Some good news: for the first time in well over 12 months, Kosmo Foto will have film.
We’ve ordered a new batch of Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm film which will be produced in the summer.
We expect this film to be with us towards the end of September.
Normally we’d wait until the film was here before offering it to customers, but this time we’ve decided to do something different.
We’re offering customers the chance to pre-order the film ahead of it reaching us in September. Those pre-ordering it will get their film with a price reduction of nearly 10% – from £5.50 a roll to £5 a roll (VAT not included).
This offer will only be valid until the film reaches us in September, then the price will increase. We’ll only have 500 rolls to sell through the Kosmo Foto Shop. (And some of which have gone already.)
Pre-order Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm film now
The good news about the film is a good opportunity to update people on what’s happening with Kosmo Foto film generally.
It’s been fair to say that the past few years have thrown us a bit of a curveball in terms of film production. First, there was Brexit, which has added to the complexity of making film like Mono outside of the UK. Secondly there was Covid, which caused all sorts of problems with production and logistics. Film was more difficult to produce, and part of the reason was the difficulty getting cardboard for packaging, much of which was going to the pharmaceutical sector and online retailers.
Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which caused dramatic increases in the costs of goods and logistics not just in Europe but across the world.
This batch of Mono uses up the last of the current batch of packaging we have for Mono 35mm which means we’ll have to make more, which has to be done in batches of 10,000 before any new film is made. We’re in the same situation for Mono 120; more packaging will have to be made before another batch can be produced.
As for Agent Shadow? The minimum orders for this film are considerably larger than those for Mono, and the time between ordering and actual production is usually longer. We won’t be able to make any more until there’s enough money to cover full production.
That’s the bad news out of the way. We do intend all of the films to return to production, and may in fact announce another black-in-white film for release in early 2026 to help get regular production of everything back on track.
In the meantime, if you’re a fan of the films we’ve released with the help of some of the fantastic companies still making film, please consider pre-ordering Mono 35mm – every order is really appreciated.
I'm a New Zealander who has been living in London since the mid-1990s, shooting film seriously since the year 2000. Kosmo Foto was launched in 2012 and has since become a film brand, with the release of my first films Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm (2017) and Kosmo Foto Mono 120 (2019).
I’m doing everything I can to promote film photography in the 21st Century, and help it survive and thrive. If you want to write something for Kosmo Foto, please drop me a line at foto.dowling@gmail.com.
