Contents After a turbulent year on the independent film scene, with theatre closures and the movie experience becoming ever more impersonal, Discoveries sets out to rekindle that wide-eyed "look what I found" feeling, now almost impossible in the age of information overload.

While this issue covers familiar terrain of independent and offbeat films, we approach things with a bit of a more socio-cultural bent. During this treasure hunt, we show why these films stand out from the rest of the pack of personal filmmaking. Click on the cover to check the contents.

Contents In this special issue, a record number of contributors offer reminisces and cultural histories of the ways in which the VHS videotape has taken part in our lives.(VHS RIP)