This book was originally published as a two-part special issue in the journal Studies in World Cinema. We would like to thank Ana Grgić for the invitation to guest-edit the issue, and Eva Jørholt, the journal’s editor-in-chief, for her invaluable support and guidance. All essays included here were double peer-reviewed, and we thank all the reviewers for their generosity and expertise. The transition from journal issue into the present book was a smooth process thanks to the efficient editorial team at Brill, including Masja Horn, Iulia Ivana, Pieter Boeschoten and Peter Buschman. Thanks are also due to the Contemporary Cinema’s series editor, Martin P. Roussow, who enthusiastically embraced this project from the start. We are finally grateful to Malena Szlam for kindly giving us the permission to use a still image from her ALTIPLANO (2018) as the cover illustration. We could not have hoped for a more beautiful book cover.