Film archives are fast spreading around the world, and with them issues surrounding archival digitisation, artistic appropriation, and academic reinterpretation of film material that demand scholarly attention. Exploring Past Images in a Digital Age: Reinventing the Archive aims to fill this demand with a thought-provoking collection of original articles contributed by renowned scholars, archivists, and artists. It urges the reader to “forget” standard ways of thinking about film archives and come to grips with the challenges of analysing and recontextualising an area in transit from the analogue to the digital. The book not only throws light on unexplored issues related to film archives but also introduces unconventional approaches and alternative sources for scholarly research and a vast range of artistic possibilities. 1) The collection of essays aims not only to fill a largely neglected area in studies of new film history but also to bring a fresh perspective by challenging the standard approaches to archives. The discussion of film archives in the book ranges from conventional topics like the collection, preservation, and sharing of films to new questions such as copyright issues, artistic practices, and lost and imagined films. 2) The book introduces a multi-disciplinary perspective that challenges one-sided approaches to film archives. By bringing together film scholars, filmmakers, and archivists, it is a collaborative effort to seek out new frontiers and build effective dialogue about archival practices. 3) Lastly, the book's uniqueness lies in its divergence from previous studies in adopting a non-Eurocentric approach. The experiences and practices of non-Western scholars in film archives are a major focus of various chapters.