The Impossible Project: The Re-Invention of Instant Film

Have you heard of "The Impossible Project"? We aim to re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid's old equipment, factory and seek your support. Details below:

Polaroid is transforming itself from an analog Instant Film Production Company to a global Consumer Electronics and Digital Imaging company.

Production of analog Instant Film stopped in June 2008, closing the factories in Mexico (Instant Packfilm production) and the Netherlands (Instant Integral production).

Impossible b.v. has been founded with the concrete aim to re-invent and re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras. Therefore Impossible b.v. has acquired the complete film production equipment in Enschede (NL) from Polaroid, has signed a 10-year lease agreement on the factory building; and has engaged the most experienced team of Integral Film experts worldwide.

The Impossible mission is NOT to re-build Polaroid Integral film but (with the help of strategic partners) to develop a new product with new characteristics, consisting of new optimised components, produced with a streamlined modern setup. An innovative and fresh analog material, sold under a new brand name that perfectly will match the global re-positioning of Integral Films.

You can sign up on the website here to help support the re-invention of film for vintage Polaroid cameras. All images here are of the Polaroid Factory.

Comments (12)

Oh thank god! I love my Polaroid Land Camera and don't want it to become extinct. I can't image a world without instant film!

random I know, but what plant is that in the top photo? I've been looking everywhere for one of those.

Sounds like a great way to fill a void in the market place and using fancy words to charge exorbitant prices for something that was once relatively cheap.

You know, I love it. I just love it. Everyone thought Polaroids would live forever. When they went out of production, I was so downcast. In the right situation, there is nothing more fun than taking Polaroids.

Have you ever let a small child take Polaroids at Halloween?

Comicgeek, Polaroids were never really cheap. Compared to other film modes available at the time of their highest popularity, they were actually expensive. But the fun was in the instant experience shared with your friends, and in the fact that even if you were chronically inept, YOU HAD A PICTURE!

Allijean -
Philodendron, probably split-leaf philodendron.

This sounds neat! Although for those worried:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/smile-polaroid-is-saved-1418929.html

"If all goes to plan, the Polaroid factory in Enschede, Amsterdam, will soon be making film again thanks to its new owner, an eccentric Austrian artist and businessman named Florian Kaps. Mr Kaps, 39, has dedicated the past five years to instant photography."

The world needs instant Polaroid photos!

thanks JG, I did some research and I think you are right!

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!