 film base one strip at a time under red safelight.

Film done the old way, at home! Where there is a will, there’s a way.

 

[JensH]

Great video by Ari. I like his work very much anyway...

Stunning how the 120 film base is coated that way!

 

[thinkbrown]

Caught this in my recommendations yesterday, quite the operation. I threw my email in to see if I can order a few rolls.

 

[BobDavid]

I'm trying to buy a few rolls.

 

[mshchem]

How to make X-ray film

 

[pentaxuser]

I'm trying to buy a few rolls.

I wonder how many films he makes this way and whether he is even thinking of putting them up for sale and at what price considering they are hand-made?

pentaxuser

 

[thinkbrown]

I wonder how many films he makes this way and whether he is even thinking of putting them up for sale and at what price considering they are hand-made?

pentaxuser

20 per batch, $20 per roll is the current stated info on the website

 

[IpseLux]

Caught this in my recommendations yesterday, quite the operation. I threw my email in to see if I can order a few rolls.

Let us know if you do get some. I don’t photograph modern format that much, but I’d love to order some and help this cause.
Thank you TB

 

[thinkbrown]

I just received a tracking number. Ordered 3 rolls and I'm very excited to try it

 

[IpseLux]

I just received a tracking number. Ordered 3 rolls and I'm very excited to try it

That’s fantastic. I share your excitement. I’m sitting at the park, with camera and phone in hand, pondering of all the things that link us together. All the coincidental connections….
Wherever they truly exists, or are accidents of our human thought, it is certain that will make some, and made this happen. The film maker’s love and commitment to the craft, but also yours, seeking his film, and sharing it with us.
Enjoy. We are wishing your images become masterpieces!
Kind regards TB.