60 YEARS OF SUPER-8: SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OF "SUPER 8" MAGAZINE

Jürgen Lossau is a German documentary filmmaker, writer, and editor who has made Super-8 not only his vocation but his lifelong territory.

His name has long been synonymous with photochemical passion and precision — from his early work to his most recent publications, his dedication has been unwavering and exemplary.

A few months ago, Lossau made international headlines with the release of his monumental study on Single-8, the “Japanese Super-8” — a book that instantly became essential reading for any serious film enthusiast. Surprisingly, it is the first in-depth work ever published on the format — even in Japan, where no one had previously documented it with such care and depth.

Lossau is also the driving force behind the quarterly magazine Super8, published simultaneously in German and in that modern Esperanto of our time — English. Every new issue that arrives in my mailbox feels like a small celebration; opening it rekindles the same thrill I felt decades ago when the yellow Kodak envelope — or the green Fuji one — arrived from the lab, holding a freshly developed reel of film.

But Issue 14, dated October 2025, is something truly special. Large-format, luxuriously printed in full color on glossy stock, and spanning 90 beautifully bound pages, this commemorative edition revisits six decades of Super-8’s glorious history, from its birth in 1965 to the present day.

Reading it is like traveling through time — from Kodak’s earliest advertisements, through the technical and cultural evolution of the format, all the way to the recent Kodak campaign celebrating the renaissance of Super-8, featured on the back cover of American Cinematographer’s September 2025 issue.

The magazine overflows with high-quality images, rare anecdotes, and newly uncovered curiosities — all finally gathered and organized into a single, cohesive volume (did you know that Kodak’s Super-8 cartridge sales have grown from 10,000 units in 2018 to over 22,000 today?).

This issue is not merely a magazine; it’s a reference volume, destined to be read, revisited, and treasured for years to come.

As for me, I’ve already warned my wife: “Forget about me for a few nights — I’ll be in bed, lost between these pages, savoring every detail of this commemorative special.”

There is only one omission I noticed — the year 2018, a crucial milestone in the history of modern Super-8. That September, during Photokina, the English edition of Photoklassic International (now SilverGrain Classics) published the world premiere of the first film ever shot on the new Ektachrome 7294 — FERROL 7294 (click to watch it, with audio in English and Spanish) — which I filmed that summer on pre-production stock supplied directly by Kodak’s Vice President. To this day, Ektachrome 7294 it remains the only color reversal film designed in the 21st century. 8

A small omission in a great achievement: this Super8 60th Anniversary Special is an editorial jewel no film enthusiast should miss —a tribute to six decades of light, emulsion… and celluloid dreams.

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