KISS THE PAPER is a poetic documentary that contemplates the revival of the nearly obsolete, centuries-old craft of letterpress printing.

As the few remaining letterpress print shops close down day by day, younger generations are eagerly collecting the relics of dusty equipment and nearly-forgotten letterpress lore that are left behind. In an increasingly digital world that prizes instaneity and economies of scale, why preserve a slow, heavy, imperfect, and dying craft? What does this wave of idealism and nostalgia reveal to us about a broader cultural transformation that is underway? A lifelong letterpress printer, Alan Runfeldt, invites us into his print shop to discover some answers.

Currently in the festival circuit.
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Total running time: 20 min.