Dwie siostry: starsza New Film History i młodsza New Cinema History
Two Sisters: The Elder New Film History and the Younger New Cinema History

Summary/Abstract: The research trend known as New Film History emerged in the 1980s as a critical revision of traditional (“old”) Film History. More than twenty years later, the term New Cinema History appeared to designate research focused primarily on cinema-going practices, film exhibition and reception, as well as audience studies. Given the substantial temporal gap between these approaches and their partially divergent research interests, they should not be conflated or treated as synonymous, as is often the case in Polish critical discourse, where the terms “Nowa Historia Filmu” (the literal translation of New Film History) and “Nowa Historia Kina” (New Cinema History) are often used interchangeably. By critically discussing selected texts, the author seeks to identify the causes of this terminological confusion. The article also outlines the origins and distinctive characteristics of New Cinema History in relation to New Film History, tracing, among other aspects, the process through which this research trend, focused on the circulation and consumption of films, has developed its own identity.

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