MARG1N Magazine Issue 1 by Anti-Archive

Issue 1, titled “pirate.lov3r.2024.mkv” highlights Khmer and Filipino perspectives on piracy as part of our cinema culture. The issue raises the question of our viewing habits—our downloading, sharing, and stealing. Not only images and stories from those behind and in front of the camera, but those that come in contact at the end: us, the audience. Film piracy culture is one that is prevalent, because we’re so embedded in the norm. It’s addressed in this first issue between Cambodia and the Philippines, which will have twenty pieces interlacing each other. The content is composed of film essays, interviews, experimental pieces, stories, comics, and urban photographs. Words from filmmakers, actors, critics, editors, and viewers.

MARG1N is a Southeast Asian film magazine based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Their annual publication links Southeast Asian countries under a single theme, exploring cinema peripherally. Each page reimagines the region’s cinematic pulses. Their goal is to unite readers, writers, and filmmakers under the tapestry of words and images, and to highlight more than what has been directed, written, or read.